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Great Plains QIN is partnering with communities throughout the region to unite stakeholders, consumers and healthcare providers to improve communication and care coordination – resulting in reduced hospital admissions, readmissions and medication harm. A team at Great...
North Dakota’s CRC Screening Improvements Featured at National Meeting
Pictured above: Shannon Bacon (American Cancer Society), Jesse Tran and Joyce Sayler (North Dakota Dept. of Health), Judy Beck (Great Plains QIN), and Amanda Houston (lND CRC survivor). Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer...
Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Increase in North Dakota
State-by-state colorectal cancer screening rates for 2016 are now available from CDC. The percentage of adults aged 50 to 75 who reported being up to date with CRC screening in the United States increased from 65.5% in 2012 to 67.3% in 2016. The states having the...
New Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendation Issued
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently released a new colorectal cancer screening guideline, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The new guideline recommends that adults at average risk for colorectal cancer start regular...
North Dakota Cancer Survivors Share their Personal Stories
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. It is also one of the most preventable. This March, we continue to encourage men and women 50 and older to make getting...
Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln Receives National Award
The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT), an organization co-founded by the American Cancer Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, honored Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln with a national achievement award recognizing community...
Northland Community Health Centers Strengthen Preventive Screening Processes
The mission of Northland Health Centers (NCHC), an organization of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in North Dakota, is “to strengthen the health status in the communities we serve.” When NCHC was invited to participate in a region-wide project to improve...
Momentum Open Doors for Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening
Colorectal cancer is preventable when individuals are screened. The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT) began a quality improvement movement to save lives by setting an ambitious goal for 80% of adults aged 50 and older to be regularly screened for...
It Takes a Village….Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
Thanks to the care team at Bryan Health in Lincoln, Nebraska and efforts of the Lancaster County Crusade Against Cancer, Lon Sorenson is now cancer free. The Lancaster County Crusade Against Cancer is a partnership of community agencies, organizations and volunteers...
NEW! Clinician’s Reference: Stool-Based Tests For Colorectal Cancer Screening
The least invasive, least expensive form of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening uses annual home stool tests, also known as Fecal Occult blood tests (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical tests (FIT). If done yearly and with good follow-up, FIT or FOBT can prevent colorectal...