Accelerating Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening Early Detection By Harnessing IT and Electronic Health Records Executive Summary
The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable held the Accelerating Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening by Harnessing IT and Electronic Health Records workshop on October 4, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois to address the #1 ranked priority tactic from the July 2022 summit, Accelerating Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening – A National Initiative.
This one-day workshop brought together lung cancer advocates, clinicians, researchers, and information technology (IT) and electronic health record (EHR) partners to focus on the roles of IT and EHR systems in lung cancer screening to accelerate uptake, including identifying eligible individuals, patient tracking for follow up of abnormal screening test results and adherence to annual screening, patient education including shared decision making, quality, and patient outcomes.
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The American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT) held its inaugural summit on Accelerating Uptake of Lung Cancer Screening on July 19-20, 2022, in Washington, DC. Increasing lung cancer screening has long been a priority of the NLCRT and its members. The goal of the summit was to accelerate the uptake of lung cancer screening by creating a shared understanding of the current state of screening, identifying key challenges and barriers, and developing and prioritizing strategies to build a comprehensive framework that engages key partners with actionable recommendations.