CSuJ3 - A Systems Approach to Cancer Screening and Top Health Center Clinical Conditions

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and the role of health centers in screening and early detection saves lives. Using evidence-based recommendations, such as The United States Preventive Services Task Force and Healthy People 2030 targets, to drive cancer screening efforts is an essential step in improving the health of populations. Evidence-based care involves making patient care decisions using a process that integrates clinical expertise, best-practice research, patient values, and self-care motivators. When evidence is the foundation for care decisions and interventions - rather than opinion, common practice, or expediency - better outcomes can be achieved. When cancer screening and early detection efforts are part of a ‘systems approach’ to care, the impacts are compounded. In a ‘systems approach’ to evidence-based care, health centers can combine treatments for specific conditions with broader interventions to have a bigger effect. When these broader interventions become the foundation for care delivery, health centers are better positioned to advance toward the Quintuple Aim goals of improved health outcomes, improved patent and staff experience, reduced costs, and health equity. This session features a panel of experts from the field sharing how a 'systems approach' combines treatments for specific conditions, including cancer screening, hypertension, brain health, and diabetes, with broader interventions to have a bigger effect.