Direct Access Colonoscopy Screening Process
Who meets criteria:
- Patients over age 50
- African American patients over 45
- Patients with family/personal history of colon cancer
- Patients with personal/family history of adenomatous polyps
- Transplant workup patients
Referral packet checklist:
- Recent H&P
- Patient demographics
- Initiate referral in eCW (internal)
- Place in outgoing referral
- Select gastroenterology
- Assign to Karen Furbert's box
- Place in “Open” status
- Select screening colonoscopy
- Physician order (external) with diagnostic code
- Labs < 1 year
- EKG < 1 year
- Cardiology notes (if applicable)
- Referring MD name/phone #/fax #
Next steps:
- Patient will be scheduled for PAT if indicated
- Procedure and bowel prep will be ordered and prescribed by GI physician
- Patient be notified to confirm appointment 2-days prior to procedure
- Bowel prep instructions will be provided to the patient by the Endoscopy staff
- Internal referrals will be notified at the completion of the procedure via eCW
- Operative Report will be faxed to the Referring Physician
- Patient will be notified of biopsy results by the GI Fellow
- Biopsy results may be viewed in Meditech
Tulane Medical Center
Endoscopy Department
1415 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 988-2087