Harvard School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community-Based Research, 44 Binney Street- LW703, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Sep;22(9):1343-9. doi: 10.1007/s10552-011-9807-7. Epub 2011 Jul 5.
To examine adherence rates for multiple cancer screening tests, which will inform prevention efforts in community health centers (CHCs).
We report on the prevalence of screening for multiple cancers (cervical, breast and colorectal) among 43,000 patients who are predominantly Hispanic, in four CHC sites that share an integrated electronic medical record.
Among the 20,057 patients eligible for at least one test, 43% of the population was current on all screening targets; 15,887 additional screening tests were needed among 11,526 individuals.
Expanding use of health information technology in community health centers provides an opportunity to create an electronic infrastructure for addressing multiple screening needs from a patient-centered perspective.
研究多种癌症筛查测试的依从率,为社区卫生中心的预防工作提供信息。
我们报告了在四个共享综合电子病历的社区卫生中心的 43000 名主要为西班牙裔的患者中,多种癌症(宫颈癌、乳腺癌和结直肠癌)筛查的流行情况。
在 20057 名符合至少一种检查条件的患者中,43%的人符合所有筛查目标;11526 名患者中还需要进行 15887 次额外的筛查检查。
在社区卫生中心扩大使用健康信息技术为从以患者为中心的角度解决多种筛查需求提供了一个电子基础设施的机会。