Cancer Prevention and Screening
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Research study: Improving access to and utilization of cancer screening
A group of participants were surveyed about their familiarity with cancer screening guidelines, use of at-home testing options provided by Color, and their experience with Color’s care team.
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The Benefits Leader’s Guide: 7 Questions to ask when developing your cancer strategy
As HR and Benefits leaders evaluate cancer care solutions and design requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship.
Research study: Improving access to and utilization of cancer screening
A group of participants were surveyed about their familiarity with cancer screening guidelines, use of at-home testing options provided by Color, and their experience with Color’s care team.
On-Demand Webinar – Employer Insights Report: The State of Cancer
View the on-demand webinar to uncover insights from our recent Employer Insights Report.
Employer Insights Report 2024: The State of Cancer
Our new Employer Insights Report reveals how employers are starting to shift their thinking on cancer care and how they plan to address cancer in their workforce in 2024.
5 Million More: New Lung Cancer Guidelines and How You Can Support Your Workforce
Watch this webinar to learn about the American Cancer Society’s revised lung cancer screening guidelines, which now extend recommendations to all individuals aged over 50 with a history of smoking more than 20 packs annually.
Facing the Cancer Cost Crisis: Solutions to Reduce Employer Spending
Watch this webinar to learn about the current contributors to rising cancer expenditures, the potential return on investment in early detection and intervention, and practical solutions to meaningfully reduce the cost curve for cancer.
Navigating the Early Cancer Detection Tools of Today and Tomorrow
Watch this webinar to learn how employers can create a comprehensive cancer prevention strategy by addressing cost reduction, closing gaps in prevention care, providing access to routine screenings, and exploring recent innovations for more convenient and accessible screenings.
5 Million More: New Lung Cancer Guidelines and How You Can Support Your Workforce
View our latest guide to learn how Color Health can help you save on lung cancer costs by helping employees understand whether they’re eligible, identify if they’re high-risk, and make it easier for them to get screenings and any follow-up care.
The Employer’s Guide to Early Cancer Detection
Download this comprehensive guide to learn how you can help your employees catch cancer earlier, improve health outcomes, and reduce cancer-related costs to your health plan.
Reducing Cancer at All Costs: Why Prevention and Screening Should Top Benefits Leaders Agendas in 2024
Download our infographic to learn how Color’s programs can help employers take a more active role in managing the total cost of cancer care.
Informational Session: Color’s Cancer Prevention and Screening Program
Watch this webinar to learn how Color’s Cancer Prevention and Screening Program in Partnership with the American Cancer Society can help your clients move detection of cancer from Stage IV to Stage I to reduce cancer-related spend and extend population survival.
Closing the gap: Addressing cancer inequities with Color and the American Cancer Society
Watch this webinar to learn about strategies benefits leaders can employ to make cancer prevention more equitable for their employees and members.
Health Equity and Cancer: Understanding and addressing cancer inequities
Download this guide to understand the primary factors that contribute to cancer inequities, and strategies to help improve access and promote better health for all employees.
Delivering STI care to those who need it most
Like many other public health departments, Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) has tracked a rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) over the past few years.
Preventing cancer: Early interventions, actionable results, better health outcomes
Watch the on-demand webinar to learn how population health programs and convenient screenings can aid employers in getting upstream of cancer.
Unfair & Unjust: Cancer Inequities
Download our infographic to learn how cancer can disproportionately affect some individuals more than others.
Closing the last-mile gaps in preventive care access
Download our full White Paper to learn more about how well-designed interventions can increase uptake, decrease cost, and improve health in your workplace.
Delivering impactful, clinically sound healthcare benefits that improve outcomes
Watch the on-demand webinar to learn how benefits administrators ensure that they are spending wisely on healthcare solutions that are proven to create value for all.
Rethinking population health and the intersection of the primary care experience
Watch the on-demand webinar to learn how to deliver healthcare benefits that are accessible, cost efficient, and used – without adding operational burden to already busy benefits teams.
Increasing primary and preventive care utilization by meeting employees at the last mile
Watch the on-demand webinar to learn about the current gaps and challenges the healthcare system faces in delivering basic services and the opportunities that exist to transform care delivery.
Modern, preventive care for a distributed workforce
Color’s Essential Care program helps organizations expand access and increase participation with preventive care.
COVID-19 – What still lies ahead for universities; co-hosted webinar with The Chronicle of Higher Education
Color partnered with The Chronicle of Higher Education to bring together health and administrative officials from large universities, along with Color’s Dr. Alicia Zhou, share their perspectives on the anticipated impact of COVID-19 this summer and fall.
From testing to treatment: how to prepare for the next phase of COVID
Learn more about emerging trends in testing, vaccination and therapeutics that may gain traction over the next several months.
Explore our Omicron interactive modeling tool
Learn how different testing and vaccination strategies impact COVID-19 outbreaks in the workplace.
COVID-19 testing for live events
Organizations are rapidly shifting from virtual to in-person events. Here’s what they need to plan for.
How routine COVID-19 testing reduces infection
See how routine testing in Utah and California schools dramatically reduced the spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19 test types overview
Learn about the different types of COVID-19 testing available through Color and how they work.
5 best practices for safely bringing students back on campus
Based on COVID-19 work with higher education institutions, Color developed these five recommendations for a safe return to campus.
Proactive testing in a partially vaccinated population
View this model to learn more about the trajectory of COVID-19 testing and best practices for tapering off regular testing in the future.
How Blue Diamond operated safely throughout the pandemic
By partnering with Color, Blue Diamond was able to keep its processing facilities safely open despite COVID-19.
How UC San Francisco reassessed its mission to advance health and serve the public
Learn how Color and UCSF worked together and integrated within the university system to provide fast, accurate testing to their community.
How the Commonwealth of Massachusetts implemented a COVID-19 testing program
Read how the Executive Office of Health and Human Services partnered with Color to provide testing for more than 2,600 congregate care sites.
Designing for inclusivity in population genomics
Learn how and why Color changed the intake workflow to enable non-binary and transgender individuals to identify their preferred gender identity.
Color’s K-12 school outbreak modeling tool
Explore the impact different types of mitigation strategies can have on outbreaks in primary schools.
An interview with CNN’s John King
Watch this conversation regarding testing accessibility with CNN’s John King and Color’s CEO, Othman Laraki.
COVID-19 testing to keep employees safe
Watch this CNBC clip on how Color’s digitally streamlined COVID-19 testing program is helping to keep employees safe.
Color announces $75 million funding round
Read Fortune’s exclusive coverage of Color’s 2020 funding round led by T. Rowe Funds and Viking Global Investors.
Mobilizing Color’s infrastructure in response to the COVID-19 crisis
CEO Othman Laraki discusses mobilizing Color’s clinical testing infrastructure and services to support the emergency response.
The population genomics platform playbook
Download this step-by-guide outlining the core architectural elements required to implement a successful population genomics program.
To get back to work, Companies seek Coronavirus tests for workers
Read this Wall Street Journal article to hear from Color CEO Othman Laraki on the importance of COVID-19 testing.
How Jefferson Health worked with Color to genomic health insights to its employees
Jefferson Health’s CEO and EVP of Oncology Services talk about the benefits of offering Color to its employees.
Color and NBC’s The Today Show
Hear from Abby O’Connell, an operation room nurse at Jefferson Health, Al Roker, and Natalie Morales on how Color’s genetic testing saved Abby’s life.
TEDx: Dispelling genetic myths with Alicia Zhou
Watch this TEDx talk to hear from Color’s Chief Science Officer on the value of knowing your genetic makeup.
The health industry doesn’t need magic to improve. It needs a lever.
Read this Fortune article to hear from Color CEO Othman Laraki on the importance of putting the customer experience first in healthcare technology.
Color to collaborate with Sanford Health, expand NorthShore partnership
Read this Inside Precision Medicine article to learn more about Color’s partnership with rural health system Sanford Health.
Color, Verily to return actionable genetic data to project baseline participants
Read this Inside Precision Medicine article to learn more about Verily’s four-year initiative to collect comprehensive health information.
Diverse perspectives on Color
See what customers, physicians, and partners have to say about Color and the difference it’s making in people’s lives.
NIH and Color partner on All of Us Research Program
As one of the All of Us Clinical Validation Laboratories, Color is responsible for the return of genomic results for the All of Us Research Program, which aims to recruit one million participants.
TechCrunch: Color receives FDA authorization for speedier COVID-19 test tech
Color has received an EUA from the FDA for a COVID-19 testing method that is as accurate as current tests, is about 50% faster and has different supply requirements.
Color’s general outbreak modeling tool
Explore the impact vaccination and testing strategies can have on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in workplaces, universities, and other group settings.
Physician & Provider Resources
To learn more about ordering Color kits for patients, including requisition and consent forms, sample reports, billing, brochures, and more, visit our provider resources page.
Color’s COVID-19 Testing Initiative
Explore our interactive modeling tools
To learn more about ordering Color kits for patients, including requisition and consent forms, sample reports, billing, brochures, and more, visit our provider resources page.
Client Stories
For Carla and Kim, two sisters with a history of breast cancer, genetic testing was the final piece of the puzzle explaining why breast cancer has been in their family for three generations.
Lauren doesn’t have a family history of cancer and wouldn’t have gotten tested if it weren’t for her son. Now, she has been able to help her siblings, nieces and nephews get informed.
“We don’t ever want to have to uproot our lives to cancer. If we could have the information at our fingertips, wouldn’t we want it that way?”
Product Sheets
Peer-Reviewed Publications
LEAP: Using machine learning to support variant classification in a clinical setting
Human Mutation (2020)
Low coverage whole genome sequencing enables accurate assessment of common variants and calculation of genome-wide polygenic scores
Genome Medicine (2019)
Polygenic background modifies penetrance of monogenic variants for tier 1 genomic conditions
Nature Communications (2020)
Multi-Gene Panel Testing of 23,179 Individuals for Hereditary Cancer Risk Identifies Pathogenic Variant Carriers Missed by Current Genetic Testing Guidelines
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics (2019)
Cascade Genetic Testing of Relatives for Hereditary Cancer Risk: Results of an Online Initiative
Journal of the National Cancer Institute (2019)
A scalable, aggregated genotypic–phenotypic database for human disease variation
Database (2019)
White Papers
Research Posters
Press Highlights
CNN
CNN’s John King interviews Color CEO Othman Laraki about COVID-19 testing for the workforce
CNBC
How a biotech CEO figured out COVID-19 testing for 50 companies with 12-hour turnaround times
Forbes
NIH awards Color $4.6 million to provide genetic counseling for million-person study
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