Effects of facilitated team meetings and learning collaboratives on colorectal cancer screening rates in primary care practices: A cluster randomized trial

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-228

  Shaw, Eric K ^a,c   Ohman Strickland, Pamela A ^b   Piasecki, Alicja ^b   Hudson, Shawna V ^b,c   Ferrante, Jeanne M ^b,c   McDaniel, Reuben R ^d   Nutting, Paul A ^e   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^b,c  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer screening; Facilitation; Learning collaboratives; Primary health care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING COLLABORATIVES; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS;

CANCER SCREENING; FACILITATION; LEARNING COLLABORATIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MASS SCREENING; NEW JERSEY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84878126575     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1505     Document Type: Article

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