Implementing Universal Lynch Syndrome Screening Across Multiple Healthcare Systems: Identifying Strategies to Facilitate and Maintain Programs in Different Organizations Contexts

Description

The goal of this proposal is to describe, compare, andexplain variations in Lynch syndrome (LS) screening implementation acrossmultiple healthcare systems and create a comprehensive, customizableorganizational toolkit for implementing LS screening.

PI is Alanna K. Rahm, PhD,MS, LGC, Geisinger Medicine Institute. Site PI is Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D. Collaborating sites include the following:

Andrea N. Burnett-Hartmann, Ph.D.,MPH, Kaiser Permanente Colorado; Mara Epstein, Sc.D., MeyersPrimary Care; Jessica Enzell Hunter, Ph.D., KaiserPermanente Northwest; Christine Y. Lu, Ph.D., HarvardPilgrim Health Care Institute; Pamala Palowski, Pharm.D., HealthPartners; Ravi Sharaf, M.D., NorthwellHealth; and Robert Weil, M.D., Catholic HealthInitiatives.

Principal Investigator

Su-Ying Liang, Ph.D., External PI, Principal Investigator

Funder

National Cancer Institute

Start Date

August 01, 2017

End Date

July 31, 2022

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