Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening in a Primary Care Network

作者：Atlas Steven J^*; Ashburner Jeffrey M; Chang Yuchiao; Lester William T; Barry Michael J; Grant Richard W

来源：American Journal of Managed Care, 2012, 18(12): 821-829.

Objectives:To assess the ability of a health information technology system to facilitate population-based breast cancer screening.
Study Design: Cohort study with 2-year follow-up after a 1-year cluster randomized trial.
Methods: Study population was women 42 to 69 years old receiving care within a 12-practice primary care network. The management informatics system (1) identified women overdue for mammograms, (2) connected them to primary care providers using a web-based tool, (3) created automatically generated outreach letters for patients specified by providers, (4) monitored for subsequent mammography scheduling and completion, and (5) provided practice delegates with a list of women remaining unscreened for reminder phone calls. Eligible women overdue for a mammogram during a 1-year study period included those overdue at study start (prevalent cohort) and those who became overdue during follow-up (incident cohort).The main outcome measure was mammography completion rates over 3 years.
Results: Among 32,688 eligible women, 9795 (30%) were overdue for screening (4487 intervention, 5308 control). Intervention patients were somewhat younger, more likely to be non-Hispanic white, and more likely to have health insurance compared with control patients. Adjusted completion rates in the prevalent cohort In = 6697) were significantly higher among intervention patients after 3 years (51.7% vs 45.8%; P = .0021. For patients in the incident cohort (n = 3098), adjusted completion rates after 2 years were 53.8% versus 48.7%, respectively (P = .052).
Conclusions: Population-based informatics systems can enable sustained increases in mammography screening rates beyond rates seen with office-based visit reminders. (Am J Manag Care. 2012;18(12):821-829)

• 出版日期2012-12