9780309121408 (electronic bk.)

030912140X (electronic bk.)

9780309121392 (Paper)

0309121396 (Paper)

Workshop proceedings.

Description based on print version record.

Introduction. Moving evidence-based recommendations into practice

Natural history and epidemiology

Effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening

Screening strategies

Effectiveness of community- and office-based interventions

Overcoming barriers to screening

Public and patient interventions to implement screening

Primary care practice interventions to implement screening

Gastrointestinal specialty practice concerns

State and federal initiatives to boost colorectal cancer screening. Colorado screening initiatives. Nebraska screening initiatives. Population-based federal screening initiatives

Employer-based initiatives to increase screening

Strategies to monitor performance

Interventions to address costs of developing and maintaining screening programs. Colorectal cancer screening in primary care. Cost considerations in medical practice. Costs of developing and maintaining public health colorectal cancer screening programs

General discussion and wrap-up. Screening implementation. Communications. Costs and coverage. Primary care system. Final words.

Colon (Anatomy) > Cancer > Diagnosis > Congresses.

Rectum > Cancer > Diagnosis > Congresses.

Medical screening > Congresses.

Colorectal Neoplasms - diagnosis - Congresses.

Diagnostic Imaging - economics - Congresses.