title: [A project to improve the follow-up completion rate of colorectal cancer screening-positive patients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Taiwan. Patients diagnosed early have excellent cure rates. Mackay Memorial Hospital, working on a Bureau of Health Promotion (BHP) project, found the colorectal cancer screening completion rate for positive patients to be the lowest among four cancer screenings reviewed. We thus formed a project team to improve the follow-up completion rate for colorectal cancer screening-positive patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This project was designed to raise the follow-up completion rate for colorectal cancer screening-positive patients to 65%.
  
  
  METHODS
  Explicit interventions implemented included making health education leaflets and return visit reminder sheets, holding/organizing screening seminars, opening a consultation helpline, formulating follow-up colorectal cancer screening procedures for screening-positive patients, holding hospital educational training courses, establishing cross-unit collaboration models, and benchmarking other hospitals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The follow-up completion rate increased from 53.63% to 66.08%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Conducting health education programs and strengthening team awareness of follow-up completion rates effectively enhanced the follow-up completion rate for colorectal cancer screening-positive patients and improved medical care quality.
authors: Department of Nurseing, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui Branch, ROC. peg0920@gmail.com.
authors: Pei-Han
authors: PH
authors: Chang
authors: Ting-Ting
authors: TT
authors: Chen
authors: Mei-Feng
authors: MF
authors: Chiang
mesh_terms: D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans
keywords: awareness; colorectal cancer; completion rate; screening