Provider Support and Patient Outreach in Lung Cancer Screening
Ronald Myers
Summary
This clinical trial tests how well providing education improves screening for lung cancer in patients with a history of smoking. Screenings may help doctors find lung cancer sooner when it may be easier to treat. Education and counseling may be an effective method to help providers and patients learn about lung cancer screening. Providing education and decision counseling to providers and patients may increase lung cancer screening.
Description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Assess intervention impact on lung cancer screening (LCS). II. Assess intervention impact on shared decision making (SDM). SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Identify mediators and moderators of LCS. II. Assess intervention implementation barriers and facilitators. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Assess intervention impact on: Ia. LCS referral; Ib. Tobacco treatment services referral; Ic. Repeat annual LCS among participants with a normal initial screening result; Id. Follow-up diagnostic evaluation for participants with an abnormal screening result. OUTLINE: Providers are rando…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 50–77 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * PRACTICE LEVEL: * Primary care practice (family medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine) in one of the 4 participating health systems * Practice using the main electronic medical record (EMR) of each system, in order to run appropriate patient recruitment reports * Practice with at least 50% of practice providers (physicians and advanced care providers) consenting to participate * PATIENT LEVEL: * Have an office or telemedicine established patient visit scheduled with a primary care provider in one of the participating practices within next 14 to 25 days * 50 to 77 years…
Interventions
- OtherSurvey Administration
Complete survey
- OtherEducational Activity
Undergo online shared decision making training and distance learning
- OtherSurvey Administration
Complete survey
- OtherElectronic Health Record Review
Undergo electronic health record review
- OtherEducational Activity
Undergo online shared decision making training and distance learning
- OtherCounseling
Undergo shared decision making counseling
- OtherSurvey Administration
Location
- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania