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Monday, November 23, 2009
The Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening Program
Program Overview
 

To Become a Provider

  • Contact the WVBCCSP Program Director at the WV Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health.
  • Call 304.558.5388 or toll free in West Virginia at 1.800.642.8522

To view a complete list of Screening Providers, Mammography Providers, Colposcopy Providers, or FNAs and/or surgeons, click here.

Available Services (for breast and cervical cancer)

  • Screening Services
  • Diagnostic Services
  • Tracking and Follow-up
  • Case Management

Professional Education

The Professional Education components include:
  • The Public Health Nurses Physical Assessment Training (PHNPAT) course, which provides in-depth instructions regarding breast and cervical cancer and certifies RNs as screening providers for breast and cervical cancer.
  • Continuing education opportunities providing physicians, nurses, radiologic technologists, cytotechnologists and other medical professionals with current information about topics relating to breast and cervical disease.
  • Audiovisual and written products providing information about new and updated techniques and scientific thinking on topics addressing screening, diagnosis and treatment of breast and cervical cancers.

Quality Assurance

  • Quality Assurance is maintained by the WVBCCSP through technical assistance and training for all screening and referral providers. The Clinical Services Coordinator also conducts on-site quality assurance monitoring follow-up visits to ensure compliance with Program protocols and ensure maintaince of best practice standards. It is also the responsibility of the Clinical Services Coordinator to provide clinical breast examination/breast self examination training, utilizing the MammaCare method, for screening providers and for participants at the yearly Public Health Nurses Physical Assessment Training.

For more information about our Program or to talk to someone within the Program, call 304.558.5388 or toll free in West Virginia at 1.800.642.8522 or visit our website at www.wvdhhr.org/bccsp.

This program is offered by the West Virginia DHHR, Bureau for Public Health, and OMCFH . . . a message from the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center of West Virginia University. The WVBCCSP is supported by cooperative agreement number U57/CCU306741 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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