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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"equitable care"”.
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An Analysis of Medicare: How Well Is It Serving Its Constitutencies
… will be prominent in discussions of health care in the 21st century as health care resources are increasingly limited. Health vulnerabilities of elderly Americans continue. These biases need to be exposed and removed so that all elderly receive equitable care.
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<b>Designing for Healthcare Equity: Implementation of Care Coordination within a Pediatric Healthcare System - </b><b>Application of Implementation Mapping</b>
… the implementation of health equity-focused care coordination within the pediatric context of Children's Mercy Kansas City (CMKC). Employing a pragmatic paradigm, the study integrates action research and case study methodologies, leveraging both inductive and deductive approaches to examine …
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Closing the Gap: Achieving Equitable Healthcare Outcomes for Kaiser Permanente Members
… to close the disparities gap and achieve equitable care for everyone. My work involved designing and launching a pilot program to provide cultural competency training for health professionals, creating a strategy to address health disparities at the very beginning of the program planning …
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Evaluating Insurance Approval Rates of Exome Sequencing and Its Effect On Minority Patients' Access to Genetic Care
… was completed on patients seen at a tertiary care center and community-based clinic. Patient demographics, clinical indications, and testing recommendations and outcomes were used to assess ES approval and obtainment. We found that patients with a public payer were 91% less likely to have ES …
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Examining Healthcare Access Disparities: Social Determinants and Patient Experiences at Valley HealthCare
<p>Persistent disparities in healthcare access continued to affect low-income, rural, and underserved populations across the United States. This capstone project explored these disparities within Valley HealthCare, a regional provider in Columbus, Georgia, by examining how social determinants such …
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Reducing 30-Day Readmission Rates For Copd Patients: A Care Standardization & Quality Improvement Project
… within 30 days of discharge. The quality of care delivered to COPD patients is often suboptimal and fragmented, contributing to unfavorable patient outcomes, and high rates of readmissions. The purpose of this DNP project was to reduce 30-day readmissions and improve quality of care by …
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An Urban Bioethics Survey of the Physician/Gun Violence Intersection
… impact of firearm violence places on healthcare providers is also significant, as the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder is three times higher for trauma surgeons than the general population. Many healthcare organizations have recognized the devastating impact of firearm injury by …
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Perceptions and Experiences of Prenatal Care Providers in Communicating about the HIV Test with Pregnant Latinas in South Carolina
… interviews, and document reviews) with prenatal care givers from seven sites that serve pregnant Latinas in five predominately rural counties in South Carolina.</p> <p>Results: Although significant progress has been made in providing cultural and language appropriate services to the Latino …
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Enhancing the Patient-Provider Relationship in the Provision of Prenatal Care to Women with Low Income
Prenatal care is valuable for women who are at risk of poor birth outcomes due to psychosocial vulnerabilities, including poverty. It is, however, well established that women with low income receive less prenatal care than women of higher socioeconomic status. The patient-provider relationship is …
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Understanding factors affecting tendon healing: Characterising the role of obesity on tendon healing and homeostasis and augmenting its effects with growth factors
… and result in substantial morbidity and healthcare costs. Recently, obesity has emerged as a key and potentially modifiable risk factor for impaired tendon healing. Aims: This thesis aimed to understand epidemiological trends in rotator cuff injuries in Aotearoa/New Zealand; characterise the …
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Achieving equitable health outcomes for Pacific peoples living with cardiovascular disease in Aotearoa New Zealand: exploring the contribution of community pharmacists
… pharmacists are uniquely positioned in the healthcare system, yet there is limited published information regarding their role in Pacific CVD equity. Aim: This research investigated how community pharmacists support the achievement of equitable health outcomes for Pacific peoples living with CVD by …
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Bottle-feeding as an Infant Feeding Modality
… knowledge contributes to the provision of equitable care and education of parents using this infant feeding modality. It can help to improve outcomes for infants and parents who need or choose to use a bottle when feeding. For the nurses, it enables them to fulfil their professional …
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Hawke’s Bay practice nurses’ perceptions of the delivery of diabetes care
… and expectations of providing diabetes care in the primary health care setting? This involved interviewing registered nurses working in the primary care setting providing diabetes care to patients in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Whilst there is a vast amount of literature about models of …
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"There’s a problem with BMI”: An exploration of midwives’ perspectives on the provision of maternity care to women with an increased BMI during pregnancy and childbirth in NZ
… women2 choose a midwife as their Lead Maternity Carer (LMC) (Ministry of Health [MOH], 2020) yet research exploring midwives’ perspectives on the provision care to women with increased Body Mass Index (BMI) is limited. The aim for this thesis was to explore ‘the perspectives of midwives in NZ …
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IMPROVING QUALITY AND EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROVIDERS AND NURSING - A PSYCHIATRIC SBAR TOOL (PSYCH)
… of providing safety and quality healthcare. However, nursing and providers often share information inequitably, as these disciplines are trained differently regarding communication. Providers are taught to be brief, accurate and focused while nurses are taught to be descriptive and …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
… and is responsible for up to 20% of primary care visits. Chronic pain treatment guidelines: recommend a biopsychosocial, multimodal management approach that addresses the physical and mental aspects of chronic pain. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have a unique role to play in chronic pain, due to …
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Exploring Structural Factors that Influence Black Maternal Morbidity: A Case Study of Illinois Hospitals
… missed opportunities as it relates to accessing care, quality, and level of care, a missed or delayed diagnosis, or not recognizing warning signs (CDC, 2019). Severe maternal morbidities (SMM) such as preeclampsia, hypertension and hemorrhage represent some of the leading causes of maternal death …