Table 3:
Organizational Practices for Promoting FOBT-based CRC Screening Completion, by PROSPR healthcare system, at time of the study
| KP Northern California |
KP Southern California |
KP Washington | Parkland- UTSW |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outreach: Automated reminders sent to patients that are overdue for CRC screening |
X | X | X | |
| Outreach: System-level outreach program with FOBT kits mailed to patients |
X | X | Varied by clinic | |
| Inreach: FOBT kits available for patients to pick up at other preventive care visits, e.g. flu clinics |
X | X | ||
| Inreach: Automated alerts in the electronic medical record to notify providers that patients are overdue for CRC screening |
X | X | X | X |
| FOBT screening can be ordered by providers at time of clinic visit |
X | X | X | X |
CRC – colorectal cancer; FOBT – fecal occult blood test; KP – Kaiser Permanente; UTSW – UT Southwestern