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Access to Care Improvement at Four Medical Groups This report highlights the improvements of four medical groups that participated in the ICSI Advanced Access Collaborative from October 1999 through May 2000. (12/00)	05/22/2002	Summary Reports
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Improved Efficiencies in Initial Reperfusion Treatment at Park Nicollet Health Services Park Nicollet Health Services selected primary PCI as its preferred reperfusion strategy and has ED physicians initiate the primary intervention without waiting to consult a primary physician or cardiologist. The process change reduced median door-to-balloon time from 88 to 61 minutes.	07/12/2003	Summary Reports
Advanced Access Changes to Improve Mammography Waiting Time & Rates at North Clinic North Clinic applied advanced access changes to improve mammography waiting time. The waiting time for an appointment decreased from 40 days to 18 days; the rate of patients up-to-date for a mammography screen increased from 72% to 83%. (10/01)	05/28/2002	Summary Reports
Advanced Access in a Multi-Specialty Group (RiverWay Clinics) RiverWay Clinics applied advanced access methods to patient appointments in the OB/GYN department and reduced waiting times from an average of seven days to less than three days. Patient satisfaction scores increased 20% after the changes were made. (1/03)	03/31/2003	Summary Reports
Anticoagulation Program Development at Seven Medical Organizations Seven ICSI member medical organizations participated in the creation of this report on the development of anticoagulation management programs or anticoagulation clinics (ACC) to improve care for patients receiving anticoagulation medications. These programs have demonstrated significant improvement in clinical outcomes when patients were managed in a consistent manner. (12/04)	02/09/2005	Summary Reports
Anticoagulation Therapy Improvement at HealthSystem Minnesota (HealthSystem Minnesota is now known as Park Nicollet Health Services) HSM (Park Nicollet Health Services) increased the % of patient INRs in prescribed therapeutic range, decreased inpatient stays for patients with DVTs, & increased the % of patients in an outpatient setting through an anticoagulation initiative. (11/99)	05/09/2002	Summary Reports
Asthma Improvement at Family HealthServices Minnesota, PA FHSM was given the BHCAG award in 2000 for improvements in asthma management. They increased significantly the rate of asthma severity documented, annual spirometry & peak flow monitoring & documented patient education. (3/01)	05/20/2002	Summary Reports
Asthma Improvement at HealthEast HealthEast increased the rate of documentation of severity level (5% to 50%), use of anti-inflammatories (85% to 97%), clinic peak flow meter readings (46% to 73%) & patients with peak flow meters at home (23% to 27%) for patients with asthma. (12/98)	05/01/2002	Summary Reports
Chest Pain (Acute) Initiative at Park Nicollet Health Services PNHS began the initiative in 1999 to shorten the length of time for patients presenting in the emergency room to get a stress test & be diagnosed. This report lists the process changes made in the ER, cardiac lab & inpatient setting. (6/01)	05/22/2002	Summary Reports
Colon Cancer Screening Rate Improvement at CentraCare CentraCare achieved rates at or above 80% of patients up-to-date on colon cancer screening tests at two pilot sites. Strategies focused on increasing provider awareness & patient education. (10/01)	05/22/2002	Summary Reports
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