Download or read book User s Guide written by Tracy L. Scott and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mammography screening is effective in the early detection of breast cancer especially among women 50 years and older. Detection and treatment of breast cancer at an early stage of disease can reduce mortality and medical care costs. For women aged 50 and older, mammography screening done every 1 to 2 years, followed by appropriate treatment for women who test positive, can decrease breast cancer mortality by up to 30%. Based on past research on mammography interventions, The Prudential Center for Health Care Research (PCHCR) has identified steps that can be taken to increase mammography rates, and has put together the tools that you will need to choose and implement intervention strategies. These tools, and a detailed discussion of the steps, are contained in: The Manual of Intervention Strategies to Increase Mammography Rates (Resource Manual), by Faye L. Wong (CDC). A User's Guide has been designed to assist you in utilizing the Resource Manual. It is Prudential HealthCare's priority to increase mammography screening rates among eligible members of the plan. The goal of the User's Guide and the Resource Manual is to assist you in increasing the mammography screening rates among the eligible members of your health plan. The Resource Manual is a source of basic information on mammography and the intervention strategies and tools that health plans may use to help increase the screening rates. The User's Guide outlines major points from the Resource Manual, and will help you find the information in the larger manual that is most relevant for your needs. The manuals are designed to be user-friendly, practical and adaptable to the needs and capacity of different health plans. Together with the resources suggested in the manuals, a health plan will have access to the basic information needed to successfully plan, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of mammography intervention strategies. There are three major steps involved in designing and implementing an intervention to increase mammography screening rates. To develop a successful intervention strategy, it is very important that you complete all three steps together. The best way to use this manual is to read each of the steps and decide which option or combination of options best suits your health plan.
Download or read book The Manual of Intervention Strategies to Increase Mammography Rates written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mammography is effective in the early detection of breast cancer, especially among women 50 years and older. Detection and treatment of breast cancer at an early stage of disease can improve survival and yield substantial savings in medical care costs. This manual is a source of basic information on mammography and the intervention strategies and tools that health plans may use to help increase the screening rates. The manual is designed to be user-friendly, practical and adaptable to the needs and capacity of different health plans and will assist health plans to: 1. assess existing barriers to mammography; 2. identify the characteristics of members, providers and health care delivery systems for use in tailoring intervention strategies to increase their effectiveness; 3. identify the population(s) and providers(s) to target for intervention as well as the missed and untapped opportunities to increase mammography rates; 4. select and implement appropriate intervention strategies including those aimed at members, the health care (mammography) delivery system and providers, and the community; 5. monitor and evaluate intervention strategies implemented and use these data to further improve mammography screening rates."--Page 1.
Download or read book Chronic Disease Notes Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breast Cancer Screening in a Low Income Managed Care Population written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low-income women have a high mortality from breast cancer. Yet, they participate in breast cancer early detection screening programs less than women in the general population. A randomized trial was designed to find the most effective intervention strategy to improve screening mammography rates of women participating in Tennessee's TennCare program. The strategies were: a) a prompter letter from Managed Care Organization (MCO); b) a reminder letter from primary care physician(PCP); c) telephone and/or in home counseling. These strategies and placebo were randomly assigned to 2357 participants. Control group(n=780) did not receive any intervention; Simple intervention group(n=79l) were mailed MCO letter; and Step-wise intervention group(n= 786) targeted MCO and PCP letter, and/or Counseling. The result shows that counseling was three more likely to increase mammography screening (RR=3.02;P=0.000001; CI:2.10, 4.34) than no intervention and about two and half time more likely than MCO letter (RR=2.33; P=0.00001; CI: 1.68,3.24). The PCP letter was one and half time more likely to increase the mammography rate than the no intervention (RR=1.5; P= 0.02; CI: 1.11,2.22). The study concluded that Counseling is the most effective and PCP letter was also found to be effective to improve mammography rates over no intervention group and MCO letter group.
Download or read book Saving Women s Lives written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-03-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The outlook for women with breast cancer has improved in recent years. Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening, breast cancer mortality has decreased steadily since 1989. Yet breast cancer remains a major problem, second only to lung cancer as a leading cause of death from cancer for women. To date, no means to prevent breast cancer has been discovered and experience has shown that treatments are most effective when a cancer is detected early, before it has spread to other tissues. These two facts suggest that the most effective way to continue reducing the death toll from breast cancer is improved early detection and diagnosis. Building on the 2001 report Mammography and Beyond, this new book not only examines ways to improve implementation and use of new and current breast cancer detection technologies but also evaluates the need to develop tools that identify women who would benefit most from early detection screening. Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis encourages more research that integrates the development, validation, and analysis of the types of technologies in clinical practice that promote improved risk identification techniques. In this way, methods and technologies that improve detection and diagnosis can be more effectively developed and implemented.
Download or read book The Case Manager s Training Manual written by David W. Plocher and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplantation
Download or read book Improving Breast Imaging Quality Standards written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mammography is an important tool for detecting breast cancer at an early stage. When coupled with appropriate treatment, early detection can reduce breast cancer mortality. At the request of Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned a study to examine the current practice of mammography and breast cancer detection, with a focus on the FDA's oversight via the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), to identify areas in need of improvement. Enacted in 1993, MQSA provides a general framework for ensuring national quality standards in facilities performing screening mammography, requires that each mammography facility be accredited and certified, and mandates that facilities will undergo annual inspections. This book recommends strategies for achieving continued progress in assuring mammography quality, including changes to MQSA regulation, as well as approaches that do not fall within the purview of MQSA. Specifically, this book provides recommendations aimed at improving mammography interpretation; revising MQSA regulations, inspections, and enforcement; ensuring an adequate workforce for breast cancer screening and diagnosis; and improving breast imaging quality beyond mammography.
Download or read book The Mammography Outreach Project written by Eileen Harrington Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Let s Talk Between Women written by Younghae Kim and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Breast Images written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of women undergo screening mammography regularly with the hope of detecting breast cancer at an earlier and more curable stage. But the ability of such screening to accurately detect early cancers depends on the quality of mammography, including high-quality image acquisition and interpretation. To help ensure the quality of mammography, Congress passed the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) in 1994 and last reauthorized it in 2004. In advance of its expected reauthorization in 2007, Congress requested a consensus study from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommending ways to improve the quality of mammography, with an emphasis on image interpretation. The resulting report, Improving Breast Imaging Quality Standards, highlighted the need to decrease variability in mammography interpretation in the United States and identified gaps in the evidence needed to develop best practices. The consensus committee found that mammography interpretation remained quite variable, and that this variability limited the full potential of mammography to reduce breast cancer mortality by detecting breast cancers at an early stage. In May 2015, the IOM convened a workshop to address this issue. The participants discussed challenges in the delivery of high-quality mammography, the impact of training and experience on interpretive performance, how best to measure interpretive performance, and the potential impact of new technologies and supplemental imaging on interpretation of breast screening and diagnostic images. Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Breast Images summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop.
Download or read book Saving Women s Lives written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-12-18 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) present a one-day symposium that was held at the IOM to further disseminate the conclusions and recommendations of the joint IOM and National Research Council report, Saving Women's Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis. The committee assembled for this event was asked to share insights and consider ways in which the objectives of the report could be achieved from the standpoint of what women need to know, the best models of screening programs, manpower, risk stratification, basic research, and payment. This symposium seeks to provide continuing food for thought and ideas for actions in support of breast cancer detection and diagnosis and saving women's lives.
Download or read book The Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program Rescreening Assessment Study written by David Thomas Gary Millward and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Intervention Strategies for Breast Cancer Screening written by Holly Halvorson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Developing Intervention Strategies for Breast Cancer Screening: A Self-Study Guide for Program Planners Upon completion Of the guide, you will have designed a breast cancer screening program for a specific population Of women living in the state. In the process, you will have acquired new, or enhanced your current knowledge regarding how to plan and implement a breast cancer public education program working with members Of the community. It should be noted that there are several breast cancer public education program plans that could be developed from the scenario that is about to unfold. You should expect that the program planning Segments that you develop along the way might not match the updates that follow. The purpose Of this guide is not necessarily for all users to develop one consistent program plan, but rather for each to understand the steps needed to design a comprehensive plan that meets the needs Of the defined community. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Cost effectiveness Analysis of a Reminder Intervention Strategy for Mammography Screening written by Vineet Seth and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Mammography Rates written by Michael J. Rainer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facility Inreach Strategy to Promote Annual Mammography written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this study is to increase annual return rates for screening mammography among asymptomatic women aged 50 and older. Specific project objectives include: (a) To develop an intervention aimed at promoting return mammogram adherence within 12-14 months following the last mammogram. The intervention will consist of an appointment reminder letter. (b) To refine and standardize a comparison reminder letter. (c) To implement and monitor the proposed interventions at six mammography facilities in San Diego, California. (d) To evaluate the effectiveness of the primary care physician's letter. A secondary purpose is to increase the understanding of the factors that influence interval adherence to mammography.
Download or read book Advancing the Science of Implementation Across the Cancer Continuum written by David A. Chambers (DPhil) and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many effective interventions have been developed with the potential to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality from cancer, they are of no benefit to the health of populations if they cannot be delivered. In response to this challenge, Advancing the Science of Implementation across the Cancer Continuum provides an overview of research that can improve the delivery of evidence-based interventions in cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship. Chapters explore the field of implementation science and its application to practice, a broad synthesis of relevant research and case studies illustrating each cancer-focused topic area, and emerging issues at the intersection of research and practice in cancer. Both comprehensive and accessible, this book is an ideal resource for researchers, clinical and public health practitioners, medical and public health students, and health policymakers.
