Improving Care Management for Kapiʻolani Women's Center BIRADS 3 Patients
Date
2019
Authors
Contributor
Advisor
Department
Instructor
Depositor
Speaker
Researcher
Consultant
Interviewer
Narrator
Transcriber
Annotator
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Volume
Number/Issue
Starting Page
Ending Page
Alternative Title
Abstract
Breast cancer is a common cancer among women. Appropriate screening and monitoring are necessary for early detection and treatment to improve survival rates. Due to barriers to care, many women do not follow up with their screening in a timely manner. As the Kapi`olani Women’s Center (KWC) had inconsistent follow up and no facility established guidelines for pre-scheduling and educating patients with Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) category 3 results, this quality improvement project was developed to improve care management for KWC BIRADS 3 patients through patient navigation, utilizing an evidence-based scheduling and reminder system, and motivational interviewing techniques. Barriers to care were also identified and addressed. Findings indicated potential positive impacts in increasing timely follow up and decreasing no show occurrences as two post-intervention months had significant findings and achieved intermediate outcomes; however, extension of implementation timeline, designation of staff responsibilities, and facility infrastructure adjustments were advised.
Description
Keywords
Nursing
Citation
Extent
Format
Geographic Location
Time Period
Related To
Related To (URI)
Table of Contents
Rights
Rights Holder
Local Contexts
Collections
Email libraryada-l@lists.hawaii.edu if you need this content in ADA-compliant format.