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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
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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 …
The Design Of An Evidence-Based Protocol For Primary Care Of Patients With Dementia, Kaitlin B. Demaagd
The Design Of An Evidence-Based Protocol For Primary Care Of Patients With Dementia, Kaitlin B. Demaagd
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Improvement in the effectiveness and optimization of care outcomes for patients with dementia in primary care is a national priority (American Medical Association-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement [PCPI], 2014). Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 5 million Americans. Patients with dementia cost the nation $236 billion in 2016 (Alzheimer’s Association, 2016). In 2014, the PCPI developed ten evidence-based recommendations to address the gaps in outpatient dementia care called the Dementia Performance Measure Set (DPMS). An independently owned, non-system affiliated primary care practice identified the need to improve the quality of care they provide to their patients with dementia and their …