Network News
July 19, 2017
 
"Make Your Bottom, Your Top Priority"
How Health Ministries Clinic
Made a Difference in Colorectal Cancer Screening

In conjunction with colorectal cancer (CRC) awareness month in March, Health Ministries Clinic in Newton and Halstead made CRC screenings a major point of emphasis. They were able to complete as many CRC screenings in March as in all of 2016! Read on to learn how their "Make Your Bottom, Your Top Priority" initiative made a difference.
 
"I would say that the most critical key
was taking a multi-faceted approach."
-- Matthew Schmidt, Executive Director
 
Prepare:
  • Share UDS performance with all staff
  • Share desire to make concerted impact with all staff
  • Discuss the initiative in both the nurse and provider meetings
  • Have a contest to name the initiative and share the results with staff
  • Purchase t-shirts for the entire staff with the name of your initiative on the front
  • Prominently display literature regarding the initiative and CRC educational materials in the waiting room and exam areas
  • Add standing orders for the nurses to hand out IFOB test kits to anyone within the identified testing parameters
  • Stock exam rooms with IFOB test kits for easy access
Implement:
  • Emphasize the identification of the target population during pre-visit planning
  • Since transportation services are provided by HMC, offer to pick up the IFOB test from the patient's home
  • As an incentive, conduct a prize drawing for a $100 gift certificate. All patient who turn in their IFOB test during the initiative will be entered into the drawing
2016 UDS Network Data
The graph below shows 2016 UDS CRC screening data for the 15 health centers participating in Health Center Connections. The Healthy People 2020 goal for CRC screening is 70.5%. One health center exceeded that goal in 2016 and one was within 20% of the goal.

These pie charts represent 2016 UDS CRC screening data for the Network. In 2016, 24,586 patients met the UDS criteria for CRC screening. Of those, 6,934 (28.2%) were screened. Meeting the Healthy People 2020 goal would have required an additional 10,399 patients (42.3%) to be screened.

Resources Available
From the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable:
From Mountain-Pacific Quality Health:
In the Spotlight
American Cancer Society Colorectal Cancer Stats

2017 Estimates:
» 135,430 new cases
» 50,260 deaths
» 1.4M in US with CRC

Statistics:
» 2nd leading cause of
   cancer death in men
» 3rd leading cause of
   cancer death in women

Incidence Rate Trends:
↓ overall (past 30 years)
↓ 3% per yr adults 50+*
↑ 2% per yr adults <50*

*(2004-2013)

Contact Us

Feel free to contact any member of the KAMU HCCN Grant Project Team below for assistance with project activities.

Terri Kennedy

tkennedy@kspca.org

785-233-8483

Trish Harkness

tharkness@kspca.org

620-874-8034

Shane Harris

sharris@kspca.org

785-233-8483

Susan Wood

swood@kspca.org

785-233-8483
 
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Health Center Connections is a health center controlled network organized and supported by KAMU. This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number HRSA-16-010, Health Center Controlled Networks for $1,250,000 from 8/1/16 through 7/31/18 with no financing from nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.