title: Prevalence and implications of multiple cancer screening needs among Hispanic community health center patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine adherence rates for multiple cancer screening tests, which will inform prevention efforts in community health centers (CHCs).
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on the prevalence of screening for multiple cancers (cervical, breast and colorectal) among 43,000 patients who are predominantly Hispanic, in four CHC sites that share an integrated electronic medical record.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 20,057 patients eligible for at least one test, 43% of the population was current on all screening targets; 15,887 additional screening tests were needed among 11,526 individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Expanding use of health information technology in community health centers provides an opportunity to create an electronic infrastructure for addressing multiple screening needs from a patient-centered perspective.
authors: Harvard School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Center for Community-Based Research, 44 Binney Street- LW703, Boston, MA 02115, USA. karen_m_emmons@dfci.harvard.edu
authors: Karen M
authors: KM
authors: Emmons
authors: Dean
authors: D
authors: Cleghorn
authors: Trinidad
authors: T
authors: Tellez
authors: Mary L
authors: ML
authors: Greaney
authors: Kim M
authors: KM
authors: Sprunck
authors: Roshan
authors: R
authors: Bastani
authors: Tracy
authors: T
authors: Battaglia
authors: James S
authors: JS
authors: Michaelson
authors: Elaine
authors: E
authors: Puleo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult