Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:16
Project Goal: To ensure that Multiple Sclerosis patients receive the most effective medication with in a month of diagnosis to reduce relapses and disease progression leading to inpatient utilization.
Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:15
Project Goal: To improve metabolic outcomes in our patient population through increased hemoglobin A1c and blood pressure goal awareness by using a simple take-home tool.
Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:13
Project Goal: Reduce emergency department (ED) crowding and avoidable ED visits for patients without a primary care partnership and improve emergency throughput times.
Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:09
Project Goal: To ensure that emergency medical services staff transition and acculturate successfully so that the current work of the agency is maintained.
Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:07
Project Goal: To develop a sustainable and scalable program that can improve survey measures of employee engagement for all health care staff everywhere.
Submitted by brighidhalligan on Wed, 2019-07-24 10:05
Project Goal: To improve access to psychiatry consultation and to increase the competency and comfort level of Psychiatry Consultation Programs and Behavioral Health Providers in Alameda County’s Federally Qualified Health Centers in delivering behavioral health care to their patients.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) constitute the largest and fastest growing group of nonphysician primary care clinicians. As the primary care physician (PCP) shortage persists, examination of trends in primary care NP supply, particularly in relation to populations most in need, will inform strategies to strengthen primary care capacity. However, such evidence is limited, particularly in combination with physician workforce trends. This paper characterized the temporal trends in the distribution of primary care NPs in low-income and rural areas compared with the distribution of PCPs.