NYC Health + Hospitals increases at-home CRC screening by 12%

Using at-home fecal immunochemical tests, NYC Health + Hospitals screened almost 60,000 patients for colorectal cancer in 2024, a 12% increase from the previous year. 

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The health system partnered with the American Cancer Society on an initiative to improve colorectal cancer screening rates and provided prepaid return envelopes for mail-in FIT kits at all of its facilities, according to a March 12 NYC Health + Hospitals news release.

FIT-testing instructions were available in 14 languages to increase patient engagement and accessibility, the release said.

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