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VA cancer screening reminder falls short: study (Yahoo)

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10-12-2012, 08:20 PM	#1
NewsBot News Gatherer Community Support Team Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 38,683 My Mood:	VA cancer screening reminder falls short: study (Yahoo) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An electronic reminder notifying doctors when patients need a colorectal cancer screening accomplished nothing to increase screening rates in a large new study. "It's a wash," said lead author John Bian, of his group's findings based on the Oncology Watch system that was implemented at eight U.S. Veteran Affairs (VA) hospitals in 2008. ... Read the full article... (From Yahoo Diseases)

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