Clinical Corner: IDC vs. DCIS

Question: What is the difference between IDC and DCIS?

Are You a Provider in a Health Professional Shortage Area?

Primary care providers working in designated health professional shortage areas can receive funding to repay qualifying educational loans. The next application cycle will open September 1, 2016. Participants must see underserved patients at an approved clinical site for the entire service obligation. To learn more about where the designated health professional shortage areas are in Colorado, please visit the following maps:

Primary Care

Mental Health

Oral Health 

Medically Underserved

Application information, eligibility, award amounts, service obligation, and approved sites for the Colorado Health Service Corps can be found on their website. To be eligible, candidates must be delivering health care services in a public or nonprofit clinic, accept public insurance, and offer discounted services to low-income, uninsured patients on a sliding fee scale.

Initial Mammogram Entry into eCaST Clarification

Question: When is an initial mammogram entered into eCaST as a screening procedure and when is it entered as a diagnostic procedure?