Association of an Active Choice Intervention in the Electronic Health Record Directed to Medical Assistants With Clinician Ordering and Patient Completion of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Early cancer detection can lead to improved outcomes, but cancer screening tests are often underused.

Objective

To evaluate the association of an active choice intervention in the electronic health record directed to medical assistants with changes in clinician ordering and patient completion of breast and colorectal cancer screening tests.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective quality improvement study was conducted among 69 916 patients eligible for breast or colorectal cancer screening at 25 primary care practices at the University of Pennsylvania Health System between September 1, 2014, and August 31, 2017. Data analysis was conducted from January 21 to July 8, 2019.

Interventions

From 2016 to 2017, 3 primary care practices at the Uni

SUBMITTER: Hsiang EY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902810 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature