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The Effect of Telehealth on 30-Day Readmissions in Medicare Beneficiaries Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in 45.1% of Americans. Each year in the United States, 790,000 suffer myocardial infarction as end organ damage from coronary disease. Coronary artery bypass ...
Pilot Program to Improve Transfer of Care Between Neurosurgical and Outpatient Neurology Teams Following Implantation of an Intrathecal Baclofen Pump
(Georgetown University, 2016)
PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE TRANSFER OF CARE BETWEEN NEUROSURGICAL AND OUTPATIENT NEUROLOGY TEAMS FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF AN INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN PUMP
Assessing Clinical Outcomes of the 2014 American Academy of Pediatrics Bronchiolitis Guideline
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Pediatric bronchiolitis is an acute, highly-communicable, viral-mediated lower respiratory tract illness of early childhood. As the most common lower respiratory illness in infants, bronchiolitis represents the leading ...
School Nursing Practice for the 21st Century: Assessing Scope of Practice in the Current Workforce
(Georgetown University, 2018)
School nurses play a vital role in the health and readiness to learn for the nation’s 56 million students. However, wide variation exists in school nursing practice across states and school districts, impacting the school ...
Integration of Survivorship Care Plans into Standard Care: A Quality Improvement Project
(Georgetown University, 2016)
American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer accredited programs are required to provide Survivorship Care Plans (SCPs) to cancer survivors after initial cancer treatment. A critical need exists to evaluate SCP ...
Exploration of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Hospice
(Georgetown University, 2018)
Current literature indicates hospices are providing complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with the participation of employees and/or volunteers as an adjunct to conventional medicine to assist in symptom management ...
Depression in primary care: Attitudes of novice advanced practice nurses
(Georgetown University, 2016)
The burden of depression across the globe is estimated to be a leading cause of disability. In the U.S., a considerable portion of mental healthcare is delivered in the primary care setting. Barriers to achieve best practices ...
MS PATIENTS’ SATISFACTION AND PERCEPTION OF PROVIDER TEAMWORK IN A MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINIC VERSUS STANDARD CARE
(Georgetown University, 2016)
There is a paucity of research exploring Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients’ perception of teamwork and satisfaction in multidisciplinary care models and no studies have evaluated the impact of a doctor of medicine (MD) ...
The Clinical Research Coordinator: Perception of Roles, Responsibilities, and Competence
(Georgetown University, 2019)
Due to the nature of risk in clinical research, patient harm may result; therefore, it is essential to mitigate the risks ensuring the safety of participants and the integrity of clinical research. Recent changes in the ...
The Impact of an Evidence-Based Cultural Competence Workshop for University Student Health Centers’ Licensed Personnel
(Georgetown University, 2019)
The lack of cultural competence (CC) by health care personnel (HCP) has been identified as a barrier to equitable care. In a closed environment, such as a university setting where all students have health care access, ...