Alerta Rosa: Novel Alert and Navigation Breast Cancer Program in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, for Reducing Health System Interval Delays

Conclusion.In low‐ or middle‐income countries, where BC screening programs do not effectively reach the target population, it is crucial to focus efforts in identifying and prioritizing symptomatic patients or those with abnormal imaging studies to ultimately downstage BC. Alerta Rosa proved to be successful in reducing health system intervals and could be replicated and adapted for other limited resource settings.Implications for Practice.In countries such as Mexico, infrastructure and financial drawbacks limit the implementation of effective screening mammography programs. This article presents a novel and effective alternative to optimize resources and reduce health system intervals, so that patients in limited‐resource settings can have access to prompt quality care. This strateg...

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