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Increasing Patient Enrollment In The Move Program At The Va Medical Center: An Evidence-Based Practice Project, Mandy Spiers Aug 2020

Increasing Patient Enrollment In The Move Program At The Va Medical Center: An Evidence-Based Practice Project, Mandy Spiers

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: This evidence-based practice project aimed to increase patient referrals to the MOVE program by educating providers about the importance and benefit of the Managing Obesity for Veterans Everywhere (MOVE) Program at the Biloxi, Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center.

PICOT: In obese, ambulatory care patients, what motivates increased referrals by practitioners to the MOVE Program to decrease BMI compared to the current referral system within two months?

Evidence: There was poor participation in the MOVE Program despite the high number of obese patients at the Biloxi, VA Medical Center. According to the data, only sixty of the 18,000 …