Screen Up
The Problem
Louisiana has some of the highest death rates in America for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers. All three types of cancer are prevalent and often don’t show warning signs. Screening is the best way to prevent and detect these cancers early when they are easiest to treat.
Screen Up Partner CareSouth’s Testimonial
What We Do
Screen Up raises breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening rates by facilitating quality improvement work at primary care clinics and health systems. We share national guidelines, quality improvement best practices, and evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to create tailored sustainable changes. These strategies improve the quality and rate of cancer screenings, reducing healthcare costs and saving more patients’ lives.
Screen Up offers support for EBIs, including:
- Provider assessment and feedback
- Provider reminders
- Client/patent reminders
- Client/patent reminders
Eligibility
Screen Up targets clinics with low screening rates (less than 60%) in areas with the highest numbers of new cases of late-stage cancer and/or high Medicaid or uninsured populations.
What Participating Clinics Receive
- A no cost practice facilitator
- Online resources
- Promotion of success and services
- Technical assistance for collecting and using data and reporting
- Professional development/training.
- Progress reports
- Supporting webinars and CE opportunities
- A grant to support implementation of EBIs.* Deleted:
*Funds can be used for: salaries directly related to increasing screening (project champion, patient navigator, coordinator), HIT enhancements, consultants (HIT/QI), professional development/provider education, packaging and mailing of FIT kits, and client reminders—mailers, emails, texts or calls.
Success Stories
CareSouth Medical
and Dental
BATON ROUGE, LA
Increased Screenings by 25%.
Odyssey House Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Increased Screenings by 57.48%.
Baptist Community Health Services
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Increased Screenings by 7.5%.
Plaquemines Primary Care
PORT SULPHUR, LA
Increased Screenings by 11.8%.
CrescentCare
NEW ORLEANS, LA
Increased Screenings by 5%.
Baton Rouge Primary Care Collaborative
BATON ROUGE, LA
Increased Screenings by 5%.
Inclusive Care
MARRERO, LA
Increased Screenings by 2%.
Start Corp.
HOUMA, LA
Increased Screenings by 33%.
If you are interested in applying for our program or learning more, please fill out this form and someone will be in touch!