Clinical Conversation with Dr. Gould

Last Wednesday, May 23rd, CHCACT's Practice Transformation Network (PTN) team hosted Dr. Gould’s Monthly Clinical Conversation, which was attended by individuals from ten CT health centers. This month's conversation was centered around colorectal cancer screenings, in support of the American Cancer Society's initiative to increase screening rates for colorectal cancer to 80%.

Kiana McDavid
PTN Program Coordinator

The conversation focused on health centers' strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening rates; health center leaders shared information regarding how they are each working to increase colorectal cancer screenings among targeted populations.

Dr. Levita Robinson from Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center shared her strong model for encouraging her patients to take a fecal immunochemical (FIT) test. The providers at CS-Hill attribute their colorectal cancer screening increase to informing the patient when they have an irregular test result. This prompts the care team to urge the patient that more testing is necessary and crucial. In addition, the workflow has also been attributed to their increase in colorectal cancer screenings. At CS-Hill, there is an active partnership between the nursing team and the providers, further enforcing active care team roles.

For Dr. Robinson, looking at UDS measures has helped the increase in colorectal cancer screening at Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center as well. Integrating the UDS data with the current model has helped to reinforce the increase of FIT testing, and CS-Hill’s compliance rate is very high due to their efficient model.

Dr. Alix Pose from Optimus Health Care and Dr. Tess Lombard from StayWell Health Center shared their methods for increasing colorectal cancer screenings with their peers. They spoke about sharing their UDS measures with the providers transparently to increase the compliance rates of colorectal cancer screening.

Special thanks to Dr. Levita Robinson for sharing her excellent model with her peers, and other health centers that attended and collaborated on Dr. Gould’s Clinical Conversation! The Clinical Conversations occur monthly through our StarLeaf video portal and are part of CHCACT's PTN activities.

- Kiana