The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative recommends cervical cancer screening for average-risk women aged 21 to 65 years. For women aged 21 to 29 years, cervical cancer screening using cervical cytology (Pap test) every 3 years is recommended. Cotesting with...
Screening for Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence The WPSI recommends screening adolescent and adult women for intimate partner and domestic violence, at least annually, and, when needed, providing intervention services. Intimate partner and domestic violence...
This article discusses the evidence that led to expanding the breast cancer screening recommendation to include additional imaging (eg, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, mammography) and pathology evaluation, if needed.
WPSI’s recommendation on patient navigation services for breast and cervical cancer screening involves person-to-person contact with the patient as well as services such as person-centered assessment and planning, health care access and health system navigation, referrals to appropriate support services (eg, language translation, transportation, and social services), and patient education.
In this systematic review and meta-analysis of 42 randomized clinical trials with 39, 111 participants, rates of screening and follow-up in women who were offered patient navigation services were compared to rates in women who received usual health care. With women who received patient navigation services, rates were 13.8% higher for breast cancer screening and 15.6% higher for cervical cancer screening, and higher for follow-up of abnormal screening results.
This evidence review informed the WPSI’s recommendation on Patient Navigation Services for Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening.
These pamphlets help patients navigate WPSI’s recommendations. They include patient-focused information about the importance of preventive health care and the WPSI recommendations, and sample scripts for patients.
The WPSI coding guide provides clinicians with the codes to bill for WPSI recommendations.
What is WPSI? The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative (WPSI) is a coalition of national health professional organizations and patient advocates with expertise in women’s health tasked with developing, reviewing and updating recommendations for the Women’s...
Recommendations for Well-Woman Care Preventive care visits provide an excellent opportunity for well-woman care including screening, evaluation of health risks and needs, counseling, and immunizations. Recommendations for Well-Woman Care – A Well-Woman Chart was...
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