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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

Findings from the study demonstrate how routine cancer screening with a test that can both prevent cancer and lead to earlier detection helps enhance quality of care. million men and women aged 50 to 75 examined the outcomes of a Kaiser Permanente Northern California initiative begun in 2006 to increase colorectal cancer screening rates.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. There’s so many great tech tools out there now that older adults are using and can use to really wrap around the social services and the clinical services.