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The Impact Of The 2010 Affordable Care Act On Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparties In Primary Care Acess And The Delivery Of Diabetes Preventive Care In The United States, Adrianna Nava

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

A key focus of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to improve access to healthcare services in the United States (U.S.) (Stolberg & Pear, 2010). The research purpose was to assess the impact of the ACA’s Medicaid expansion and insurance subsidies on reducing racial/ethnic disparities in coverage, access and the delivery of primary care services, specifically diabetes prevention. Diabetes disproportionately affects minority populations, with inequities reported in the delivery of diabetes care to minorities (Chow, Foster, Gonzalez & McIver, 2012). The Modified Quality Health Outcomes Model was used to guide this research. Statistical analyses were conducted …

December 2019, Swosu Bulldog Wellness Committee

SWOSU BULLDOG WELLNESS

World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day is a global initiative to raise awareness, fight stigma, and improve education about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Around the world, about 37 million people are living with HIV. In the United States, about 38,500 people get infected with HIV every year and many of which don’t even know they have it. World AIDS Day is a global initiative to raise awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education about HIV and AIDS.

The only way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. It’s important that everyone ages 15 to 65 gets …

Examining Racial & Ethnic Disparities In The Reach Of The Medicare Shared Savings Program, Lindsey Arneson

Capstone Experience: Master of Public Health

It is important to understand the quality of health care for racial and ethnic minorities covered under the largest U.S. government-run insurance program, Medicare, because the demographics of the U.S. are becoming older and more diverse. A new value-based program under Medicare is the Shared Savings Program (MSSP), which creates incentives to improve care quality and health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries with a specific focus on increasing the provision of preventive care services. This capstone project aims to understand the representation of racial/ethnic minority Medicare beneficiaries, namely African Americans/Blacks and Hispanics/Latinxs, that receive care from providers or facilities (i.e., Accountable …

Standardized Reporting In Pancreatic Protocol Ct: Implementation Across 3 Community Hospitals, Jacob L. Miller, Kevin Carr, James Banks, Nisha Mani

Radiology

No abstract provided.

Improving Team-Based Decision Making Using Data Analytics And Informatics: Protocol For A Collaborative Decision Support Design, Don Roosan, Anandi Law, Mazharul Karim, Moom Roosan

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Background: According to the September 2015 Institute of Medicine report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, each of us is likely to experience one diagnostic error in our lifetime, often with devastating consequences. Traditionally, diagnostic decision making has been the sole responsibility of an individual clinician. However, diagnosis involves an interaction among interprofessional team members with different training, skills, cultures, knowledge, and backgrounds. Moreover, diagnostic error is prevalent in the interruption-prone environment, such as the emergency department, where the loss of information may hinder a correct diagnosis.

Objective: The overall purpose of this protocol is to improve team-based diagnostic …

Using Community Pharmacy Immunization Screening Forms To Identify Potential Immunization Opportunities, Albert T. Bach, Jeffery A. Goad

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

Immunization screening forms are completed for each patient that is to be vaccinated in the pharmacy. Screening forms contain demographic and health questions, which are used to determine if a patient is contraindicated to receive a vaccine. The objective is to determine if patient responses to questions on these forms can be used to identify potential vaccine indications. De-identified data was retrospectively collected from 11 community pharmacies in California and Michigan that included basic demographics, answers to immunization screening questions, and vaccine(s) administered during that visit. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations were used to forecast vaccine needs …

What's Happening: November 25, 2019, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

12-09-2019 Hsc Committee Meeting Notice, Hsc Committee

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

My Healthcare Administration Experience At Lifecare Alliance, Ayat Al Jbour

Masters Theses/Capstone Projects

My practicum site was LifeCare Alliance, "Nourishing the Human Spirit. It is a not-for-profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of health and nutrition service to residents of Central Ohio.

Improving Access To Mental Health Care With Nurse Practitioners, Jessica Whelan

Dissertations

Problem: Over 40% of those with mental illness are untreated since the supply of psychiatrists does not meet the demand. The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) may be an adjunct in providing those services. The purpose of this quality assurance study was to evaluate outcomes of care between a PMHNP and a psychiatrist (medical doctor [MD]).

Methods: An observational, descriptive design with a retrospective medical record review of adult patients over a six-month period in a suburban, Midwestern, privately owned psychiatric practice.

Results: A total of 787 individual patients encountered at least one visit (N=787) although 3,679 …

What's Happening: November 18, 2019, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

Coronavirus And Journalism In Pakistan, Syed Osama Ali

MSJ Capstone Projects

The lockdown caused by the Coronavirus pandemic in 2019 made the reporting process extremely challenging for journalists. In this dire situation, Pakistani journalists like other journalists around the world, ensured the implementation of Coronavirus SOPs while fulfilling their duty as journalists and reporting problems they faced in the process, this is my subject of writing.

Administration Of Health Records/Information Practitioners Of Nigeria: Requirements, Implementations, Prospects And Challenges Of Health Records Officers’ Act, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo Phd, Michael Segun Omole Phd, Rasaq Adetona Adio, Muyiwa Adeleke Amin, Adebayo Olayiwola Ogunniran

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Health Records Officers’ Act was promulgated formally by Decree No. 39 of 1989 (HROA; 1989) now CAP 166 LFN1990. The Decree establishes a Board for general administration of the profession of Health Records management in Nigeria. The paper which was a desk top study discovered the constitutional requirements for the Health information practices and implementation strategies as stipulated by the Act. The study revealed the prospects and challenges associated with the implementation of the Act on the professionals. The work recommended among others, continuous education of member of the profession will aid enormously in awareness creation toward compliance with the …

What's Happening: November 11, 2019, Maine Medical Center

What's Happening

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Health Information Officers In The Prevention And Management Of Hiv/Aids In Three Tertiary Health Institutions In South Western Nigeria, Tajudeen Temitayo Adebayo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study was undertaken with the aim of revealing roles of Health Information Officers in the Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The researcher adopted descriptive survey research method in which structured questionnaire was used for data collection in selected three tertiary health institutions. Total enumeration sampling technique was used. The results were presented in frequency tables and percentages.

Role of Health Information Officers which were identify are, generation of useful Information for Prevention of HIV/AIDS, participation in Voluntary Counselling and Testing, promotion of condom usage, preaching of abstinence and faithfulness, educating HIV/positive mothers on the importance of prophylaxis …

Seven Steps To Successful Change: How A Large Academic Medical Center Prepared Patients For Organizational Change, Brian Carlson, Madison Agee, Terrell Smith, Paul Sternberg Jr, Jason Morgan

Patient Experience Journal

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) launched a new electronic health record (EHR) in a “big bang” implementation that saw the new software go live across multiple hospitals, clinics and geographic locations in a single morning. The organization rightly focused most of its energy on preparing its nearly 25,000 employees for the impacts of the transition, but it also considered the effects that would be felt by its patients and families. Survey data indicate that patient satisfaction scores demonstrably dip before, during and after an EHR implementation, and take approximately a year to recover. A team at DMC employed a seven-step …

Are You My Doctor? Utilizing Personalized Provider Cards To Improve Patient/Doctor Connections, Jessica Colyer, Tina Halley, Melissa Winter, Jennifer Coldren, Martha Parra

Patient Experience Journal

In the setting of large, multidisciplinary medical care teams, it can be difficult for patients and families to identify their primary providers in the inpatient hospital setting. A review of our institutional patient satisfaction scores reflected a low rating with respect to families identifying their provider. We sought to improve patient and family connections with front line providers using personalized provider cards. We developed trading cards with pictures and biographies of the doctors on each card as well as an explanation of provider roles. The cards were piloted on a single inpatient unit without trainees. We had great provider engagement …

Effect Of Change In The Cg Cahps Survey Instrument Recall Period On Patient Experience Scores On Healthcare Utilization, Kimberley Marshall-Aiyelawo Phd, Usn, Msc (Ret), Richard Bannick Phd, Usaf, Msc (Ret), Sharon Beamer Aud, Melissa Gliner Phd, Terry Mcdavid Ms, Daniel Muraida Phd, Janice Ellison Usaf Nursing Services (Ret), Beatrice Abiero Phd, Alan Roshwalb Phd, Mark Andrews

Patient Experience Journal

Standardized patient experience survey instruments play an important role in informing healthcare quality and process improvement. However, any changes in standardized instruments can impact the interpretation, trending, and analysis of patient reported data. This study investigates how the change in Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CG CAHPS) survey recall period, from 12- to 6-months, can impact the accuracy and quality of patient experience data. This study used primary survey data on patient experience collected in 2016. Analyses included tests of proportion and t-tests for a comparison of: 1) experience ratings, and 2) administrative data to …

Volunteer Contributions In The Emergency Department: A Scoping Review, Sophie Glanz, Brittany Ellis, Shelley L. Mcleod, Cameron Thompson, Don Melady, Michelle Nelson

Patient Experience Journal

The objective of this scoping review was to identify published and unpublished reports that described volunteer programs in the emergency department (ED) and determine how these programs impacted patient experiences or outcomes. Electronic searches of Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and CINAHL were conducted and reference lists were hand-searched. A grey literature search was also conducted. Two reviewers independently screened titles and abstracts, reviewed full text articles, and extracted data. The search strategy yielded 4,589 potentially relevant citations; 87 reports were included in the review. Volunteer activities were categorized as non-clinical tasks …

Conceptual Frameworks And Degrees Of Patient Engagement In The Planning And Designing Of Health Services: A Scoping Review Of Qualitative Studies, Umair Majid, Anna Gagliardi

Patient Experience Journal

Increasingly, patients are being recognized as essential partners in the solutions to healthcare system problems. Patient engagement has been referred to as the “holy grail” and next “blockbuster drug” of health care because it may be revolutionary for transforming the design, delivery, and responsiveness of health services. Patients engage in a variety of healthcare activities, and there are multiple frameworks that depict the degrees of patient engagement in these activities. The literature also uses a variety of terms and concepts to depict the degrees of patient engagement. Moreover, meaningful patient engagement is a concept widely utilized in the literature without …