Friday 12 October 2012

VA cancer screening reminder falls short: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An electronic reminder notifying doctors when patients need a colorectal cancer screening accomplished nothing to increase screening rates in a large new study. "It's a wash," said lead author John Bian, of his group's findings based on the Oncology Watch system that was implemented at eight U.S. Veteran Affairs (VA) hospitals in 2008. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News Read More Here..

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