A centrally generated primary care physician audit report does not improve colonoscopy uptake after a positive result on a fecal occult blood test in ontario’s coloncancercheck program

Current Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-51

  Stock, David ^a   Rabeneck, L ^a,b,c,d   Baxter, N N ^a,b,c,e   Paszat, L F ^a   Sutradhar, R ^a   Yun, L ^a   Tinmouth, J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; Fecal occult blood test; Program evaluation; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL AUDIT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 85014430479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.24.3025     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Paterson WG, Depew WT, Pare P, et al. on behalf of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Wait Time Consensus Group. Canadian consensus on medically acceptable wait times for digestive health care. Can J Gastroenterol 2006;20:411–23.
2. Stock D, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, et al. Mailed participant reminders are associated with improved colonoscopy uptake after a positive fobt result in Ontario’s ColonCancerCheck program. Implement Sci 2015;10:35.
3. Larson MF, Ko CW, Dominitz JA. Effectiveness of a provider reminder on fecal occult blood test follow-up. Dig Dis Sci 2009;54:1991–6.
4. Singh H, Kadiyala H, Bhagwath G, et al. Using a multifaceted approach to improve the follow-up of positive fecal occult blood test results. Am J Gastroenterol 2009;104:942–52.
5. Miglioretti DL, Rutter CM, Bradford SC, et al. Improvement in the diagnostic evaluation of a positive fecal occult blood test in an integrated health care organization. Med Care 2008;46(suppl 1):S91–6.
6. Myers RE, Turner B, Weinberg D, et al. Impact of a physicianoriented intervention on follow-up in colorectal cancer screening. Prev Med 2004;38:375–81.
7. Van Kleek E, Liu S, Conn LM, Hoadley A, Ho SB. Improving the effectiveness of fecal occult blood testing in a primary care clinic by direct colonoscopy referral for positive tests. J Healthc Qual 2010;32:62–9.
8. Humphrey LL, Shannon J, Partin MR, O’Malley J, Chen Z, Helfand M. Improving the follow-up of positive Hemoccult screening tests: an electronic intervention. J Gen Intern Med 2011;26:691–7.
9. Tinmouth, J, Ritvo P, McGregor SE, et al. ColonCancerCheck primary care invitation pilot project: family physician perceptions. Can Fam Physician 2012;58:e570–7.