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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Academic Medical Center"”.
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Predictors of Carbapenem Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria in a Consortium of Academic Medical Center Hospitals
… University HealthSystem Consortium affiliated academic medical centers. Antibiotic use data between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2009 were obtained from billing records and reported as days of therapy per 1000 patient days (DOT/1000 PD), in addition to hospital characteristics (e.g. …
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Analysis of Metric Productivity in Relationship to Faculty Degrees from an Academic Medical Center Perspective
… awards, and patents issued that were produced by academic medical center faculty. This study compared metric productivity in relationship to the degree the identified faculty held. It was proven that there is a difference in productivity from faculty that have a MD/PhD degree versus a traditional …
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Optimization of Medication Delivery Robot Use Using Lean Methodology in a Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center
… of the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center from a previous state of two robots. The primary endpoint was to reduce medication delivery time to the nursing units. Secondary endpoints include the volume of missing doses and cost-savings post implementation. METHODS: Our pharmacy …
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Development of a Medication Override Process for Obstetrics and Newborn Care at a Large Academic Medical Center
… at Houston Methodist Hospital, a 900+ bed academic medical center. Override rates were also assessed at 6 additional community hospitals within the Houston Methodist system. The study encompassed three interventions as a bundle including pharmacy technician audits, implementation of a …
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Evaluation of the Impact of Revisiting Just Culture Within a Pharmacy Department in an Academic Medical Center
… assurances that quality and safety are at the center of every patient care discussion. An essential component of a safety culture is a just culture which is often defined as an environment of shared accountability that recognizes the potential for human error and where individuals feel …
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THE ROLE OF THE URBAN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER IN ADDRESSING FOOD JUSTICE: FROM FARM TO FAMILIES AND BEYOND
With food and nutrition insecurity driving diet-related chronic health conditions in urban settings, strategies that facilitate access to fresh fruits and vegetables are imperative. Food is Medicine is a philosophy that embraces the integration of nutrition education and food subsidies into health …
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An Evaluation of the Systematic Identification and Treatment of Tobacco Use Among Patients in an Academic Medical Center
… tobacco users at University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC) and Harborview Medical Center (HMC) in Seattle. The program was implemented in conjunction with a new tobacco-free hospital campus policy and included modifications of electronic medical record-based processes for intake …
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Implementation of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to Reduce Fluoroquinolone Overprescribing at a Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center
… by primary care providers at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center before and after implementation of an audit and feedback intervention. Methods: After a medical chart audit to assess appropriateness of fluoroquinolone prescriptions to outpatient medical teams, feedback was given to providers …
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Identifying and Assessing Barriers to Meeting Sepsis Guidelines in the Emergency Department at an Urban Academic Medical Center: A Process Analysis
… the time sensitive benchmarks set forth by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to diagnose and treat sepsis, which could lead to poor patient outcomes and financial penalties for healthcare institutions.Project Aims: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to …
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Evaluating the Impact of an Academic Interdisciplinary Patient Aligned Care Team on Patients and Trainees within a Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center
… Health Administration (VA), with the Office of Academic Affiliations, launched a pilot project, the Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education (CoEPCE), to create a training program focused in the primary care setting with multiple disciplines (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and mental …
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Exploring the experiential learning of patient education for doctor of physical therapy students at an academic medical center : a qualitative single case study.
Physical therapists use recommended patient education techniques infrequently. Improper patient education decreases a patient's health outcomes and contributes to increased healthcare costs. To help combat this problem, global health initiatives have called upon healthcare professionals to include …
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The Organization and Administration of Continuing Education in Academic Medical Centers
… organization and administration of Continuing Medical Education (CME) in one of the settings in which it occurs, the academic medical center. Because of the scarcity of research findings on which to base generalizations about the organization and administration of CME in academic medical …
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Utilizing A Mentorship Approach To Address The Underrepresentation Of African Americans And Ethnic Minorities In Senior Nursing Leadership
… nurse managers was introduced at a large academic medical center. The program design was based on the successful Leadership Institute for Black Nurses, first conducted at a university school of nursing. The particpants in the four-month program were 16 nurse managers from two city …
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Nursing Innovation As A Solution To Improve Care Delivery
… expenditures were related to hospital care (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2024). Healthcare innovation is a solution to this problem as it can improve quality and reduce cost (Walker, 2011). The value of nurses’ contribution around innovation tables was demonstrated during the …
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Understanding diffusion of evidence-based community cancer care: A case study of network connections in an integrated health system
… Networks that connect community clinics and academic medical centers hold potential to address these disparities by creating avenues for knowledge diffusion and access to specialty care, but research on networks is mixed and understanding of the underlying diffusion and adoption processes is …
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Evaluation of Implementation, Effectiveness, and Mechanisms of Change in Measurement-Based Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
… care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice that centers on routine completion of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and collaborative discussions between clinician and client to inform treatment and clinical decision-making. Despite its known benefits, questions remain regarding MBC's …
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Assessment of an Integrated Clinical Surveillance Alert System
… quasi-experimental study completed at a large academic medical center which assesses the utilization of eight medication alerts within a stand-alone clinical surveillance system before and after integration with the electronic health record. The primary outcome assessed is alert acknowledgment …
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Understanding Institutional Physician Chronic Opioid Prescription Practices for the Improved Implementation of Newly Developed EMR Tools
… them. At the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW), there is no current reliable measure of CNCP policy adherence. Preliminary chart review by students at our institution showed low adherence overall, which may be secondary to poor documentation. METHODS: A set of surveys were …
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