Open AccessSelection of patients for large mailed fecal immunochemical test colorectal cancer screening outreach programs: A systematic review
Author(s) -
Andrew Wang,
Briton Lee,
Shreya Patel,
Evans Whitaker,
Rachel B. Issaka,
Ma Somsouk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical screening
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-5793
pISSN - 0969-1413
DOI - 10.1177/0969141321997482
Subject(s) - medicine , outreach , family medicine , referral , population , test (biology) , health care , medline , cancer screening , cancer , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth , paleontology , environmental health
Digital health care offers an opportunity to scale and personalize cancer screening programs, such as mailed outreach for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening. However, studies that describe the patient selection strategy and process for CRC screening are limited. Our objective was to evaluate implementation strategies for selecting patients for CRC screening programs in large health care systems.