Search Results - "Limper, Heather M"

Accuracy of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) badge system to monitor hand hygiene behavior during routine clinical activities by Pineles, Lisa L., MA, Morgan, Daniel J., MD, MS, Limper, Heather M., MPH, Weber, Stephen G., MD, MSc, Thom, Kerri A., MD, MS, Perencevich, Eli N., MD, MS, Harris, Anthony D., MD, MPH, Landon, Emily, MD

“…Background Hand hygiene (HH) is a critical part of infection prevention in health care settings. Hospitals around the world continuously struggle to improve…”
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Bridging Recovery Initiative Despite Gaps in Entry (BRIDGE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a bridge clinic compared with usual care for patients with opioid use disorder by Marcovitz, David E, White, Katie D, Sullivan, William, Limper, Heather M, Dear, Mary Lynn, Buie, Reagan, Edwards, David A, Chastain, Cody, Kast, Kristopher A, Lindsell, Christopher J

“…Background Patients with substance use disorders are overrepresented among general hospital inpatients, and their admissions are associated with longer lengths…”
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Population-Wide Sodium Reduction: The Bumpy Road from Evidence to Policy by Appel, Lawrence J., MD, MPH, Angell, Sonia Y., MD, MPH, Cobb, Laura K., MS, Limper, Heather M., MPH, Nelson, David E., MD, MPH, Samet, Jonathan M., MD, MS, Brownson, Ross C., PhD

“…Elevated blood pressure is a highly prevalent condition that is etiologically related to coronary heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of…”
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Developing An Analytic Approach to Understanding the Patient Care Experience by Springman, Mary Kate, Bermeo, Yalissa, Limper, Heather M, Tothy, Alison S

“…The amount of data available to health-care institutions regarding the patient care experience has grown tremendously. Purposeful approaches to condensing,…”
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Lessons Learned from Efforts to Reduce Overuse of Cardiac Telemetry Monitoring by Chakravarthy, Rohini, Goggins, Kathryn, Leverenz, David, Trumbo, Silas P., Kripalani, Sunil, Limper, Heather M.

“…Inappropriate use of telemetry monitoring is common, increasing costs, false alarms, and length of stay. The Society of Hospital Medicine and Choosing Wisely…”
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Assessment of an Aggregate-Level Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology for Measuring Hand Hygiene Performance Among Healthcare Personnel by Limper, Heather M, Slawsky, Lynn, Garcia-Houchins, Sylvia, Mehta, Supriya, Hershow, Ronald C, Landon, Emily

“…BACKGROUND Despite significant advances in technological methods for hand hygiene surveillance, a lack of evidence prohibits comparison of systems to one…”
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A Validation Protocol: Assessing the Accuracy of Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology by Limper, Heather M., Garcia-Houchins, Sylvia, Slawsky, Lynn, Hershow, Ronald C., Landon, Emily

“…Detailed notes are essential for comparison of performed activity with system data. [...]investigators must consider each device activation as a unique…”
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Understanding Factors Influencing Quality Improvement Capacity Among Ambulatory Care Practices Across the MidSouth Region: An Exploratory Qualitative Study by Varley, Allyson L., Kripalani, Sunil, Spain, Thomas, Mixon, Amanda S., Acord, Erin, Rothman, Russell, Limper, Heather M.

“…Success in choosing and implementing quality metrics, necessary in a value-based care model, depends on quality improvement (QI) capacity-the shared knowledge,…”
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Protocol to evaluate an enterprise-wide initiative to increase access to lung cancer screening in the Veterans Health Administration by Lewis, Jennifer A., Spalluto, Lucy B., Henschke, Claudia I., Yankelevitz, David F., Aguayo, Samuel M., Morales, Providencia, Avila, Rick, Audet, Carolyn M., Prusaczyk, Beth, Lindsell, Christopher J., Callaway-Lane, Carol, Dittus, Robert S., Vogus, Timothy J., Massion, Pierre P., Limper, Heather M., Kripalani, Sunil, Moghanaki, Drew, Roumie, Christianne L.

“…The Veterans Affairs Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening (VA-PALS) is an enterprise-wide initiative to implement lung cancer screening programs at…”
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Challenges to school-located vaccination: lessons learned by Limper, Heather M, Burns, Jennifer L, Lloyd, LaKesha M, Atilano, Jennifer, Alexander, Kenneth A, Caskey, Rachel N

“…School-located vaccination (SLV) has a long history in the United States and has successfully contributed to lower morbidity and mortality due to…”
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Recommendations for strengthening the role of embedded researchers to accelerate implementation in health systems: Findings from a state-of-the-art (SOTA) conference workgroup by Damschroder, Laura J., Knighton, Andrew J., Griese, Emily, Greene, Sarah M., Lozano, Paula, Kilbourne, Amy M., Buist, Diana S.M., Crotty, Karen, Elwy, A. Rani, Fleisher, Lee A., Gonzales, Ralph, Huebschmann, Amy G., Limper, Heather M., Ramalingam, NithyaPriya S., Wilemon, Katherine, Ho, P. Michael, Helfrich, Christian D.

“…Traditional research approaches do not promote timely implementation of evidence-based innovations (EBIs) to benefit patients. Embedding research within health…”
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The Ask Me to Explain Campaign: A 90-Day Intervention to Promote Patient and Family Involvement in Care in a Pediatric Emergency Department by Tothy, Alison S., Limper, Heather M., Driscoll, James, Bittick, Nicholas, Howell, Michael D.

“…Patient satisfaction is a central outcome measure of patient-centered care and is associated with improved patient safety, but the effect of specific…”
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Behavioral Intention of Physician Trainees and Medical Students to Practice Hand Hygiene by Limper, Heather M., Barton, Grant, McGinty, Michael, Landon, Emily, O’Boyle, Carol, Reddy, Shalini, Weber, Stephen G.

“…Physician trainees were surveyed to assess intention to perform hand hygiene (HH). Compared with preclinical medical students (MS), clinical MS and residents…”
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Deimplementation of Routine Chest X‐rays in Adult Intensive Care Units by Trumbo, Silas P, Iams, Wade T, Limper, Heather M, Goggins, Kathryn, Gibson, Jayme, Oliver, Lauren, Leverenz, David L, Samuels, Lauren R, Brady, Donald W, Kripalani, Sunil

“…BACKGROUND Choosing Wisely® is a national initiative to deimplement or reduce low‐value care. However, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of…”
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Taxi Drivers: A Target Population for the Prevention of Transmissible Disease? by Limper, Heather M., Burns, Jennifer L., Alexander, Kenneth A.

“…We set out to assess the feasibility and uptake of an on-site influenza vaccination campaign targeting taxi drivers in airport taxicab lots in Chicago,…”
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Medicaid Managed Care: Unanswered Impact on School-Located Immunization Services by Limper, Heather M., Caskey, Rachel N.

“…Managed care coordination for Medicaid beneficiaries is being implemented in states across the country. Recently, 1.5 million Medicaid beneficiaries in five…”
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Transforming care through bedside leader rounding: Use of handheld technology leads to improvement in perceived patient satisfaction by Tothy, Alison, Sastry, Sunitha K., Springman, Mary K, Limper, Heather M, Fahrenbach, John, Murphy, Susan M

“…When consistently executed, leader rounding has the ability to capture actionable information ensuring delivery of safe and effective patient care, identifying…”
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Assessment of an Aggregate Electronic Monitoring System to Measure Hand Hygiene in a Hospital Setting by Limper, Heather M

“…The purpose of this research was to assess the accuracy, acceptance, and impact of a Hand Hygiene Monitoring Technology (HHMT) to measure hand hygiene (HH) in…”
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The evolution and integration of a patient-centric mapping tool (patient journey value mapping) in continuous quality improvement by Tothy, Alison, Sastry, Sunitha K., Limper, Heather M, Suett, Paul, Springman, Mary Kate, Murphy, Susan M

“…The need to improve a healthcare system that too frequently fails to deliver benefits of care, even resulting in harm to patients, has been well established…”
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