More information: Patient Navigation to Improve Colonoscopy Completion After an Abnormal Stool Test Result, Annals of Internal Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.7326/ANNALS-24-01885 Provided by University ...

Program increases receipt of follow-up colonoscopy among persons aged 50 to 75 years with an abnormal stool test result. HealthDay News — A patient navigation program is effective for increasing ...

Coronado and colleagues aimed to determine whether enhanced patient navigation could overcome some of these barriers and improve colonoscopy completion after an abnormal stool test. They conducted ...

Patient navigation was more effective than usual care in increasing follow-up colonoscopy rates after an abnormal stool test result, a new randomized controlled trial revealed. The intervention ...

“It is important for patients with abnormal stool test results to get a colonoscopy as soon as possible to prevent an increased risk of colorectal cancer and later-stage cancer detection ...

Follow-up colonoscopy participation after abnormal FIT results remains a critical ... up colonoscopy among individuals with abnormal stool-test results,” wrote the researchers of the study.

A University of Arizona Health Sciences-led study found that patients are more likely to get colonoscopies following abnormal stool test results if patient navigators assist them through ...