Patient Navigation After Positive Fecal Immunochemical Test Results Increases Diagnostic Colonoscopy and Highlights Multilevel Barriers to Follow-Up.

Vivy T CusumanoAnthony MyintEdgar CoronaLiu YangJennifer BocekAntonio G LopezMarcela Zhou HuangNaveen RajaAnna DermenchyanLily RohMaria HanDaniel CroymansFolasade P May

Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences (2021)

After implementation of patient navigation, diagnostic colonoscopy was completed for 31.1% of patients with a positive FIT result. However, navigation also highlighted persistent multilevel barriers to follow-up. Future work will develop targeted solutions for these barriers to further increase FIT follow-up rates in our health system.

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colorectal cancer screening
case report
primary care
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current status
quality improvement