Abstract
Background/Aims: In 2015 an estimated 143,000 adults in the United States will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and 52,000 will die from the disease. Despite this knowledge, colorectal cancer screening rates remain low. Electronic health records (EHR) hold much promise for helping to close this gap by identifying eligible individuals who are overdue for or have never completed colorectal cancer screening; however, important shortfalls to this approach remain. Records of colonoscopy completion are frequently missing in the EHR. Variation in workflow and documentation can lead to incomplete capture of colorectal cancer screening and testing events. Through the Strategies and Opportunities to STOP Colon Cancer in Priority Populations (STOP CRC) study, we conducted a data validation to understand the data being captured in the EHR and completeness of the data.
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