Increase cervical screening rates in your practice
About this activity
Use the QI template below to increase cervical screening and meet the requirements for the PIP QI Incentive.
Note: From 1 July 2022, National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP) expanded screening test options, offering self-collection as a choice to all people participating in cervical screening. The change means all NCSP participants aged 25 to 74 years old have the choice to screen using either a self-collected vaginal sample or a clinician collected sample from the cervix, accessed through a health professional in both cases.
This activity can be used for both clinician-collected and self-collected samples.
Goal
Increase the percentage of eligible patients aged 25 to 74 years who have had a cervical screen within the past five years.
Measures
POLAR measure: Percentage of eligible patients who have had a cervical screen in the last five years.
Improvement ideas
- Use PIP QI Report inPOLAR to pull the list of eligible patients who have not had a cervical screen or are overdue for a cervical screen. , you could use the QIPC Report – Cancer Screening report in POLAR to identify high risk patients.
- Decide how you will recall the patients on the list (e.g.: phone call, SMS, email or letter), how you will invite them in for care (what you will say) and how you will divide the tasks. Tip: If the list is long, start with a small number of patients, such as calling the patients at high risk or have comorbidities.
- Make sure all your clinicians can access the National Cervical Screening Register (NCSR)and know how to use it to check patients’ screening histories.
Download the QI template below for more improvement ideas.
