Publications by authors named "Frank W McStay"
Assessing adherence and cost-benefit of colorectal cancer screening for accountable providers.
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent)
October 2019
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how well patients followed up with colorectal cancer screenings and whether it was worth the money spent.
- Out of 94 patients, most (68%) got or were offered a follow-up procedure called a colonoscopy, which checks for cancer.
- The screenings helped save a lot of healthcare costs, but if more patients got follow-ups, it could have saved even more money and improved health.
Objective: To compare diagnostic accuracy between primary care E-Visit and face-to-face (F2F) encounters for low-acuity illnesses.
Patients And Methods: This cross-sectional retrospective analysis of electronic health records in a large not-for-profit integrated delivery system included patients covered by the health care system's employee health plan with an established affiliated physician-patient relationship and an F2F encounter in the past 12 months who had an E-Visit (n=490) or an F2F (n=2201) primary care encounter for a low-acuity illness from July 1, 2015, through December 22, 2016. Patients with a related follow-up visit within 10 days resulting in a revised diagnosis, as determined by 2 physician reviewers, were compared (1) including only the first encounter for each patient and (2) including all encounters more than 10 days apart for included patients.