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Optimizing Clinical Processes Using The Electronic Health Record To Improve Patient Outcomes In Primary Care, Alex Jubril
Optimizing Clinical Processes Using The Electronic Health Record To Improve Patient Outcomes In Primary Care, Alex Jubril
Doctoral Projects
Background: The EHR has been used to leverage clinical processes for the improvement of patient outcomes. The average users of EHR limit its uses to the minimum level required to complete the daily tasks needed, regardless of the existence of features within the EHR that are readily available to optimize clinical processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
Objectives: The objective of this project was to improve the documentation in a nurse-managed health clinic related to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) core criteria through enhancing the EHR to foster the quality improvement metrics and reporting.
Methods: This was a quality improvement project …
Development Of A Patient-Centered Medical Home Toolkit At An Integrated Primary Care Clinic, Lyndsay A. Randall
Development Of A Patient-Centered Medical Home Toolkit At An Integrated Primary Care Clinic, Lyndsay A. Randall
Doctoral Projects
Health care spending in the United States far exceeds that of other high-income countries (Squires & Anderson, 2015). In 2013, the U.S. spent 17.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on healthcare, which was almost 50 percent more than the next highest spender noted as France (Squires & Anderson, 2015). While the U.S. spends more on healthcare than other countries, multiple other health outcome measures are worse including life expectancy, heart disease, diabetes, and chronic respiratory illnesses (Squires & Anderson, 2015). Today’s healthcare system is highly fragmented, lacking the necessary coordination within the primary care setting. Better care coordination …
A Quality Improvement Program In A Safety Net Clinic Serving Vulnerable Populations, Kaitlin J. Hendriksma
A Quality Improvement Program In A Safety Net Clinic Serving Vulnerable Populations, Kaitlin J. Hendriksma
Doctoral Projects
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 resulted in major changes to healthcare infrastructure in the United States, with two main areas of concentration: healthcare financing and population health management. Quality improvement programs focus on improving healthcare quality for populations with conscious efforts to decrease healthcareassociated expenditures. Quality improvement interventions can include patient-reported outcomes, clinical decision support systems, and clinical dashboards. The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing Practice project was to formally implement a quality improvement program for chronic disease management in a safety net clinic serving vulnerable populations. The Donabedian model served as the conceptual model …