Health Services Research & Development

• Cheng C, Ganz DA, Chang ET, Huynh A, De Peralta S. Reducing Rejected Fecal Immunochemical Tests Received in the Laboratory for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. 2019 Mar 1; 41(2):75-82.
• Christensen JL, Sharma E, Gorvitovskaia AY, Watts JP, Assali M, Neverson J, Wu WC, Choudhary G, Morrison AR. Impact of Slice Thickness on the Predictive Value of Lung Cancer Screening Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Coronary Artery Calcification. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2019 Jan 8; 8(1):e010110.
• Iaccarino JM, Steiling KA, Wiener RS. Lung Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Hospital: Implications of Screening a Real-World Population versus the National Lung Screening Trial. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2018 Dec 1; 15(12):1493-1495.
• Kathuria H, Koppelman E, Borrelli B, Slatore CG, Clark JA, Lasser KE, Wiener RS. Patient-Physician Discussions on Lung Cancer Screening: A Missed Teachable Moment to Promote Smoking Cessation. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. 2018 Nov 23.
• Musa J, Achenbach CJ, Evans CT, Jordan N, Daru PH, Hou L, Murphy RL, Adewole IF, Simon MA. Association between patient-reported HIV status and provider recommendation for screening in an opportunistic cervical Cancer screening setting in Jos, Nigeria. BMC health services research. 2018 Nov 22; 18(1):885.

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• Patient and Provider Experiences with Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program
  This article describes the organizational- and patient-level experiences with the VA Lung Cancer Screening Demonstration Project (LCSDP), and estimates the number of VA patients who may be screening candidates. Findings showed that participants in the LCSDP found implementing a comprehensive lung cancer screening program to be challenging and complex, requiring new tools (e.g., electronic tools to...
  
  Date: March 1, 2017
• Lung Cancer Screening Programs May Have Unintended Consequences on Beliefs about Smoking Cessation
  This study aimed to learn from patients who were offered screening how the availability of screening influenced their motivations regarding smoking cessation. Findings showed that current smokers attached exaggerated personal benefits to lung cancer screening. Misperceptions about susceptibility to harms from tobacco can be reinforced and potentially exacerbated by screening due to existing cognit...
  
  Date: September 1, 2015
• Efficacy of Routine Screening Pelvic Examination in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Women
  This systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of the routine screening pelvic examination in asymptomatic, non-pregnant, adult women for indications other than sexually transmitted infection screening, provision of hormonal contraception, and cervical cancer screening. No data supported the use of the routine pelvic examination (excluding cervical cytology) for reduction in morbidity or ...
  
  Date: July 1, 2014
• Underuse of Colorectal Cancer Screening among Healthy Veterans and Overuse among Unhealthy Veterans
  This study examined whether the upper age cutoff of the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening quality measure is associated with overuse of screening among 70- to 75-year-olds who are in poor health (limited life expectancy, but within the target age range of the measure) – and underuse in those older than age 75 who are in good health (longer life expectancy, but outside the target age range of the m...
  
  Date: February 26, 2014
• Home-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Significantly Improves Screening Rates among Overdue Veterans in a Rural State
  This study sought to determine whether a simple 1-step mailing of a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) accompanied by educational materials would improve colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates in Veterans who were overdue compared to Veterans who received educational materials only and to Veterans who received no mailings. Findings showed that mailing FITs and educational materials to Veterans overd...
  
  Date: October 25, 2013

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• The Effects of Shared Decision Making on Cancer Screening
  ...Most organizations publishing clinical practice guidelines for cancer screening now recommend that preference-sensitive cancer screening decisions...
  
  
• Screening for Hepatocellular Cancer in Chronic Liver Disease: A Systematic Review
  ...evidence, and because there have been concerns raised about overdiagnosis and patient harms in other cancer screening programs. We conducted a...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no87 - A Systematic Review: Shared Decision Making for Cancer Screening
  ...Making for Cancer Screening Patient decisions about cancer screening have become increasingly complex. They must decide whether to get screened,...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no81 - Screening for Hepatocellular Cancer in Chronic Liver Disease
  ...and because there have been concerns raised about over-diagnosis and patient harms in other cancer screening programs. The VA Evidence-Based Synthesis...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no73 - Screening Pelvic Examinations in Asymptomatic Average-Risk Adult Women
  ...indication other than periodic cervical cancer screening. The procedure causes pain, discomfort, fear, anxiety, and/or embarrassment in about...
  
  

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