Scott Joy, MD, chief medical officer of HealthOne Physician Services Group in Denver, told KDVR that since the beginning of the pandemic, he has seen a 39 percent increase in the amount of at-home colon cancer screening tests his office sends to patients.
“We have a lot of people that come into my practice and say, ‘I can’t miss a day of work to get a colonoscopy done, be observed. I have problems finding transportation from the lab to home.’ So, if they don’t have any high risk factors, this is a very appropriate test for them,” Dr. Joy told KDVR.
