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. 2008 Mar 15;5(2):A38.

Figure 5.

This organizational chart features Public Health – Seattle & King County, which carries out the following activities: program planning and oversight, fiscal management, provider contracting, public education and outreach, data management, facilitation of access to treatment. Several entities provide input to Public Health – Seattle & King County: Medical Advisory Board, American Cancer Society, Cancer Information System, and Colorectal Cancer Task Force, Comprehensive Cancer Control. Public Health – Seattle & King County provides input to 10 Community Health Clinics, which carry out the following activities: client in-reach, eligibility determination, patient education, fecal occult blood test kit distribution, tracking and follow-up, laboratory services, client notification of test results, and data collection and reporting. The Health Clinics provide input to a Patient Support Agency (for patient navigation), which provides input to Multiple Endoscopists (for colonoscopy), which in turn provides input to a Cancer Center or Hospital (for cancer treatment). Public Health – Seattle & King County also provides input directly to the Cancer Center or Hospital.

Decentralized provider system for the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program, Washington. ACS indicates American Cancer Society; CIS, Cancer Information System; CCC, Comprehensive Cancer Control; FOBT, fecal occult blood test. The Colorectal Cancer Task Force is a subcommittee of the statewide CCC that was established to address colorectal cancer issues.