PSAzing up patient care: a quality improvement project for informed cancer screening.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men in the USA. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for screening remains controversial, with shared decision-making (SDM) recommended by professional guidelines to discuss screening's risks, benefits and uncertainties. Despite these recommendations, SDM is underused, with only 10% of men receiving comprehensive SDM. This quality improvement project aimed to improve SDM documentation and the implementation of PSA screening in an urban safety-net, resident-led primary care clinic.

Methods

We implemented a continuity clinic note template with a specific SDM 'dot phrase' to improve the documentation and execution of SDM conversations. Our primary aim was to increase SDM documentation for prostate

SUBMITTER: Godin SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12519675 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature