In a retrospective EHR-based medical record review from October 2014 to September 2015, 77 primary care physicians offered Cologuard to 393 patients on Medicare who were noncompliant with colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations1
0 Compliance
0 of 393 patients were compliant with recommended CRC screening.1
88.3% Cologuard compliance
88.3% of patients were compliant with Cologuard over 12 months.1
96.1% Follow-up colonoscopy
96.1% of patients who had a positive Cologuard test underwent a follow-up diagnostic colonoscopy.1*
Study limitations: A relatively smaII study size from a single health center; findings may not be generalizable to patients not on Medicare or to patients outside this particular geographic area (Dallas, TX).1