According to a study of the Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) published in Cancer, implementing new evidence-based interventions (EBIs) or enhancing those that already exist improves colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates.
In addition, the results demonstrated that clinics with lower screening rates in the prior year experienced greater rate increases and may have benefited more from the use of CRCCP.
Importantly, the successful implementation of EBIs in primary care clinics remains dependent on other activities such as quality improvement initiatives, effective electronic health systems, and efficient referral and patient tracking systems for colonoscopy. However, these results demonstrate that introducing such evidence-based interventions as those identified in the current study can increase CRC screening rates in clinics.
“The results might be useful to other public health…
