Multi-faceted strategies to advance health equity in colorectal cancer screening in primary care setting: quality improvement project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to increase Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening in patients ages 50-75 years from a baseline of 27-40% within 12 months in a primary care clinic in limited resource communities.

Methods

The multidisciplinary QI-team applied the Plan-Do-Study-Act method and developed stakeholder analysis, an Ishikawa fish bone diagram, a process flow map, and a driver diagram. Major barriers to suboptimal CRC screening included limited health literacy, language preferences, absence of stool test options, and knowledge gaps among patients and providers. The outcome measure was CRC screening rates, while stool test and colonoscopy completion rates served as process measures. Major interventions included the use of a patient-navigator

SUBMITTER: Batarseh E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11572305 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature