A Systems Approach
These materials enable implementation of the System Approach to Tracking and Increasing Screening for Public Health Improvement of Colorectal Cancer (SATIS-PHI/CRC) intervention. This toolkit includes materials for planning the intervention, identifying a central entity to manage the program, educating medical practices about the program, and communicating with patients.
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Prepared by: Daniel M. Harris, Ph.D., and Amanda E. Borsky, M.P.P., CNA; Brian Stello, M.D., Melanie Johnson, M.P.A., and Nancy Gratz, M.P.A., Lehigh Valley Health Network; Mona Sarfaty, M.D., Ronald Myers, Ph.D., Randa Sifri, M.D., James Cocroft, M.A., and Martha Kasper-Keintz, Sc.M., Thomas Jefferson University.
Contents
I. Introduction
Purpose
Intended Users
Rationale and Supporting Evidence for SATIS-PHI/CRC
Overview of Toolkit Contents
II. Background
Overview of the Task Order for SATIS-PHI/CRC Development
Description of the SATIS-PHI/CRC Intervention
Description of the Intervention Setting, Transferability to Other Settings, and the Central Entity
Intervention Findings
III. Intervention Steps and Tools
Step 1: Recruit Practices
1.a-1 Information Packet for Participating Practices
Step 2: Conduct Academic Detailing
2.a-1 Preintervention Survey of Clinicians and Practice Staff
2.a-2 Practice Focus Group Guide (Preintervention)
2.a-3 Key Informant Interview Guide (Preintervention)
2.b-1 Academic Detailing Slides
2.b-2 Web Links to CRC Screening Guidelines From ACS/U.S. Multi-Society Task Force/ACR and USPSTF
2.b-3 Screening Tracking Sheet for Practices
2.c-1 Academic Detailing Booster Letter
Step 3: Identify Eligible Patients
3.a-1 Sample Programming Criteria for Initial Electronic Record Review
Step 4: Mail Screening Information and Materials
4.a-1 Introduction Letter to Patients With Instructions for Completing SEA Form
4.a-1 Introduction Letter to Patients With Instructions for Completing SEA Form (Spanish)
4.a-2 Screening Eligibility Assessment (SEA) Form
4.a-2 Screening Eligibility Assessment (SEA) Form (Spanish)
4.b-1 Invitation to Screen Letter to Patients (Version 1—Kit Enclosed)
4.b-1 Invitation to Screen Letter to Patients (Version 1—Kit Enclosed) (Spanish)
4.b-2 Invitation to Screen Letter to Patient (Version 2—Request Card)
4.b-2 Invitation to Screen Letter to Patient (Version 2—Request Card) (Spanish)
4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening
4.b-4 Stool Test Kit Request Card
4.c-1 Letter to Patient for Responding to Stool Test Kit Requests
4.d-1 Reminder Letter to Patients (Version 1—Kit Enclosed)
4.d-1 Reminder Letter to Patients (Version 1—Kit Enclosed) (Spanish)
4.d-2 Reminder Letter to Patients (Version 2—Request Card)
4.d-2 Reminder Letter to Patients (Version 2—Request Card) (Spanish)
Step 5: Track Patient Screening and Results
5.a-1 Master Patient Database Elements
5.d-1 Chart Audit Review Form
Step 6: Provide Feedback to Practices
6.a-1 Feedback Form for Stool Test Positive
6.a-2 Feedback Form for Stool Test Negative
6.b-1 Feedback Form for CDE
Assessment
A.1-2 Practice Focus Group Guide (Postintervention)
A.2-1 Key Informant Interview Guide (Postintervention)
A.3-1 Patient Focus Group Guide
IV. References
The toolkit was prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) by the CNA Health ACTION Partnership for SATIS-PHI/CRC under Contract No. HHSA290200600014, Health Care Systems for Tracking Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests, Task Order 290-06-0014-1.
Disclaimer and Copyright Information
The authors of this toolkit are responsible for its content. Statements in this toolkit should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This document is in the public domain and may be used without permission.
AHRQ Publication No. AHRQ 11-0016
Current as of December 2010
Internet Citation:
Harris DM, Borsky AE., et al. Tracking and Improving Screening for Colorectal Cancer Intervention: A Systems Approach. Prepared by CNA under Contract No.
HHSA290200600014, Task Order No. 290-06-0014-1. AHRQ Publication No. AHRQ 11-0016, December 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/crctoolkit/
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