Development of an Electronic Health Record Self-Referral Tool for Lung Cancer Screening: One-Group Posttest Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 14 million individuals in the United States are eligible for lung cancer screening (LCS), but only 5.8% completed screening in 2021. Given the low uptake despite the potential great health benefit of LCS, interventions aimed at increasing uptake are warranted. The use of a patient-facing electronic health record (EHR) patient portal direct messaging tool offers a new opportunity to both engage eligible patients in preventative screening and provide a unique referral pathway for tobacco treatment.

Objective

This study sought to develop and pilot an EHR patient-facing self-referral tool for an established LCS program in an academic medical center.

Methods

Guided by constructs of the Health Belief Model associated with LCS uptake (eg, knowledge a

SUBMITTER: Stang GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11208829 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature