Use of EHRs Boosts Colon Cancer Screening Rates, New Study FindsReporting Technology’s Impact on Healthcare
Posted Mar 06 2013 12:00am
A study finds that a centralized initiative to remind patients to obtain colon cancer screenings helped improve testing rates. Researchers said that they were able to leverage electronic health records to identify those who needed screenings. Reuters, CNN’s “The Chart.” from iHealthBeat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ihealthbeat/~3/slaBH4dNkbo/use-of-ehrs-boosts-colon-cancer-screening-rates-new-study-finds.aspx
A study finds that a centralized initiative to remind patients to obtain colon cancer screenings helped improve testing rates. Researchers said that they were able to leverage electronic health records to identify those who needed screenings. Reuters, CNN’s “The Chart.” from iHealthBeat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ihealthbeat/~3/slaBH4dNkbo/use-of-ehrs-boosts-colon-cancer-screening-rates-new-study-finds.aspx