Diverse QI Methods All Lead to Success: Increased Immunization Rates in Three Ohio Counties
September 16, 2011
Optimizing immunization rates was a goal of Healthy People 2010. Health departments from three different Ohio Counties used Quality Improvement (QI) methods to raise their DTaP series (4 shot series) immunization rates. The project began with a joint QI training in which each health department team...
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Quality Improvement Success in Orange County, Florida with Operational Efficiency
April 11, 2011
The Orange County Health Department in Florida chartered a QI team to reduce total time for administering child immunizations. With assistance from Grace Duffy, the QI team identified a number of disruptions to the process, including times when patients’ families were waiting to be interviewed and for...
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