Professional Education & Practice Implementation Strategic Priority Team
Activity & Progress
The Professional Education and Practice Implementation Task Group’s charge is to identify and share promising implementation strategies by healthcare organizations to help clinicians and practice teams to improve colorectal cancer screening rates.
Chairs:
Frank Colangelo, MD, M.S.-HQS, FACP
Premier Medical Associates
Steering Committee, 2020-2024, Professional Education & Practice Implementation Strategic Priority Team Chair
Xavier Llor, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Steering Committee, 2017-2021, Professional Education and Practice Implementation Strategic Priority Team Chair
Recent Highlights
Blue Star Conversation – May 17, 2023
The interactive program reviewed interventions to increase rates of follow-up colonoscopy after a positive stool-based screening test.
Meeting Summary – Primary Care Strategy Meeting: Catalyzing Primary Care to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening
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.
Colorectal Cancer Screening Handbook for Hospitals and Health Systems
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.
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Risk Assessment Workflow and Documentation Guide for Health Center NextGen Users
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.
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