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Improving Oral Health Care for HIV-Positive Patients
By distributing material to dental residents on the importance of oral health care and incorporating dental hygienists into the HIV adult clinic, Brooklyn Hospital Center (Brooklyn, New York, USA) increased oral health referrals from 27 percent to 88 percent, and increased oral health care for referred patients from 18 percent to 75 percent.
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Caring for Patients with HIV: Christiana Care Health Services
Christiana Care Health Services (Wilmington, Delaware, USA) increases the number of patients on appropriate Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) from 61 to 92 percent through work in an IHI Collaborative.
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Improvement Report: Women's Only Clinic for HIV Positive Women
At Christiana Care Health Services HIV Program (Wilmington, Delaware, USA), we have increased the number of women identified with abnormal Pap smears by establishing a "nested" women's clinic to address the specialized health needs of women infected with HIV who are at increased risk of developing cervical cancer.
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Improvement Report: Maintaining the "Care Connection" in a Statewide HIV Program
The Christiana Care Health Services HIV Program (Wilmington, Delaware, USA) has developed a multi-disciplinary, patient-centered approach to HIV care delivery that has improved patient retention and maintained the "care connection" between patients and their providers resulting in decreased lost to follow-up, increased numbers of patients on appropriate therapy, and decreased mortality rates.
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Improvement Report: Improving Care for Patients with HIV/AIDS Disease
The Monroe County Health Department (Monroe County, Florida, USA) made many changes to improve care for patients with HIV/AIDS disease, including the use of the Chronic Care Model.
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Caring for HIV/AIDS Patients at Christiana Care
Providers who have cared for AIDS and HIV positive patients for a decade or more have seen dramatic changes in both the care and the outcomes for patients. "Ten years ago we were helping patients die," recalls Robin Bidwell, BSN, RNC, CCRC, Performance Improvement Coordinator at Christiana Care Health Services (Wilmington, Delaware, USA). "Now we are telling these patients to go out and live their lives."
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