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Implementation Of Oncology Standardized Scheduling Bundle Impacting Staff Productivity And Patient Satisfaction, Carolyn Brausch

DNP Scholarly Projects

BACKGROUND: Patients having timelyaccess to healthcare services is the entryway to quality of care and patient safety. Timely access is essential in cancer treatment and often requires complex scheduling requiring multiple, highly coordinated, time sensitive appointments. To facilitate optimal clinical care, timely appointment scheduling must be patient-centered. With the heavy scheduling workload growing at the the Cancer Network at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and recognition of timely scheduling as a quality indicator, the need to examine the workflow and improve the process became apparent.

METHODS: The goal of the quality improvement project was to provide patients with …

Impact Of A Comprehensive Clinician Educational Program On Health Literacy And Patient Satisfaction, Jennifer Yokopenic

DNP Scholarly Projects

BACKGROUND: The Institute of Medicine has defined health literacy as “the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions”. Health literacy is a significant social determinant of overall health and can be particularly challenging in the critical care environment. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy, 53% have intermediate health literacy, 21% have basic health literacy ability, and 14% have below basic health literacy (AHQR.gov, 2008).

METHODS: A pre- and post-intervention survey of satisfaction with clinician communication and assessment of …

The Impact Of Antibiotic Stewardship Education On Parental Care Satisfaction And Follow-Up, Paige Ferguson

DNP Scholarly Projects

Parental satisfaction with antibiotic stewardship has been investigated extensively in pediatric inpatient settings; however, there has been relatively little research in pediatric outpatient settings. In 2014 upper respiratory infections were the most common infections seen among the general population with children having an average of 3 to 8 viral respiratory illnesses per year and receiving 34.6% of all antibiotic prescriptions. Escalating antibiotic resistance and increased emphasis on patient/parental satisfaction necessitates the exploration of a method to improve antibiotic stewardship while maintaining parental satisfaction. The purpose of this project was to assess parental satisfaction with care and follow-up visits after antibiotic …