Evaluation of an Intervention to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Primary Care Clinics

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

for the Patient-focused Intervention

• Average risk
• Male or female
• 50-75 years
• Scheduled for non-acute ambulatory care visit at one of the study sites
• Due for CRC screening including no record of FOBT in the past year, no record of flexible sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years, no record of colonoscopy in the past 10 years, and no record of double contrast barium enema in the past 5 years

Inclusion criteria

for the Clinic-focused Intervention

• Primary care clinicians, to include the following specialties: Family Practice/General Practice Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, Nurse Practitioners in Family/General Practice, Physician Assistants who conduct non-acute ambulatory medical exams in study clinics
• Primary care clinical staff, to include nurses, medical assistants, and appointment schedulers

Exclusion criteria

(Patients):

• Prior diagnosis of CRC
• Prior diagnosis of colorectal polyps
• Prior diagnosis of ulcerative colitis
• Prior diagnosis of Crohn's Disease
• Prior diagnosis of hereditary nonpolyposis or polyposis
• Medical records contain an International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) code for family history of CRC
• Younger than 50 years of age
• Older than 80 years of age.