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  • Identifying asthmatic patients, who haven’t processed refills
  • Contacting in groups of five each week until every patient has been reached
  • Communicating the benefits of inhaled corticosteroids

What can your team do to proactively reach out to patients to help them manage their chronic conditions? 

 

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  • Identifying persistent asthmatics, instead of waiting to follow up on ER visits
  • Discussing with patients and parents how to avoid flare-ups
  • Educating about the proper use of their medication to control the disease

 What can your team do to harness KP's unique tools to enhance preventive care? And  what can your team do to help patients better understand their care? 

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  • Instituting a regular nap time, testing both 1-3 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. slots
  • Communicating to staff and families about nap time, to be quiet and posting alerts
  • Coordinating with other departments to see if adjustments to time period are needed

What can your team do to try out different potiential solutions without being afraid of failure? 

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  • Standardizing pain medication schedules, and include follow-up calls after discharge
  • Reassessing patient and communicating with her when next med is scheduled
  • Reinforcing the idea that “every patient is my patient” and have "no-pass" policy

What can your team do to to put the patient at the center? 

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  • Posting laminated cards at med stations of commonly used drugs and where these are regulary stored
  • Delivering drugs 15 minutes prior to adminstration to allow time to be prepared
  • Color-coding bins of new meds to distinguish from a patient’s discontinued meds

What can your team do to plan ahead and prepare in advance to anticipate patient needs?

 

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  • Discussing the problem and identifying the process to establish a chain of custody
  • Creating a procedural map, highlighted with photos and standardized tasks
  • Distributing laminated copies to appropriate areas of lab

What can your team do to analyze and improve your workflow? 

 

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  • Reporting weekly on staff engagement with patients
  • Training and peer-to-peer coaching of staff
  • Educating physicians on awareness

What can your team do to leverage KP's unique tools for prevention to keep patients healthy? 

 

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  • Sharing scheduling data with collaborative departments
  • Setting boundaries to respect the other department’s needs and processes, like avoiding late-day appointments
  • Writing it down and gettng consensus so everyone can follow the procedure

What can your team do to work collaboratively with a sister department to improve the patient experience? 

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  • Identifying eligible members for colorectal screening
  • Developing a personalized story for each patient to make it relevant
  • Creating a follow-up process to ensure patients are following through with the test

What can your team do to customize your outreach to patients?

 

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  • Reaching out to patients
  • Emphasizing the value of taking the colorectal screening test
  • Identifying at-risk patients whenever they come into the office

What can your team do to be proactive about screening patients for cancer or other diseases? 

 

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