Mail and electronic reminders may increase colon cancer screening

Monday, February 23, 2009 - 17:57 in Health & Medicine

Mailed reminders to patients appear to promote colon cancer screening, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In addition, electronic reminders to physicians appear to increase screening among patients with more frequent primary care visits.

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