Low Literacy Can Impede Colorectal Ca Screening : Provider education and feedback boosted screening rates in a randomized study.

Among the patients with low literacy, the provider-directed intervention was associated with a 26% increase in screening completion, he reported.

“If information technology support could facilitate downloading of provider-specific CRC screening rates directly from the electronic medical records of the VA, then the intervention costs would substantially decrease,” Dr. Bennett said.

Because CRC screening rates have scored so low in the past within the VA, information technology improvements within the system are likely in the near future, he said.