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Compliance With The 2015 American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines For Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 In Primary Care, Krista L. Johnson
Compliance With The 2015 American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines For Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 In Primary Care, Krista L. Johnson
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Purpose: The purpose of this project was to evaluate provider use of hemoglobin (HgA1c) measurement as a method of screening for Type Two Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) per the 2015 American Diabetes Association screening guidelines in a multidisciplinary primary care clinic in Kentucky.
Methods: A retrospective electronic medical record review was conducted in a large ambulatory care clinic. A master list was compiled of all patients aged 45-89 years who were seen for any reason the first week of November 2015. A total of 127 records that met inclusion criteria were randomly selected. The proportion of patients who were appropriately screened …
Evaluating Provider Knowledge Of The Hpv Vaccine In Kentucky, Madeline A. Wilson
Evaluating Provider Knowledge Of The Hpv Vaccine In Kentucky, Madeline A. Wilson
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According to the CDC, about 79 million Americans are currently infected with Human papillomavirus (HPV) with an additional 14 million infected annually, most of which are teenagers and young adults. Of these 14 million newly diagnosed cases, approximately 27,000 are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV. Kentucky’s HPV vaccination initiation and completion rates are below national estimates.
In 2013, Kentucky’s vaccine completion rate for girls age 13 to 17 was 26.8 percent compared to United States completion rate of 37.6 percent. Kentucky vaccine completion rate for boys age 13 to 17 was 19 percent compared to a United States …