The term multiphasic screening was first applied to a health survey in San Jose, California in 1949. That survey was designed to detect previously unrecognized chronic diseases for which screening tests were then available and for which therapy would presumably be helpful. (Science Direct)

Automated multiphasic screening programs are becoming generally accepted in the United States. They have developed as a result of the availability of automated testing procedures, and the increasing demand by the public for low-cost periodic health examinations. (JAMA Network)

A research team comprised of Honduran oncologists and scientists from Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center wanted to test a new model of "multiphasic" cancer screening event that offered testing for multiple types of cancer in a single screening experience. (EurekAlert)