National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Overview

1

• National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable Overview
• Amy Manela,
• NCCRT Steering Committee Member
• Sunday, March 9, 2008

2

Mission

• The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable (NCCRT)
  is a national coalition of public, private, and
  voluntary organizations whose mission is to
  advance colorectal cancer control efforts by
  improving communication, coordination, and
  collaboration among health agencies,
  medical-professional organizations, and the
  public.
• The ultimate goal of the roundtable is to
  increase the use of proven colorectal cancer
  screening tests among the entire population for
  whom screening is appropriate.

3
Background

• Co-Founded by ACS and CDC in 1997
• Collaborative partnership of over 70 member
  organizations
• Includes many nationally known experts, thought
  leaders, and decision makers on colorectal cancer
• Work conducted at Annual Meeting and through
  various Task Groups

4
NCCRT Members
5
Steering Committee

• Chair - Thomas K. Weber, MD, FACS
• Co Chair Robert Smith, PhD
• Immediate Past Chair Bernard Levin, MD
• Steering Committee Members
• Carolyn Aldigé -- Cancer Research and Prevention
  Foundation
• Maurice Cerulli, MD -- Digestive Disease National
  Coalition
• Paul Limburg, MD American Gastroenterological
  Association
• Mark Pochapin, MD Jay Monahan Center for GI
  Health
• Amy Manela Individual Member
• Dale Mintz, MPA, CHES -- Hadassah
• Laura Seeff, MD -- Centers for Disease Control
  and Prevention
• Richard Wender, MD -- Thomas Jefferson University

6
National Strategic Plan

• The Strategic Plan Emphasized
• Low rates of screening
• Need to target awareness, access, quality,
  professional education, and structural change

7
Committees

• Professional Education Practice
• Public Education
• Health Policy

8
2007 NCCRT Annual Meeting
9
Task Groups

• Policy Action
• Screening Among Older Adults
• Professional Education and Practice
• Blue Star
• Evidence-Based Education and Outreach
• Website Development
• Colorectal Cancer Quality Assurance

10

• NCCRT Accomplishments

11
(No Transcript)
12
Blue Star/Universal Slogan

• Public Awareness
• Chair Mark Pochapin, MD Jay Monahan Center for
  GI Health
• Co Chair Tamar Wallace Jay Monahan Center for
  GI Health
• Blue Star
• Chair Amy Manela Individual Member
• Website Development
• Chair Kymber Williams, MA Centers for Disease
  Control and Prevention

Preventable Treatable Beatable!
13

14

15
CRC Screening Clinicians Guide
16
Sample Tools
17
Website
www.nccrt.org
18
(No Transcript)
19
Publication
20
Working Together to Create Change
A Call to Action Ending In-Office FOBTs
21
Steering Committee Community Visits
22
Plans for the Upcoming Year

• Create Speakers Bureau for CRC Clinicians Guide
• Further distribute the Blue Star and slogan among
  Members and grassroots organizations
• Promote interactive features of www.nccrt.org
  website
• Create White Paper on how to think about CRC in
  the context of health care reform
• Create inventory of data on barriers to CRC
  screening in the over 65 population
• Visit more city health departments to explore
  local issues (Boston is next)
• Publish NCCRT/Lewin cost model analysis

23
Thank you.