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Diabetic Eye Examination Compliance
(2019-05-03)
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to increase the rate of screening for diabetic retinopathy in one academic primary care practice. Prior to the project, the rate of screening was 18%, which was below the benchmark ...
Implementing a Care Plan for Adults with Diabetes in Primary Care
(2019-04)
The purpose of this DNP scholarly project was to improve the documentation of key elements of Diabetes (DM) care during follow-up visits in a primary care clinic. The project also sought to improve the workflow of DM ...
Dissemination of Population Health
(2019-05-01)
Collaboration with faith-based leaders may have the potential to impact dissemination of population health initiatives. Strategies to engage faith leaders were implemented in an effort to improve dissemination of expanded ...
Standardized Postpartum Depression Screening of NICU Mothers
(2019-12-04)
The purpose of this QI project was to determine the feasibility of instituting a standardized postpartum depression screening guideline in the NICU. A draft guideline was developed that instructed medical providers to ...
Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project
(2019-11-22)
Patient no-shows are individuals who fail to attend outpatient medical appointments without notification. This detrimental behavior leads to poor health outcomes, decrease in access to care, and financial losses. A ...
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF REFERRALS TO DIABETES EDUCATION
(2019-12-12)
Diabetes is a nationwide health concern and the seventh leading cause of death in the Unites States. The disease and its complications negatively impact the health of the patients and increase health care costs. As a chronic ...
Provider Prompting to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates
(2019-12-04)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is recommended for average risk adults aged 50 to 75 years. Healthy People 2020 objectives include reducing new cancer cases and the illness, disability, and deaths secondary to cancer. ...
Hypertension Treatment Adherence with 3-D Models
(2019-12-04)
Hypertension treatment adherence is a significant issue in the United States. Almost half of patients with diagnosed hypertension are non-adherent with medications and/or diet and appointment keeping with their provider. ...
Employee Satisfaction with Onsite Clinic and Collaborative Care Pharmacy
(2019-10-15)
Background: On-job-productivity loss (presenteeism), voluntary non-attendance at work (absenteeism), work-related injuries, and the wage replacement cost of disability are major factors promoting the need for employer-based ...