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SPREAD AND SUSTAINMENT OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN VA RURAL PRIMARY CARE CLINICS

The VA has invested in developing the skills of its primary care workforce through the longitudinal Geriatric Scholars Program. Now in its 11th year, the program has increased career satisfaction and job retention, standardized provider behaviors, improved clinical decision-making and reduced dispen...

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Autores principales: Kramer, Josea, O’Hanlon, Claire, Douglas, Joe, Mitchell, Michael N, McClean, Michael, Clarke, Shawn, Callaway-Lane, Carol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845237/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2776
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author Kramer, Josea
O’Hanlon, Claire
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McClean, Michael
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description The VA has invested in developing the skills of its primary care workforce through the longitudinal Geriatric Scholars Program. Now in its 11th year, the program has increased career satisfaction and job retention, standardized provider behaviors, improved clinical decision-making and reduced dispensing of potentially inappropriate medications. The program consists of: intensive coursework in geriatrics; workshop in quality improvement (QI); and initiation of a micro QI projects in the Scholar’s clinic. Electives enable learners to tailor the program to self-identified gaps in knowledge, skills and competencies. This presentation focuses on the sustainment and spread of these QI projects based on a recent survey of Scholars. Differences between rural and urban QI projects are compared. Commonality among rural QI projects is explored based on topic, team composition, and the types of efficiencies gained in clinical and/or organizational processes to improve care for older Veterans living in rural areas.
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spelling pubmed-68452372019-11-18 SPREAD AND SUSTAINMENT OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS IN VA RURAL PRIMARY CARE CLINICS Kramer, Josea O’Hanlon, Claire Douglas, Joe Mitchell, Michael N McClean, Michael Clarke, Shawn Callaway-Lane, Carol Innov Aging Session 3485 (Symposium) The VA has invested in developing the skills of its primary care workforce through the longitudinal Geriatric Scholars Program. Now in its 11th year, the program has increased career satisfaction and job retention, standardized provider behaviors, improved clinical decision-making and reduced dispensing of potentially inappropriate medications. The program consists of: intensive coursework in geriatrics; workshop in quality improvement (QI); and initiation of a micro QI projects in the Scholar’s clinic. Electives enable learners to tailor the program to self-identified gaps in knowledge, skills and competencies. This presentation focuses on the sustainment and spread of these QI projects based on a recent survey of Scholars. Differences between rural and urban QI projects are compared. Commonality among rural QI projects is explored based on topic, team composition, and the types of efficiencies gained in clinical and/or organizational processes to improve care for older Veterans living in rural areas. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6845237/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2776 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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