Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Mailed outreach and facilitated test ordering to promote cholesterol screening in community health centers: A randomized trial.
Lipid screening is central to cardiovascular risk assessment. We sought to determine whether a simple mailed outreach message and facilitated test ordering increase cholesterol screening among federally qualified community health center patients with no recent cholesterol screening test performed. ⋯ This outreach intervention promoting cholesterol screening was ineffective. Interventions that attempt to minimize barriers to cholesterol screening on multiple fronts and that are more compelling to patients are needed.