Providing patient education: impact on quantity and quality of family health history collection.

Background: Family health history (FHH) is an underutilized tool in primary care to identify and risk-stratify individuals with increased cancer risk.

Objective: Evaluate the influence of patient education on quantity and quality of FHH entered into a primary care-based software program, and impact on the program's cancer risk management recommendations.

Design: Two primary care practices within a larger type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness controlled clinical trial.