Research Posters
Prioritizing Vaccination During Uncertain Times: A Health System's Journey to Protecting Patients from RSV, COVID-19, and Hepatitis B (RIZE)
AMGA's Rise to Immunize (RIZE) national campaign mobilizes medical groups and health systems to improve routine adult immunization rates through evidence-based care processes, quarterly benchmarking, and shared learning. This poster highlights UW Medicine's interventions and results improving RSV, COVID-19, and Hepatitis B vaccination rates as a top performer in the campaign's first year of tracking these three measures.
Health System Approaches to Assess and Improve Direct Oral Anticoagulant Adherence in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation
Three health care organizations implemented multi-level interventions to improve primary and secondary direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) adherence for patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Results demonstrate that multidisciplinary approaches to adherence monitoring are feasible within health systems and can reduce hospitalizations while improving overall patient outcomes.
Collaborate to Innovate: Peer Approaches to Lung Cancer Screening Quality Improvement
Five health care organizations partnered with AMGA to improve early detection of lung cancer through multi-level quality improvement interventions targeting screening rates among eligible current and former smokers. Findings highlight variation in screening rates across patient demographics and underscore the importance of EHR infrastructure, provider education, and patient outreach in scaling lung cancer screening programs.
Mind Matters: Elevating Brain Health in Primary Care
The AMGA Brain Health in Primary Care Quality Improvement Initiative partnered with four health care organizations to improve early detection and diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in primary care. Sites completed structured root cause analyses and implemented targeted interventions to address multilevel barriers to cognitive screening, specialist referrals, and timely diagnosis.
Initiation of HPV vaccination at age 9: A deep dive into five health system success stories
Earlier initiation of the HPV vaccine (at ages 9-10 versus 11-12) is associated with increased likelihood of completing the series. This poster shares survey insights from providers and staff at 5 healthcare organizations with demonstrated success in earlier initiation including most impactful interventions and recommendations.
Primary Medication Non-Adherence Among Patients Requiring Long-Term Treatment
Primary adherence, or filling the first prescription of a new medicine, is challenging to track and not well characterized but can impact long term outcomes and more expensive downstream treatment interventions. This poster examines patient level factors associated with primary adherence to oral anticoagulants and oral prostate cancer medications.
Health Equity: A Pragmatic Needs Assessment to Address Inequity in COVID-19 Management
Historically marginalized populations experience higher rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, mortality, delayed treatment, and inequitable prescribing of outpatient therapies. This poster shares EHR and survey measures used to assess health equity and how results directly informed health equity interventions at 3 AMGA member organizations.
Continuous Glucose Monitors: Implementation in Primary Care for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Use of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) is increasing among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This poster examines effects of real-time CGM in real world settings on glycaemia in primary care patients with T2DM, particularly those not on intensive insulin therapy.
Case Study: Enhancing Care Transitions for Patients with Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Anticoagulants used to treat VTE are associated with bleeding and recurrent VTE events secondary to inadequate dosing or non-adherence to treatment plans. These medication outcomes are implicated as a major cause of VTE related hospital readmissions. This poster describes the focused interventions of North Mississippi Health System to improve care transitions for patients with VTE.