A Patient Portal Tool, E-assist, for Supporting CRC Screening
Colorectal Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Colorectal Cancer focused on measuring Colorectal Cancer Screening, CRC Screening, Rectum, Colon, Screening, Populations at Risk, CRC, colorectal cancer (CRC)
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
-CRC screening recommendation via colonoscopy and/or stool cards at time of primary care appointment. Receiving care in a HFHS primary care clinic and activated MyChart account.
Exclusion Criteria:
- EHR-documented colonoscopy in the past 10 years, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years, or fecal occult blood test (FOBT) or fecal immunochemical test (FIT) in the past 12 months.
- Elevated risk for CRC (i.e., personal or family history of CRC, those with prior polyps, or a history of inflammatory bowel disease, familial adenomatous polyposis, or hereditary nonpolyposis).
Sites / Locations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
No Intervention
e-assist: Colon Health (treatment arm)
Healthwise Educational Program (active control)
Usual care control (observational only)
Eligible patients identified will receive a prompt (via email) to log into portal for an important health message. Once eligible patient initiates portal session, continuing past IRB consent screen, patient is enrolled.
Eligible patients identified will receive a prompt (via email) to log into portal for an important health message. Once eligible patient initiates portal session, continuing past IRB consent screen, patient is enrolled.
There will be no participant contact in this arm. We will use existing data sources only (e.g., EHRs) to obtain information on participants in this arm (i.e., an observational data review only).