Title: Information technology-initiated interventions: a case study for the UK National Health Service Breast Screening Programme to improve screening attendance using a new intervention research framework

Authors: V. Baskaran; A. Guergachi; B. Shah; S. Sidani; R.K. Bali; R.N.G. Naguib; N. Wickramasinghe

Addresses: Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. ' Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. ' Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. ' School of Nursing, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3, Canada. ' Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE) Applied Research Group, Health Design and Technology Institute (HDTI), Coventry University, Coventry University Technology Park, Puma Way, Coventry CV1 2TT, UK. ' Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE) Applied Research Group, Health Design and Technology Institute (HDTI), Coventry University, Coventry University Technology Park, Puma Way, Coventry CV1 2TT, UK. ' Epworth Chair Health Information Management, Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia

Abstract: Population-based screening has been accepted as the best tool for preventing breast cancer. Many women cohorts are left out from screening sessions on a regular basis. Increasing screening attendance through well-coordinated interventions has been accepted as a norm for such screening programme. The need for more resources for making such interventions within the primary care domain has held back many such initiatives. A case study on increasing screening attendance through prediction techniques to identify women likely to miss screening and initiate opportunistic intervention, is discussed in this paper. A new intervention research framework and a questionnaire-based survey are also presented.

Keywords: breast screening; opportunistic intervention; screening attendance; prediction; primary care; breast cancer prevention; UK NHS; National Health Service; United Kingdom; increasing attendance; information technology; healthcare technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2012.045354

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2012 Vol.8 No.1, pp.1 - 17

Published online: 12 Dec 2014 *

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