It Takes a Village: Partnering to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screenings and COL Performance

Early detection of colorectal cancer is key to prevention and better outcomes. Many practices face low colorectal cancer screening compliance, while 1 in 5 diagnoses now occurs in individuals under age 55, making it the leading cause of cancer-related death among young adults. This webinar shares key learnings and implementation insights from a six session Colorectal Cancer Screening (COL) Data Exchange Design Studio led by Connecting for Better Health (C4BH) and the Population Health Learning Center (PHLC) and funded by Covered California. This Design Studio brought together six provider practices, four managed care plans, and Exact Sciences—a diagnostics organization and owner of the Cologuard product—to identify opportunities to increase compliance, strengthen patient and provider education, and enhance data-sharing capabilities. The session is designed for providers, health plans, community based organizations, health IT partners, and quality improvement teams interested in improving performance on the COL measure.

Participants will learn:

• Common challenges impacting COL performance, including patient outreach and engagement, data accessibility, and provider communication.
• Practical recommendations for outreach strategies to more consistently distribute and collect COL tests for improved measure compliance
• How to improve workflows from Design Studio current-state and future-state workflow designs, use cases, and system flow diagrams
• How improved data exchange can support practices, health plans, and CBOs in successfully closing COL gaps and achieving quality measure goals

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