TABLE 1.
Overview of Awardees Participating in the Learning Laboratory
Awardee | Partners | Interventions and Process Improvements |
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California Department of Health | 1 FQHC with 3 health centers | Incentives to providers, provider reminder system, reduction of structural barriers |
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | 3 FQHCs | Patient and provider reminder systems, provider assessment and feedback, integrated screening with quality-improvement processes |
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board | 2 IHS hospitals | Patient reminders, provider assessment and feedback, reduction of structural barriers with community health workers |
Louisiana State University | 1 FQHC | Patient reminders, implementation of electronic medical record system |
Minnesota Department of Health | Multiple FQHCs | Patient navigation for integrated screening (breast, cervical, colorectal cancer screening and tobacco cessation) |
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services | Multiple FQHCs | Patient navigation for integrated screening (includes multiple cancers and cardiovascular diseases) |
New York Department of Health | 3 Medicaid managed care plans | Patient reminders, patient incentives |
Oregon Health Authority and Kaiser Permanente | Collaborative teaming with several programs | Reduction of structural barriers through mailing of FIT kits and tailored instructions |
Rhode Island Department of Health | 2 FQHCs | Multiple approaches to patient navigation for integrated screening |
University of Chicago Medical Center | 1 Academic medical system and 1 FQHC | Patient navigation (medical center), provider reminder system, provider assessment and feedback (FQHC) |
University of South Carolina | 3 FQHCs | Patient reminders, provider reminders, provider assessment and feedback, continuous quality-improvement processes |
Washington, DC Department of Health | 1 Academic medical system | Patient navigation, patient reminders, provider reminders, provider assessment and feedback; reduction of structural barriers |
Washington State Department of Health | 1 FQHC with 16 health centers | Mailed FIT, FluFIT, and MammoFIT events where FIT kits were distributed during flu shots and mammograms |
West Virginia University | 1 FQHC | Patient reminders, provider assessment and feedback |
Abbreviations: CRCCP, Colorectal Cancer Control Program; FIT, fecal immunochemical test; FluFIT, flu shot events at which FIT is offered; FQHC, Federally Qualified Health Center; IHS, Indian Health Service; MammoFIT, mammography screenings at which FIT is offered.