Innovation Heroes is a recurring series from the VHA Innovation Ecosystem, focusing on VA employees who are driving innovation forward and improving the lives of Veterans and fellow VA employees. Want to learn more about Mailed FIT and colorectal cancer screening at VA? You can explore their webpage on the Diffusion Marketplace to learn more about the techniques and spread of this rapidly growing innovation. “The fact that there is the ability within VA to take care of a problem on a national, enterprise-level is relatively unique in the US health care system.” Moore is a health systems specialist from VISN 21. “It’s not been an easy process and we couldn’t do it without a wonderful team of dedicated professionals, including Chris Moore,” said Dominitz. Shark Tank identifies frontline employee innovations that promote positive outcomes and improved experiences for Veterans, employees, caregivers and VHA community. With help from VHA Diffusion of Excellence and the VHA Shark Tank Competition, Mailed FIT is now ramping up to serve Veterans across the nation. “It also allows us to transition from an opportunistic approach to screening… where we have to wait for the Veteran to come in… to an organized approach, ensuring more Veterans have access.” Increasing access on a national scale “Mailed FIT separates colon cancer screening from the in-person visit and meets the needs for Veterans who don’t come in on a regular or frequent basis,” Dominitz said. This approach, while not replacing current screening efforts, makes screening easy while simultaneously increasing colonoscopy access for Veterans with the highest risk for colon cancer. He partnered with staff from VISN 21 and other VA program offices, such as Primary Care, Laboratory Medicine and the National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. He was exposed to the idea of Mailed FIT after Kaiser Permanente successfully rolled out a similar program. An innovative approach to colon cancer screeningsĭominitz trained at Durham VA in health services research and now works at Seattle VA. Fortunately, there was a solution: Mailed FIT kits for Veterans to use in their homes.
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