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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

This week’s Journal has a very profound article about why healthcare has not evolved through its technology the way other sectors of society have. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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

Permanente Medicine

A new Kaiser Permanente study showed how an integrated colorectal cancer screening program cut cancer deaths in half, reduced incidence by nearly a third, and erased racial health disparities in screenings, incidence, and death rates. underscoring the need to raise awareness, screen proactively, and improve treatment.

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Reducing cancer deaths, one test at a time

Permanente Medicine

By building an integrated, patient-centered colorectal cancer screening program, we doubled screening rates, cut deaths by 50%, and made major strides in closing racial disparities in outcomes. The approach was simple: consistently alert patients that it’s time to get screened and make getting screened as easy as possible.