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Using Shared Decision Making And Team-Based Care To Overcome Socioeconomic And Cultural Barriers To Colorectal Cancer Screenings, Amanda Powell, Debra L. Pyle, Kristin Rowse, Misty Weeman, Rachel Kidder, Ruth Hanselman, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Amy Sparks

Operational Transformation

Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It disproportionally affects minorities and those in lower socioeconomic groups. The use of fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is a low barrier, low cost and low risk screening tool as compared to the traditional colonoscopy exam. The use of FIT offers the opportunity to overcome barriers such as cultural, economic and low health literacy.

As part of a large health care system, an internal medicine clinic wanted to increase the use and return of FIT in their clinic patients. A team developed a plan for implementing improvement …

A Provider-Driven Approach To Preventative Oral Care In Nursing Home Facilities, Molly Anderson, Brandon Mccrossin, Kary Franchetti, Ruth Hanselman, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Amy Sparks

Operational Transformation

Oral care is an essential part of preventative medicine as it minimizes risk for pneumonias and other infections. In nursing home settings, often oral health care is not routinely provided due to a number of issues. A health care system that either owns or contracts nursing home facilities initiated a performance improvement plan to address this patient care concern.

The first goal of this project was to reduce the variation in oral care between nursing home facilities within the system. The second goal was 100% of their patients will have one oral health care exam documented in EPIC once a …

Interprofessional Engagement In Lean Improvement In An Academic Healthcare Organization, Mark Parker, Suneela Nayak, Stephen Tyzik, Ruth Hanselman, Amy Sparks, Linda Simonsen

Operational Transformation

STRATEGIES TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT OF PROVIDERS IN LEAN APPLICATIONS IN AN ACUTE TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Engaging care providers in interprofessional LEAN applications in an academic tertiary hospital results in safe, reliable and effective patient care. An initial success measure was established to increase LEAN application engagement to 36%, with the goal of reaching 50% within 3 years of their operational excellence go-live.

A root cause analysis established several causes for low involvement. Using operational excellence strategies, a number of countermeasures were created, rolled out and completed. As a result, follow up metrics demonstrated a marked increase in the number of …