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Benchmarking Surgical Quality: Cholecystectomy at a Safety-Net Hospital
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Implementation Of A Medication Adherence Protocol In A Large Urban Safety Net Hospital
… and improving health literacy in a large, urban, safety net hospital. Utilizing a multi-prong approach, patients were provided with a visual aid – a pill card, in conjunction with the teach-back method, to improve systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DPB) and Hemoglobin A1c …
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The Lived Experience of Discharged and Readmitted African Americans with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to a Safety-Net Hospital
… COPD as an applicable condition to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which penalizes healthcare organizations having readmissions higher than the national average. COPD is the second leading cause of hospital readmissions with a projected cost of $101 billion by 2020. Simply …
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Impact of Personal, Familial, and Socioeconomic Factors On The Return of Remotely Collected Samples For Genetic Testing
… and led to a shift in the setting of the genetic counseling (GC) appointment, and in sample types used for genetic testing, specifically with use of telemedicine and remotely collected saliva kits. Previous studies have described lack of patient follow-through in returning these kits. Though …
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Improved Communication for Safer Patient Care: The Implementation of SBAR
… outcomes resulting from poor communication. As a safety net hospital, traditionally serving a predominately underserved, and underinsured, multicultural demographic, the UCC is designed to alleviate the Emergency Department (ED) of non-emergent patient encounters, providing a cost effective …
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Associations Between Benefit Finding, Disease Severity, Positive Affect, and Health Outcomes Among Patients in Cardiac Rehabilitation
… a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program within a safety-net hospital, it was hypothesized that the relationship between BF and health outcomes (i.e., depressive symptoms, healthy dietary behaviors, and functional capacity via six-minute walk test results) would be mediated by positive affect, …
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Use of Preventive Screening for Cervical Cancer among Low-income Patients in a Safety-net Healthcare Network
… data collected in fall 2000 from patients of a safety-net hospital and its eight community health outreach clinics in Fort Worth, Texas. The study examined three objectives. These include explaining the utilization of Pap smear tests among the sample who were low-income women, by ascertaining …
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Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Colorectal Surgery Improves Outcomes in Private and Safety-Net Settings
… for colorectal surgery across the private and safety-net settings in a large urban academic medical center. METHODS: A multidisciplinary panel of experts utilized professionally recognized standards and evidence-based best practice to create a comprehensive ERP for elective colorectal surgery. …
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Aligning Patients' Defibrillator Status with their Goals of Care: A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Project at Parkland Hospital
… which may be more likely in our diverse safety-net hospital population. METHODS: We undertook a quality improvement (QI) project to increase patient understanding of ICD function to promote informed decision making. We used the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Act, Improve, Control) methodology to …