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Improving Healthcare for Spanish-Speaking Special Olympics Athletes in Chatham County, North Carolina
(2021-04-23)Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Special Olympics Health was created in 1997 to focus more on the health of the athletes, who ... -
Improving Heart Failure Outcomes with Education
(2023-04-19)Heart Failure is a global healthcare priority, with tens of millions diagnosed worldwide. The cost of caring for these chronically ill patients will rise exponentially over the next few years with expanding and aging ... -
Improving Hepatitis A and B Vaccinations and Screenings in an Outpatient GI Setting
(2022-07-19)Hepatitis A (HAV) and B (HBV) are highly transmittable, vaccine-preventable infections that can cause chronic infection, increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma, and cirrhosis. Individuals with chronic liver disease ... -
Improving Hospital Outcomes Through Implementation of a Triad Model of Case Management
(2020-07-29)The purpose of this scholarly project was to implement a Triad model of acute care case management. Participants in this project included nurse care managers, social workers and a utilization review specialist on an acute ... -
Improving HPV Vaccination in Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Initiative
(2018-11-28)Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cancers are preventable if vaccinated. Opportunities to administer the HPV vaccination to adolescents were being missed with a rural, primary care clinic due to lack of ... -
IMPROVING HPV VACCINATION RATES IN A PEDIATRIC PRACTICE: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
(2019-04-22)Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to develop and implement a new evidence based practice protocol to ... -
Improving Interdisciplinary Communication on the Medicine Progressive Care Unit
(2021-07-20)Effective interdisciplinary communication has been shown to reduce healthcare cost, improve staff satisfaction, and improve patient care. However, since the Medicine Progressive Care Unit (MPCU) accepts patient admissions ... -
Improving Jail Navigator Mental Health Referrals
(2018-11-29)Discharge planning links inmates with mental illness to community resources upon release. Jail navigators provide discharge planning services. A process was needed to improve referrals to jail navigators. The Doctor of ... -
Improving Leadership Communication Utilizing Huddle Boards
(2023-07-11)Effective communication is critical within the healthcare industry. The identified problem for this evidnece-based project was a lack of effective leadership communication within a targeted nursing unit. A literature review ... -
Improving Mammogram Referrals in Hmong Women Utilizing Culturally-aware Patient Education Materials
(2018-07-19)Background: Screening mammograms are an important aspect of early detection of breast cancer. The American Cancer Society (2017) recommends that women with average risk of breast cancer start yearly screening mammograms ... -
Improving Marketplace Health Insurance Enrollment for Eligible HIV and AIDs Positive Clients in Need of Specialty Medical Care Services
(2021-04-26)Nearly 5,500 individuals living in Wake County, North Carolina, are diagnosed with HIV and AIDs (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 2018). Individuals living with HIV and AIDs have complex health ... -
Improving Nurse Education on Using a Warm Compress During the Second Stage of Labor to Reduce Perineal Trauma
(2023-07-19)Nursing education can be presented in various modalities to create change within the nursing population successfully. This project utilizes presentations, posters, and in-person coaching to increase the consistent use of ... -
Improving Nurse Responsiveness through Advanced Call Bell Implementation & Hourly Rounding
(2019-07-03)The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine if patient perceptions of staff responsiveness, as measured by the HCAHPS survey, are impacted by the implementation of an advanced call bell system and ... -
Improving Nursing Leadership’s Usage of Real Time, Data-Driven Dashboards
(2017-11-17)The use of dashboards displaying real-time metrics has been shown to have a positive effect on patient care outcomes. A Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle was conducted to iterate the layout of an existing nursing dashboard ... -
Improving Nursing Teamwork through TeamSTEPPS
(2019-07-21)Nursing teamwork is a critical element of patient care delivery. The willingness to work cross-functionally is imperative to ensure patients’ progression through the health care continuum in a safe manner. TeamSTEPPS is ... -
Improving Patient and Family Experience in Level One Post Anesthesia Care Unit
(2022-04-25)Historically speaking, post-anesthesia care units (PACU’s) have been closed off to visitation. However, several studies on the patient experience of care that demonstrates that family visitation in PACU not only increases ... -
Improving Patient and Provider Engagement in Hypertension Control
(2022-07-13)Hypertension is the second leading cause of death and costs the United States over $130 billion annually. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid promote control through the star rating system and primary care reimbursement. ... -
Improving Patient Comfort with Nonpharmacologic Therapies
(2018-04-20)This quality improvement (QI) project was conducted on a 32-bed medical telemetry unit at a 235-bed hospital. The reason this project was chosen because the opioid crisis needs to be alleviated and one way we can help it ... -
Improving Patient Portal Use in Primary Care
(2020-04-23)The Affordable Health Care Act has changed the manner in which healthcare is delivered and is focused on value-based health care in the United States. Value-based health care is safe, low-cost quality care, which seeks to ... -
Improving Quality and Efficiency of Postpartum Hospital Patient Education Delivery
(2021-07-27)The impact of the coronavirus-19 pandemic is forcing hospitals around the world to organize care differently than before. In March of 2020, the target organization’s Birthing Center was faced with the dilemma of closing ...