Patients are untapped resource for improving care, study finds

A 15-month study of 21,860 patients and 110 primary care physicians at 11 Harvard Vanguard health centers found that patients who received mailed reminders that they were due for colorectal cancer screenings were more likely to schedule screenings than those who didn’t.  Forty-four percent of patients who received a reminder in the mail got screened, versus 38 percent who did not — a 16 percent relative increase in screening rate. read more

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