Screen Up

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.

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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.

Success Stories

CareSouth

CareSouth Medical
and Dental

BATON ROUGE, LA

Increased Screenings by 25%.

OdysseyHouse

Odyssey House Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Increased Screenings by 57.48%.

BaptistCommunityHealth

Baptist Community Health Services

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Increased Screenings by 7.5%.

What Participating Clinics Receive

  • A no cost practice facilitator
  • A grant to support implementation of EBIs. 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
    • Client reminders—mailers, emails, texts or calls
  • Technical assistance for collecting and using data and reporting
  • Progress reports
  • Supporting webinars and CE opportunities
  • Online resources
  • Promoting services and success: brag sheets, social media, CDC success stories
  • Professional development/training. Previous topics include:
    • Colorectal Cancer Screening 101
    • Process Mapping
    • Case Studies
    • Using Data for Improvement
    • Root Cause Analysis
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Six Sigma Boot Camp
    • Achieving QI Sustainability in Health Care

 

To learn more about participating in Screen Up, email Dr. Bilikisu “Reni” Elewonibi at belewo@lsuhsc.edu.