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Improving Osteoporosis Screening Rates In A Primary Care Practice Using An Emr-Based Intervention, Conor Murphy, Ashley Barnes, Rukaiya Bashir, Peter Block
Improving Osteoporosis Screening Rates In A Primary Care Practice Using An Emr-Based Intervention, Conor Murphy, Ashley Barnes, Rukaiya Bashir, Peter Block
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2020-)
Objective
- Osteoporosis is defined as a T-score ≤ -2.5 on DEXA or history of fragility fracture
- Affects a significant proportion of our population over 65 with an estimated annual cost burden of $22 billion
- Only 46% of females over 65 years of age had been screened for osteoporosis at JHAP
- Our study aims to increase that percentage between July 2019 and July 2020 from 46% to 60%
Identifying Barriers To Statin Therapy In Diabetic Patients In A Large Ambulatory Practice, Jennifer Moyer, Md, Rachel Ehrman-Dupre, Md, Andrew Rabovsky, Md, Simon Newsom, Md, Pooja Padgaonkar, Md, Julita Mitchell, Md, Sarah Hirsh, Md, Madeline Taskier, Md, Robert Wiley, Md, Lilli Flink, Md, Greta Bires, Md, Geoffrey Mills, Md
Identifying Barriers To Statin Therapy In Diabetic Patients In A Large Ambulatory Practice, Jennifer Moyer, Md, Rachel Ehrman-Dupre, Md, Andrew Rabovsky, Md, Simon Newsom, Md, Pooja Padgaonkar, Md, Julita Mitchell, Md, Sarah Hirsh, Md, Madeline Taskier, Md, Robert Wiley, Md, Lilli Flink, Md, Greta Bires, Md, Geoffrey Mills, Md
House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2020-)
Aim 1: To understand the root cause(s) for gaps in statin therapy within a large ambulatory care practice.
Aim 2: To improve provider awareness of indications for statin therapy, as recommended by the ACC/AHA guidelines.
Aim 3: To increase the proportion of patients with diabetes at our practice that are on statin therapy.