Patients Are Untapped Resource For Improving Care, Study Finds

A study looking at over 21,000 patients from 11 health centers finds that patients who receive mailed reminders for scheduling colorectal cancer screenings are more likely to comply than those who don't. Forty-four percent of patients who received a reminder in the mail were screened, versus 38 percent who did not -- an effect that increased with age. However, electronic reminders targeting physicians yielded no significant increase.

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