Table 2.
Variable | N |
---|---|
Total FITs ordered June 2014–2016 | 5675 |
Charts screened for abnormal results | 1007 |
Total abnormal results found | 232 (23.0%) |
Charts reviewed | 94 |
Median age (years) | 64.5 |
Female | 51 (54.3%) |
White | 65 (69.2%) |
Black | 17 (18.1%) |
Other/unknown | 12 (12.8%) |
Received follow-up care | 64 (68.1%) |
Received follow-up colonoscopy | 45 (47.9%) |
Declined colonoscopy | 16 (17.0%) |
Health precluded colonoscopy | 3 (3.2%) |
Did not receive appropriate follow-up care | 30 (31.9%) |
No/inadequate communication of FIT results to patient | 19 (20.2%) |
Repeat FIT ordered | 7 (7.5%) |
Colonoscopy supposedly obtained elsewhere but no records in our EMR | 2 (2.1%) |
Lacked transportation to colonoscopy | 2 (2.1%) |
EMR indicates electronic medical record; FIT, fecal immunochemical test.