CRC Screening Best Practices Learning Collaborative
The Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Best Practices Learning Collaborative provided a platform for participating organizations to improve both clinical and economic outcomes for this patient population through the development and implementation of quality improvement projects, best practice sharing, and peer learning.
Participating organizations developed and implemented strategies to increase colorectal cancer screening rates among all average risk patients age 45-75 in multi-specialty groups and integrated delivery systems.
Twenty healthcare organizations were selected to participate in this Collaborative. The Collaborative began in May 2023 and concluded in February 2025.
- Ballad Health Medical Associates
- Crystal Run Healthcare
- Henry Ford Health
- Inova Health System
- Intermountain Health
- Lehigh Valley Physician Group
- North Mississippi Medical Clinic
- Northwell Health
- Novant Health Medical Group
- Ochsner Health
- Olmsted Medical Center
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Premier Medical Associates
- Prevea Health
- Privia Medical Group (N Texas)
- Southwest Medical Associates
- TPMG Northern California
- UAB Medicine
- UW Medicine Primary Care
- WellSpan Medical Group
Population Health Approach to Complete Colorectal Cancer Screening Framework and Infographic
Click here to view an infographic outlining the Collaborative interventions implemented by participating organizations during the program.
CRC Screening Best Practices Learning Collaborative Advisory Committee
Andrew Albert, MD, MPH, Chief, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Illinois Masonic Medical Center & Medical Director, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical
Durado Brooks, MD, MPH, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Screening, Exact Sciences
Frank Colangelo, MD, MS-HQS, FACP, Chief Quality Officer, Premier Medical Associates, Allegheny Health Network
Theodore Levin, MD, Research Scientist II, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California & Staff Gastroenterologist, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Walnut Creek & Associate
Laura Makaroff, DO, Senior Vice President, Prevention, Early Detection & Survivorship, American Cancer Society
Pascale White, MD, FACG, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Gastroenterology Clinic, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Co-Founder, Association of Black Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists (ABGH)
Questions?
If you have questions or need further information about this Collaborative, contact Erin Leaver-Schmidt at eleaver-schmidt@amga.org or by phone at (703) 838-0033, ext. 390.
