Outreach for Patients That Are Newly Eligible for Colorectal Cancer Screening

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Conditions studied: Colorectal Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether patient outreach is effective at increasing compliance with preventative screenings for those patients who, based on national quality standards, have become newly eligible for screening measures. We hypothesize that educational outreach may increase completion rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00860249

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

60

Starts

2009-03-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-12-05

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine
• Patient has a scheduled appointment with a GIM physician in the next several weeks
• Patient will be 50 years old at the time of this appointment
• Patient is male or female

You may not qualify if…

• This is the first time the patient is seen in the NMFF GIM clinic
• There is a prior completion of CRC screening noted in EHR.
• There is a prior order placed for CRC screening in EHR.
• Patient has a history of CRC
• Patient has a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's Disease, or documented colectomy.

Where it is running

• Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation General Internal Medicine Clinic — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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