Aakash Desai: Reminder Interventions for Lung Cancer Screening
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Aakash Desai: Reminder Interventions for Lung Cancer Screening

Aakash Desai, Associate Professor at UAB O’Neal Cancer Center, shared on X:

“Annual LCS RCT (JAMA Internal Medicine, n=1837)

  • Pended PCP order + reminders: 75.5 vs 47.4%, RR 1.59
  • Print/video education: 59.2 vs 63.3%, RR 0.93
  • Reminders, current smokers: 73.0 vs 41.2% What brings them back?”

Aakash Desai

Title: Health Communication and Stepped Reminders Interventions for Lung Cancer Screening

Authors: Karen J. Wernli, Melissa L. Anderson, Lorella Palazzo, Casey Luce, Nadejda Bezman, Kristine Rogers, Margaret Chin, Hongyuan Gao, James Ralston, Yu-Ru Su, Lisa Carter-Bawa, Matthew Triplette, Leah Tuzzio, Anjali Vasavada, Beverly B. Green.

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