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Then lastly, there are difficulties in getting the

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resources you need for your lung cancer screening programs.

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And we hear this over and over again.

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I'd really like to build a better lung cancer screening

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program, but I can't seem to get the resources for it.

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So it's some work that we did at the Cancer Society.

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We developed a simple tool that people can use

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to put in information about their practice

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and essentially spit out a financial proforma for you to use

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with those who make the financial decisions.

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And it includes inputting information about your program,

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your type of facility, your patient volume, the growth

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that you'd like to see in your cancer program, uh,

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for lung cancer screening.

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And it takes the downstream care

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that a patient would get based on their distribution

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of lung RAN scores and your volume patients,

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and creates a lung cancer screening financial value

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statement for your practice.

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This can help you get those important resources

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and is a free downloadable tool on the National Lung Cancer

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Roundtable site at the American Cancer Society.

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So by knowing the financial downstream from your lung cancer

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screening program or your incidental nodule program,

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if you have one, it's easier to get the resources you need.

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And that most important resource is a navigator

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or coordinator for your lung cancer screening program.

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They help screen individuals for eligibility,

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make appointments, make sure

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that follow up on positive screens occurs,

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remind patients about coming back for annual screening.

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They work to collect your information

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for your quality database or registry.

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They focus on education outreach with primary care

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tobacco cessation,

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and importantly, they build relationships with patients

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so they come forward for screening and stick with it.

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And there's even evidence

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to support in the literature in a systematic review that

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by hiring a nurse navigator,

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you will increase the number of patients you screen.

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You will increase their adherence to screening,

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you will increase their adherence

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to those short-term interval followup cts reduce the time

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to beginning lung cancer treatment once they're diagnosed

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and increase the proportion

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of early cancers diagnosed in your program.

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So it's important on you to make the case for the resources,

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get a nurse navigator, or we'll do one or four your program

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and build a program that will be good for you as a practice

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and great for the

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patients in the communities that you serve.

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Lastly, lung cancer Screening day happens

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annually in November.

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On the second Saturday.

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We hope that you will join us

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for the third annual lung cancer screening day this year.

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That will be on November 9th.

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Our Veterans Health Administration also supports national

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lung cancer screening day across all

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of their Veterans health facilities.

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Thanks for learning about how you as a radiologist

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or your radiology practice can participate in lung cancer

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screening, whether it's as a radiology program alone

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or an integrated manner.