Quality Improvement Projects

We have multiple quality improvement projects being conducted in our clinic. The Enhanced Care Team care assistants as well as residents in the ambulatory care continuity elective are required to complete a project. We use Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) worksheets to help organize, design and summarize each project. Each cycle of a PDSA represents work focused around a particular test or intervention and any one project can be comprised of multiple cycles of change each led by a different person. Each project or cycle is usually led by one person with group input during the process. Click below to see past and ongoing projects.

• Clinic Quality Improvement Projects
  • Same Day Clinic HTN - PDSA cycle 1 and QI presentation (Jennifer Pagliei MD - PGY3)
  • Same Day Clinic HTN - PDSA cycle 2 (Ryan Sanford, MD - PGY1)
  • Same Day Clinic HTN - PDSA cycle 3 and QI presentation - (Krista Fajman MD - PGY1)
  • Same Day Clinic HTN - PDSA cycle 4 and QI presentation - (Kunwar Sohal MD - PGY1)
  • Communication of Test Results - PDSA cycle 1 and QI presentation (Micah Mooberry MD - PGY4)
  • Cervical Cancer Screening - QI presentation (Leslie Proctor MD - PGY2)
  • Visual Coumadin Chart - PDSA cycle 1 and QI presentation (Escher Howard-Williams MD - PGY3)
  • Clinic Support Website, Referrals - PDSA cycle 1 and QI presentation (Ademola Aderoju MD - PGY3)
  • Investigating No Shows - PDSA cycle 2 and QI presentation (Britni Hebert MD - PGY1)
  • Blood Pressure Measurement - PDSA cycle 1 and QI presentation (Amy Auerbach MD - PGY2)
  • Resident Physician Messaging - PDSA cycle 1 (Liz Thomas MD - PGY3)
  • Identification and Treatment of Depression - Project Summary and QI presentation (Seuli Brill MD - PGY4)
  • Identification and Treatment of Depression - PDSA cycle 2 and QI presentation (Stacy Cowherd - PGY1, Alexis Ponder - PGY1)
  • Depression: Review of current process - PDSA (Kate Gerrald PharmD - PGY2)
• Diabetes program
  • Medication Utilization - PDSA cycle 1 (Meg Rutledge - diabetes care asst)
    • Aspirin Utilization - PDSA cycle 2 (Meg Rutledge - diabetes care asst)
  • A1c >9, Not on Insulin - PDSA cycle 1, cycle 2, cycle 3 (Angela Thompson - diabetes care asst)
  • Tracking Nurse Diabetes Tasks - PDSA cycle 1, cycle 2 (Regina Boone - diabetes care asst)
  • Statin Utilization - PDSA cycle 1, cycle 2 (Carolyn Menzie - diabetes care asst)
  • Statin - Low Dose Increase - PDSA cycle 1, cycle 2 (Lauren McKnight PharmD - pharmacy resident)
  • Chronic Kidney Disease - QI presentation (Jennifer Rogers MD - PGY3)
  • Point of Care Testing (A1c and cholesterol) - PDSA cycle 1 (Abigail Miller - pharmacy student)
    • PDSA cycle 2, PDSA cycle 3 and QI presentation (Andrew Maclennan MD - PGY1)
  • Foot Care - PDSA cycle 1, PDSA cycle 2 and QI presentation (James Hawk MD - PGY3)
    • PDSA cycle 3 and QI presentation (Elaine Sunderlin MD - PGY1)
    • PDSA cycle 4 and QI presentation (Matthew White MD - PGY1)
  • Female Contraceptive Status (ACE-inhibitor use) - PDSA cycle 1 (Elizabeth Dehmer MD - PGY3)
  • Obesity/Pre-Diabetes - PDSA cycle 1,QI presentation; PDSA cycle 2, QI presentation (David Rometo MD - PGY3)
• Pain program
  • Improving Pain Appointment Cycle Times - PDSA cycle 1 (Kelly Hayes - pain care asst)