Sentences with phrase «of quality improvement interventions»

Analyzing trends allows for the assessment of the effect of quality improvement interventions.

Effectiveness of a Quality Improvement Intervention for Adolescent Depression in Primary Care ClinicsA Randomized Controlled Trial.

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For instance, addressing concerns about infant comfort, choking, and aspiration while the infant is sleeping prone is helpful.348, 349 Similar interventions for improving behavior of medical and nursing staff and child care providers have shown that these professionals have similar concerns about the supine sleep position.350, — , 353 Primary care providers should be encouraged to develop quality improvement initiatives to improve adherence with safe sleep recommendations among their patients.

At 12 - months follow - up, anxiety symptoms remitted in 53 percent of intervention patients versus only 32 percent in patients who continued to receive their primary care physicians» usual care, and the intervention also produced similar significant improvements in health - related quality of life, panic and mood symptoms.

More importantly, the intervention was associated with overall marriage quality: As in other research, more positive automatic reactions to the partner predicted greater improvements in marital satisfaction over the course of the study.

Such comprehensive improvements would cost an estimated $ 96 billion, according to the model, but could reduce HIV incidence in the U.S. by 54 percent and the mortality rate by 64 percent, at a cost - effectiveness ratio of $ 45,300 per quality - adjusted life year, or QALY, a standard economic measure of the value of a medical intervention.

Commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) as part of the National Clinical Audit Programme, the National Audit of PCI is clinically led by the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and managed by the National Institute for Cardiovascular Outcomes Research.

Despite the worse status of the intervention group at baseline, the study showed a trend for improvement in quality of life at three months and clinically meaningful improvement at four months.

Researchers at Jefferson's Maternal Addiction Treatment Education & Research (MATER) program found significant improvement in the quality of parenting among mothers who participated in a trauma - informed, mindfulness - based parenting intervention while also in medication - assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.

However, registration of cardiac arrests was prospective and uniform, following the standardized Utstein style for reporting out - of - hospital cardiac arrest and revised for data quality assurance by the RACE - CARS team.18 Our results support efforts of other communities seeking to improve bystander and first - responder intervention, since they come from a quality - improvement database of a substantial portion of the state of North Carolina, with stable reporting over a 4 - year period during a broad implementation program that used a standardized protocol, as recommended by the American Heart Association.13, 20,40

In our study, we were able to show that the interventions investigated in MS patients lead to a clinically relevant improvement in the quality of life measured by the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life questioquality of life measured by the Multiple Sclerosis Quality of Life questioQuality of Life questionnaire.

Imagine that all of our reform efforts prove successful, from initiatives to bolster the prenatal health of disadvantaged babies, to high - quality early - childhood experiences, to dramatic improvements in K - 12 education, to serious interventions and supports at the college level.

Whether the measure is graduation rates, improved instructional quality, last year's improvement in the lowest - performing schools targeted for special intervention, a nation - leading new collective - bargaining agreement, the addition of many new high - quality public schools, increased parental choice, or a material increase in the proportion of effective teachers, the arrow is pointed decidedly up in Newark.

All school improvement strategies — particularly interventions focused on the lowest - performing schools — must inform and engage all stakeholders; support enriched curriculum; enhance the school culture; provide high - quality teaching with ongoing professional learning to improve the quality of instruction; be commensurate with the need; and offer engaging learning opportunities that involve all students, families, and staff.

In order to receive today's funds, Colorado provided assurances that it will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

In using ARRA funds, states and school divisions must advance core reforms identified in the legislation, including: implementation of college - and career - ready standards and assessments for all students; establishment of preschool to postsecondary and career longitudinal data systems; improvement in teacher quality — especially for students most at risk of academic failure; and improvement of low - performing schools through effective interventions.

In order to receive today's funds, Arizona provided assurances that it will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

In order to receive today's funds, New Mexico provided assurances that it will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

In order to receive today's funds, Oregon provided assurances that they will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps, and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

In order to receive today's funds, California provided assurances that they will collect, publish, analyze and act on basic information regarding the quality of classroom teachers, annual student improvements, college readiness, the effectiveness of state standards and assessments, progress on removing charter caps, and interventions in turning around underperforming schools.

Early Learning as a School Improvement Intervention During this session at the Title I Conference, presenters Libby Doggett (USED), Lenay Dunn and Carlas McCauley (Center on School Turnaround), and Jana Martella (CEELO) provide an overview on how early learning strategies can advance achievement as a school improvement intervention, along with key research on the impact of high quality early learninImprovement Intervention During this session at the Title I Conference, presenters Libby Doggett (USED), Lenay Dunn and Carlas McCauley (Center on School Turnaround), and Jana Martella (CEELO) provide an overview on how early learning strategies can advance achievement as a school improvement intervention, along with key research on the impact of high quality early learniIntervention During this session at the Title I Conference, presenters Libby Doggett (USED), Lenay Dunn and Carlas McCauley (Center on School Turnaround), and Jana Martella (CEELO) provide an overview on how early learning strategies can advance achievement as a school improvement intervention, along with key research on the impact of high quality early learninimprovement intervention, along with key research on the impact of high quality early learniintervention, along with key research on the impact of high quality early learning programs.

School Improvement Grants 1003g and 1003a; school turnaround and transformation; effective leadership; effective instruction; using data to drive interventions; equitable and high quality programs for all learners; working in convergence at the SEA and the LEAs; sustainable practices; effective use of federal and state funds

For example, O'Connor et al. (1999) with the aim to identify risk factors associated with in - hospital mortality among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions demonstrated that with the use of multivariate prediction / analysis the calculation of the risk of in - hospital mortality after a percutaneous coronary intervention was feasible and accurate, and may be useful for patient counseling and for improvement of quality purposes.

COMMUNITY HEALTH LINK, Worcester, MA Mental Health Counselor 2013 — Present • Coordinate and establish therapeutic intervention plans for clients • Provide behavioral health issues consultation • Identify groups and individuals at risk and provide guidance and counseling accordingly • Launch performance improvement programs for mental health awareness in the community • Carry out the assessments, obtain and interpret information to identify age and community - specific client needs and cater for the same • Provide group and couples counseling for enhancing the quality of life and addressing behavioral problems

Primary care clinicians may also learn from experiences with their quality improvement patients and carry this learning over to patients in the usual care group, again resulting in a conservative estimate of the intervention effect.

Intervention and Program Catalog Quality Improvement Center for Adoption & Guardianship Support and Preservation (2017) Identifies evidence - based or evidence - informed programs and practices that can be used to address the needs of children in foster care both pre - and postpermanency.

Relative to men who receive usual care, men who receive the multimodal supportive care intervention will have fewer unmet supportive care needs and greater improvements in quantity and quality of physical activity

Because primary care clinician training in care of depression was common to all patients, the YPIC study tests the marginal benefit of the full quality improvement intervention vs usual care «enriched» by primary care clinician education.

Unlike adult studies in which medication rates were higher and increased with quality improvement interventions, 52,63 our intervention did not increase medication rates, despite intervention support of medication treatment.

At 6 - month follow - up, patients receiving the quality improvement intervention reported significantly higher rates of mental health care than did those receiving usual care (32 % vs 17 %; OR, 2.8; 95 % CI, 1.6 to 4.9; P <.001)(Table 2).

This improvement among intervention patients was also reflected in a significantly lower rate of severe depression (CES - D score ≥ 24) in the quality improvement group (31 % vs 42 %; OR, 0.6; 95 % CI, 0.4 to 0.9; P =.02).

The quality improvement intervention included (1) expert leader teams at each site that adapted and implemented the intervention; (2) care managers who supported primary care clinicians with patient evaluation, education, medication and psychosocial treatment, and linkage with specialty mental health services; (3) training of care managers in manualized CBT for depression; and (4) patient and clinician choice of treatment modalities (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow - up, or referral).

Building on prior demonstrations of improved outcomes from quality improvement interventions for adult and late - life depression, 52,63 our results indicate that this approach can be adapted successfully for younger populations with similar outcomes.

In conclusion, the present results demonstrate that quality improvement interventions for adolescent depression are feasible in primary care settings and associated with benefits on measures of depression, quality of life, and satisfaction with mental health treatment.

This is the first demonstration that depression and quality - of - life outcomes can be improved through a quality improvement intervention for depressed adolescents in primary care settings.

Lack of responsive, contingent, and sensitive care is one of the most prominent deviations from the expected environment for institutionalized children, and foster care placement in BEIP is associated with dramatic improvements in caregiving quality and attachment security (41, 42), both of which might contribute to the intervention effects on stress response system functioning.

These findings demonstrating enhanced child and parent benefits associated with collaborative care extend those reported in quality improvement interventions for child behavior problems, 13,14 ADHD, 6 — 8 adolescent depression, 10,11 and other problems.5 In the follow - up period, EUC showed significantly greater remission since posttreatment in behavior problems than DOCC, which may reflect DOCC patients having achieved greater remission by the end of treatment.

Research into the mechanisms of change between parenting interventions and couple relationship quality suggests that improvements in parenting skills and child behaviour lead to better relationships between parents.

The quality improvement intervention included: expert leader teams at each site to implement and adapt intervention; care managers to support primary care clinicians with evaluation, education, medication, and psychosocial treatment, and linking with specialised mental health services; training care managers in manual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for depression; and access to participant and clinician choice of treatment (CBT, medication, combined CBT and medication, care manager follow up, or referral).

In contrast, a randomized, controlled trial of a practice - based quality improvement initiative in North Carolina led to small changes in receipt of anticipatory guidance (only 18 % of parents of 6 - month - old children in the intervention group discussed all 4 anticipatory guidance topics) and no changes in parent behaviors.30

Although Healthy Steps was not conceived as a «quality improvement» intervention, our findings indicate that Healthy Steps made its impact through improvements in quality of care and selected effects on parenting practices.

In adolescents with depression, quality improvement intervention reduced depression, and increased mental health quality of life and satisfaction with mental health care compared with usual care (see http://www.ebmentalhealth.com/supplemental for table).

Dr. Arbour is the improvement advisor for Un Buen Comienzo (UBC, A Good Start), an intervention to improve quality of public preschools in Chile, and for the Home Visiting Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation, USA improvement advisor for Un Buen Comienzo (UBC, A Good Start), an intervention to improve quality of public preschools in Chile, and for the Home Visiting Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation, USA Improvement and Innovation, USA (HV CoIIN).

Dr. Arbour implements and evaluates interdisciplinary, community - based interventions to promote child development globally, using a combination of experimental, ethnographic and quality improvement methodologies.

In patients with insufficient improvement during drug therapy or relevant psychosocial impairments, cognitive behavioral as well as mindfulness and acceptance - based interventions can improve quality of life of the affected patients.

Although no data are currently available on the effects of this intervention for child attachment, it is nonetheless the case that preliminary analyses show an improvement in the quality of parent - child interactions in terms of parental sensitivity, shared enjoyment and the children's increased ability to govern their emotions.

S. Department of Health and Human Services launched the national Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC - DVCW) to test interventions to improve how child welfare agencies and their partners work with families experiencing domestic violence.

Specifically, routine data and a systematic literature review will inform specific parameters that will link early interventions on infant mental health — and related improvements in quality of life — with better health, educational and occupational outcomes, lower crime rates and cost savings for the health sector and the entire society.

Results indicated higher quality friendships and more teacher - perceived improvement for children whose buddies were lower on antisocial behavior and whose parents were higher on compliance; however, corresponding improvements as perceived by counselors and parents were not obtained.50 These preliminary results suggest the need for more research examining the potential of friendship interventions and the extent to which their success may relate to the characteristics of the children involved in the friendship.

Although improvements in quality of life were marginal, because of health service costs avoided the intervention had a 70 % chance of being cost - effective, with a baseline cost per QALY gained of $ 6827 (2003 prices).