Partnering With Pharmacists to Improve Vaccination Rates

Partnering with patients to improve peritonitis rates.

The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) peritoneal dialysis (PD) service is an active PD unit caring for approximately 100 patients. The service strives for optimal patient outcomes and, in doing so, regularly analyzes infection rates. In 2003, the LHSC peritonitis infection rate was one episode in 56 patient months (1:56). Peritonitis rates remained acceptable in 2004 (1:41) and 2005 (1:57). ...

Partnering to Improve Outcomes

http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Sandra Lins is the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium project coordinator at Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center in Dearborn, Mich. She coordinates all data collection and quality improvement efforts related to percutaneous coronary interventions. Denise Guffey is the former manager of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at Oakwood Hospital ...

How to Improve Influenza Vaccination Rates in the U.S.

Annual epidemics of seasonal influenza occur during autumn and winter in temperate regions and have imposed substantial public health and economic burdens. At the global level, these epidemics cause about 3-5 million severe cases of illness and about 0.25-0.5 million deaths each year. Although annual vaccination is the most effective way to prevent the disease and its severe outcomes, influenza...

Partnering with diabetes educators to improve patient outcomes

Diabetes is a chronic, progressive disease that affects millions worldwide. The paradigm of diabetes management has shifted to focus on empowering the person with diabetes to manage the disease successfully and to improve their quality of life. Diabetes self-management education is a collaborative process through which people with diabetes gain the knowledge and skills needed to modify their be...

Building a healthier future: partnering to improve public health.