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The interactive program reviewed interventions to increase rates of follow-up colonoscopy after a positive stool-based screening test.
Watch the 2023 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webcast recording.
Learn from three community-facing health systems that are utilizing various tools to establish, implement, and advance colorectal cancer screening interventions that are tailored for the populations they serve.
The meeting summary provides an overview of the NCCRT's August 2022 strategy meeting held to explore and propose strategies for increasing the uptake of CRC screening in primary care.
This guide provides tools, resources and messaging for employers to effectively increase timely, quality colorectal cancer screening in their workforce and be a part of the 80% in Every Community campaign.
Through a step-by-step format, the newly updated Steps Guide provides evidence-based, expert-endorsed strategies to improve colorectal cancer screening rates in primary care practices.
The Mailed FIT Implementation Guide is a roadmap for how health systems and other entities can design and carry out mailed FIT outreach programs.
This webinar provided an introduction to the 2022 Steps for Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates: A Manual for Primary Care Practices,
The 2022 Messaging Guidebook for Black & African American People: Messages to Motivate for Colorectal Cancer Screening is intended to provide you with information and tools to help you work towards closing disparity gaps by using effective, tailored cancer screening messaging to help motivate people to get screened.
This webinar provided an introduction to the 2022 NCCRT Messaging Guidebook for Black & African American People: Messages to Motivate for Colorectal Cancer Screening.
The interactive program provided a discussion of what it means to be a measure steward, reviewed recent changes to the HEDIS CRC screening measure and implementation timeline, and discussed the process for updating measures.
This February 2022 President’s Cancer Panel report identifies four critical goals to improve cancer screening rates and close gaps in screening access.
This free guide for patients and caregivers breaks down the different ways screening can be done and explains the recommended timing according to the latest research.
Learn how survivors and families can help advance the shared goal to reach colorectal cancer screening rates of 80% and higher in adults ages 45 and older.
Learn how employers can help advance the shared goal to reach colorectal cancer screening rates of 80% and higher in adults ages 45 and older.
Learn how women's health providers can help advance the shared goal to reach colorectal cancer screening rates of 80% and higher in adults ages 45 and older.
The interactive program provided an overview on the publication: "What Proportion of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer is Potentially Preventable Based on Family History and Genetics?”, followed by NCCRT member discussion.
Watch the 2022 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webcast recording.
NEWLY UPDATED! This cobrandable one-page flyer may be used to remind clinicians about some of the dos and don’ts when it comes to colorectal cancer screening.
This webinar provided a look at the latest data that informs how we are doing as a nation with our efforts to reach an 80% colorectal cancer screening rate.
The NCCRT Learning Center is a digital learning platform which features courses, tools, and other resources on colorectal cancer screening delivery and research.
This webinar brought together a panel of expert speakers to discuss what's included in the new USPSTF 2021 CRC screening recommendation and to explore what to expect as states and payors implement screening at age 45.
This webinar brought the authors of the Reigniting Colorectal Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Playbook back together to discuss what progress we’ve made and what challenges remain for colorectal cancer screening in 2021.
These free Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Medscape Education CME courses provides guidance and tools for clinicians on the optimal ways to implement screening for colorectal cancer.
Watch the March 2021 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Webcast recording.
Comprehensive cancer control (CCC) programs and coalitions play a critical role in promoting colorectal cancer screening messages and activities in community settings across the United States.
This guide establishes nine practices that have shown sufficient promise to merit consideration by other state Medicaid agencies who wish to enhance their screening efforts for this important population.
This resource, developed by Exact Sciences, provides a snapshot of the colorectal cancer screening landscape in each state while also putting into context how the different states compare with each other in a range of areas.
During this webinar, we heard from the report’s lead authors, an expert panel that shared four aligning statements as well as a summary of findings.
This resource provides an action-oriented playbook to be adopted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and aims to align NCCRT members, 80% pledged partners, and colorectal cancer screening advocates across the nation to work together to reignite our screening efforts appropriately, safely, and equally for all communities.
This report provides a summary of the Links of Care pilot projects to increase colorectal cancer screening for underserved patients served by community health centers/FQHCs.
This webinar provided a close look at the most recent incidence, mortality, and screening rate data found in Colorectal Cancer Statistics 2020, a recent American Cancer Society publication released March 2020.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) is now offering the My CT Colonography Center online locator, a patient-friendly online tool to find a computed tomography (CT) colonography screening center near you.
This bilingual infographic on colorectal cancer was developed by the National Alliance for Hispanic Health’s Nuestras Voces Network Program to raise awareness about the importance of screening.
Watch the March 2020 Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Broadcast recording.
This Guide provides focused documentation to assist users of NextGen software to improve the process of assessing, documenting, tracking, and following up on colorectal cancer screening.
An advanced colorectal polyp diagnosis has implications for both patients and their close relatives.
NEWLY UPDATED! This newly revised resource is designed to introduce (or reintroduce) clinicians to the value of stool-based testing for colorectal cancer.
This guidebook shares the findings and recommendations gathered from market research on the unscreened for colorectal cancer. It's designed to help in the education, empowerment, and mobilization of those who are not getting screened for colorectal cancer.
This webinar provided an overview of 2018 market research on the unscreened, including a preview of the 2019 Messaging Guidebook.
This toolkit and corresponding interactive website provide practical advice on paying for and sustaining colorectal cancer screening patient navigation.
Watch the March 7, 2019 80% in Every Community campaign launch broadcast recording.
Materials for press events and communications about 80% in Every Community, including talking points for the media and sample press releases.
Learn four things you can do to support reaching colorectal cancer screening rates of 80% and higher in LGBT communities.
This toolkit is designed to help public health professionals establish a Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month social media strategy, implement Facebook and Twitter best practices, disseminate Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month messaging, and manage and evaluate social media efforts.
The 80% by 2018 Beyond Thankful report tells the story of our collective ambition, commitment, and unity during the course of this campaign.
Penn State Health developed this colorectal cancer screening uptake and risk assessment tool for use by large entities such as employers and medical practices.
This poster from the Colon Cancer Prevention Project illustrates steps to prevent colorectal cancer throughout the life course.
CDC's Colorectal Cancer Screening State Profiles show colorectal cancer screening rates in US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
On October 2nd, 2017, the American Cancer Society and NCCRT hosted a Cancer Center Summit to explore how to leverage the expertise and community presence of cancer centers in the effort to increase CRC screening rates.
The purpose of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices: A Handbook for Hospitals and Health Systems is to provide advice on the design and delivery of a variety of effective CRC screening interventions to help all hospitals and health systems strengthen their colorectal cancer screening efforts.
This webinar introduced a new NCCRT resource for primary care providers, Risk Assessment and Screening Toolkit to Detect Familial, Hereditary and Early Onset Colorectal Cancer.
This new toolkit aims to improve the ability of primary care clinicians to systematically collect, document, and act on a family history of CRC and adenomas polyps, while also educating clinicians on the need for more timely diagnostic testing for young adults who present with alarm signs or symptoms of CRC.
This screening algorithm includes recommended screening options for the average-risk and high-risk patient and provides as a sample starter policy for your practice.
This document is intended to: provide general background information for NCCRT Members and 80% partners, help NCCRT members and partners talk about the guidelines in an informed manner, and answer common questions about the new guideline.
Dr. Richard Wender discusses the new colorectal cancer screening guideline from the American Cancer Society.
This webinar assists NCCRT members and 80% partners by answering common questions, reviewing the evidence-base behind the guideline, and discussing how it will apply in a clinical setting.
This webinar unveiled the new Guide to the Development of State Level Colorectal Cancer Coalitions as well as a companion piece.
This guide provides partners with a framework for the development of state-based coalitions focused on colorectal cancer control.
This recorded broadcast is from the NCCRT March 8th, 2018 Colorectal Cancer Screening Coast To Coast: Driving Toward 80% event hosted in Los Angeles.
The purpose of the webinar was to move beyond describing the challenges of reaching the underserved to showcasing innovative solutions.
The purpose of the webinar was to review evidence and processes to help ensure that patients obtain a follow-up colonoscopy after a positive test result.
This American Cancer Society webinar explored how employers can impact their employees’ health through colorectal cancer screening interventions.
This webinar explored the opportunities and barriers related to delivering quality colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care in health care settings serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions, and strategic planning that took place during the ACS/NCCRT meeting to discuss increasing CRC screening in AI/AN communities in April 2016.
This webinar shared an update on our progress in the 80% by 2018 initiative, including a look at the latest colorectal cancer screening measures.
Each year, Health Resources and Services Administration funded Health Centers are required to report a core set of information, including a colorectal cancer screening measure.
This webinar shared what we’ve learned so far from our Links of Care pilots, which seek to improve colorectal cancer screening and follow up care for uninsured and underinsured patients by strengthening the medical neighborhood.
The Evaluation Toolkit is intended to help organizations and communities evaluate a wide variety of interventions designed to increase awareness and use of colorectal cancer screening.
This webinar introduced the new updates to NCCRT's evaluation toolkit, How to Evaluate Activities to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening and Awareness.
The NCCRT Policy Action Task Group conducted a state by state assessment of CRC control activity among Medicaid programs.
In June 2017, the US Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer Screening released new guidelines that recommend screening begin at age 50 for average risk individuals, with screening starting at age 45 for African-Americans.
This handbook provides health plans with advice on the design and delivery of effective colorectal cancer screening programs, including best practices, case studies, and templates and tools.
This webinar introduced the new NCCRT Colorectal Cancer Screening Best Practices Handbook for Health Plans.
The 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook is designed to help educate, empower and mobilize key audiences who are not getting screened for colorectal cancer. It includes tested messages, templates and tools.
This webinar introduced new assets for 80% by 2018 communications work, including the new Asian Americans and Colorectal Cancer Companion Guide, advice on earning earned media, advice on engaging celebrities and tips for evaluating your communications efforts.
With this brief, learn how to build your brand, strengthen your media relationships, and create newsworthy messages.
the challenge for the public health community is going beyond providing a rational message about the need for screening and to instead, engage the unscreened at a more emotional level.
The Asian Americans and Colorectal Cancer Companion Guide, a supplement to the 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook, provides advice about how to communicate about colorectal cancer screening with seven Asian American subgroups.
This resource provides guidance for evaluating the effectiveness and impact of 80% by 2018 communications efforts.
The Hispanics/Latinos and Colorectal Cancer Companion Guide, a supplement to the 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook, is based on market research on Hispanics/Latinos that are not up-to-date with recommended colorectal cancer screening.
The 500 Cities Project provides interactive, downloadable small-area estimates for 27 chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and clinical preventive service uses for city-level and census tract-level areas in the largest 500 cities in the United States, including colorectal cancer screening.
Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign is a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campaign to increase colorectal cancer screening among men and women ages 50 or older.
This webinar introduced the NCCRT and the Colorado School of Public Health’s new toolkit: Paying for Colorectal Cancer Screening Patient Navigation Toolkit.
This resource provides interactive data visualizations of official federal statistics on cancer incidence and deaths.
FluFIT programs increase colorectal cancer screening rates by providing a take home fecal immunochemical test (FIT) to eligible patients when they receive their annual flu shot.
The State Cancer Profiles website provides interactive graphics and maps to characterize the cancer burden across various geographic areas and demographic groups.
This supplement to "What can Gastroenterologists & Endoscopists Do to Advance 80% by 2018?" provides guidance on identifying high risk patients and families.
This webinar addressed what we know and don’t know about colorectal cancer screening for those with a familiar risk of colorectal cancer.
Learn how radiologists can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
Learn how community organizations can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
Learn how primary care physicians can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
The New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Program (NHCRCSP) patient navigation model has been highly effective in increasing the completion and quality of colonoscopy screening among underserved groups.
This webinar addressed colorectal cancer screening in the Patient-Centered Medical Home.
Learn how gastroenterologists and endoscopists can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
NCCRT Evaluation and Measurement Task Group co-chair Ann G. Zauber, PhD, researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering, presented a poster describing 80% by 2018 progress to date at the annual Digestive Disease Week Conference in San Diego in May 2016.
This webinar reviewed the rationale for FIT-based testing programs, discussed implementation strategies, and reviewed possible solutions to common barriers to FIT programs.
In 2016, the USPSTF released a new “A” grade Final Recommendation Statement for colorectal cancer screening, which recommends screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 and continuing until age 75 years with one of several screening strategies.
The New York State Department of Health offers resources to help employers develop an effective policy of providing paid leave for employee colorectal cancer screenings.
This webinar provided an in-depth look at our eClinicalWorks Best Practices Workflow and Documentation Guide to support colorectal cancer screening.
Learn how CCC coalitions can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
This introductory packet contains materials and resources to help our variety of partners, primary care clinicians, hospitals, insurers, employers, cancer coalitions, community organizers, and others advance 80% by 2018.
Researchers estimate that achieving 80% by 2018 would prevent 277,000 new cases and 203,000 deaths from colon cancer by 2030.
This webinar explained what’s covered with respect to colorectal cancer screening, what’s not covered and how to code for it; provided an update on federal and state efforts to remove cost sharing; and described how Gateway Health removed copays for colonoscopies following positive FIT tests.
Learn how mayors, governors, and state legislators can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
This webinar introduced new updates to the 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook and the new Hispanics/Latinos and Colorectal Cancer Companion Guide,
A study released by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and the NCCRT estimates that in 2017 over 2.7 million low-income men and women aged 50-64 will remain uninsured and continue to lack access to an affordable health care coverage option, including colorectal cancer screening services.
The following talking points can help you explain the 80% by 2018 initiative in your media outreach and other communications materials.
This webinar provided an overview of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Colorectal Cancer Control Program, explaining how the program supports evidence-based interventions.
This webinar profiled the work of the New York City Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition (C5) and reviewed the new publication on C5's work to increase colorectal cancer screening and address disparities.
The NCCRT commissioned the Health Center Network of New York (HCNNY) to develop EHR Best Practice Workflow and Documentation Guide to Support Colorectal Cancer Screening Improvement with eClinicalWorks.
This brief makes the case to health plans to waive cost-sharing for members when colonoscopy is ordered as follow-up to a positive stool test or other colorectal cancer screening test, just as cost-sharing is waived for colonoscopy when it is selected as the first-line screening exam.
During this webinar, Dr. Jason Crawford, Chief Medical Officer of Community Health Alliance in Reno, Nevada shared his experience implementing practice improvements to increase colorectal cancer screening rates.
This webinar provided a review of the seven steps to evaluation and explored how to evaluate systems change initiatives.
NCCRT Members have developed a wealth of videos and public service announcements (PSAs) to promote colorectal cancer screening that you can use, promote and share. Visit the links below for details.
During this webinar, Andrew Zinkel, MD, MBA, Associate Medical Director of Quality at HealthPartners, shared HealthPartners’ experience with colorectal cancer screening efforts, including work they have done to use data to address disparities issues.
This webinar examined the common features of model programs that have demonstrated success in delivering colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care to uninsured, underinsured, and low-income adults in their respective communities.
This webinar provided a review of the seven steps to evaluation and shared best practices for measuring and evaluating colorectal cancer screening social media efforts.
This webinar reviewed key colorectal cancer screening data sets, including BRFSS, NHIS, HEDIS, and UDS.
Colorectal cancer screening with a population-based approach shows significant potential to increase screening among an eligible population in a cost-effective model.
This webinar provided an introduction to the 2015 80% by 2018 Communications Guidebook, including an overview of the market research that went into the development of the resource.
Learn how health insurers can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
Learn how hospitals and health systems can be part of the national effort to make sure 80% of adults ages 50 and older are regularly screened for colorectal cancer by 2018.
The Screen to Prevent (STOP) Colon Cancer project works to raise colorectal cancer screening rates in FQHCs in California, Oregon, and Washington State using FIT testing.
This webinar introduced the new resource, Steps for Increasing Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates: A Manual for Community Health Centers.
This manual provides step-by step-instructions to help community health centers implement processes that will reduce physician workload and increase colorectal cancer screening.
Blue Star Facebook Fan Page and Flicker Site are new tools to help get the Blue Star launched into the Social Networking world and help the general public make the Blue Star their own.
The Blue Star Universal Symbol for colorectal cancer is free to all groups and programs as part of our mission to promote unity in the colorectal cancer field, in recognition of our shared common goal to prevent and eradicate colorectal cancer.
This guide describes four programs that have been identified as High Performing Models by the NCCRT, based on their demonstrated success in delivering colorectal cancer screening and follow up care to uninsured, underinsured and low-income adults in their respective communities.
The 40 second 80% by 2018 "sizzle reel" is an animated video that explains why colorectal cancer is a major public health problem and describes the tremendous impact we can make by achieving 80% by 2018.
Roundtable members can take advantage of group buying power by purchasing bulk orders of blue star pins through Pennington Promotion.
Developed by the Medical University of South Carolina and the Digestive Disease Center of Charleston, SC, gives a basic background of the Blue Star’s history and tips on use.
The Blue Star/March Marketing Kit was developed by the NCCRT for use by its members to help promote National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and the Blue Star, the universal symbol for colon cancer awareness.
The CRC Speakers Bureau aims to provide a cadre of knowledgeable, trained physicians to speak to medical and lay audiences on colorectal cancer science, practice, and resources in a wide variety of settings across the country.
Organizations are rallying around our shared goal of reaching 80% screened for colorectal cancer. Consider pledging your organization's commitment to the 80% effort.
Achieving 80% by 2018 Screening Goal Could Prevent 200,000 Colon Cancer Deaths in Less Than 2 Decades (American Cancer Society News article)
The Improving Northern Plains American Indian Colorectal Cancer Screening (INPACS) project recruited 54 Indian Health Services (IHS), tribal health, and urban health clinics within to better understand successes and challenges for colorectal cancer screening and to collaboratively develop strategies to improve cancer screening rates.
The NCCRT has joined with the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Community Health Centers to issue a new report entitled, “Use of Electronic Medical Records to Facilitate Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Health Centers.”
The NCCRT partnered with ACS CAN and the American Heart Association to commission researchers at George Washington University to determine state by state Medicaid coverage around USPSTF-recommended preventive services, including colorectal cancer screening.
The Roundtable and AARP co-sponsored two “Teletown Halls” to educate AARP members about the importance of colorectal cancer screening.
The NCCRT has issued a new strategy paper entitled, "Strategies for expanding colorectal cancer screening at community health centers ," which has been published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services such as colonoscopies without any patient cost-sharing. This 2012 report finds that confusion over whether colorectal cancer screenings are characterized as preventive care or treatment means patients sometimes receive unexpected bills for the procedure.
The CRC Clinician’s Guide and slide set, is a practical guide for primary care clinicians, entitled, “How to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Practice: A Primary Care Clinician’s Evidenced-Based Toolbox and Guide.”
This NCCRT commissioned article helps frame the needs and opportunities with respect to integrating cancer screening into the medical home.
This systematic review identifies factors that are most consistently mentioned as either barriers to or facilitators of colorectal cancer screening in older persons.
This report, developed by an NCCRT working group, provides criteria that primary care physicians can use when choosing a colonoscopist.
Sifri R, Wender R, Lieberman D, Potter M, Peterson K, Smith R. Developing a Quality Screening Colonoscopy Referral System in Primary Care Practice: A Report from the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable. CA Cancer J Clin 2010;60;40-49; originally published online Dec 18, 2009.
The American Cancer Society’s 2008 colorectal cancer screening guidelines recommend adults at average risk for the disease begin screening starting at age 50 with a menu of screening options.
Make It Your Own (MIYO) is an interactive website that allows users to print or create culturally appropriate educational materials in English and Spanish at no cost.
This report describes potential savings to Medicare and pre-Medicare payers from increased colorectal cancer screening among 50-64 year olds.
The aim of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Network Practice and Policy survey was to gather information from members of the National Colorectal Cancer Screening Network and their contacts about practices and policies and challenges associated with colorectal cancer screening delivery.
The Quality Assurance Task Group embarked on an effort to put standardized quality measures in place around colorectal cancer to minimize variation and improve performance.
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