Project title: Human Papilloma Virus immunization rates in adolescent females
Project Community Leader (PCL): Dr. Loren Yamamoto (E-mail: Loreny@hawaii.edu)
Duration: 32 weeks + 2 weeks for QI basics (if not already completed)
Current enrollment 12 participants (accepting up to 20 participants)
Enrollment will be closed in 8 days.
Registration fee for this project: $50 for AAP members, $75 for non-AAP members.
Project description: I suspect that I have many adolescent females in my practice who have not been immunized with human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine. It is more difficult to achieve high immunization rates in adolescents since they do not seek primary care on a regular basis as often as infants and children. I would like to improve my practice’s HPV immunization rate for adolescent females. The aim of this project is to increase the number of adolescent females age 11 -21 in my practice who are screened at every visit and who receive the HPV vaccine during the study period.
Measurement: Review charts of adolescent females. If the patient has completed at least two HPV vaccine doses, then score this as a “yes”. If not, then score this as a “no”.
This measure is determined by the PCL to be a two-category variable.
Performance and Improvement will be measured by percentages of the above.
Sample size: I will be required to review charts of patient encounters of 10 or more patients described in this project description and complete the measurement described above.
This project is justified by the information in this reference citation: AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases. Prevention of Human Papillomavirus Infection: Provisional Recommendations for Immunization of Girls and Women With Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. PEDIATRICS 2007;120(3):666-668.
An approximate time line is described below:
Enrollment period
Project starts when enrollment is complete
QI basics course must be completed within 2 weeks
Baseline data collection within 4 weeks
Review and summarize baseline data within 2 weeks
Project community leader (PCL) summarizes these reviews and summaries within 1 week
Participants submit performance improvement method proposals within 2 weeks
Participants review all proposals submitted by community, then choose their method(s) within 2 weeks
Participants implement their performance improvement method(s) into their practice within 4 weeks
Practice in operation with performance improvement method(s) in place for 8 weeks
Follow-up data collection within 4 weeks
Review and summarize follow-up data within 2 weeks
PCL summarizes reviews and summaries within 1 week
Participants review PCL summary and submit project evaluation within 2 weeks
All data and project completion requirements must be completed online on the MyQIP project web site.
I would like to enroll in this MYQIP project as a participant. I must agree to all of the items below by clicking in the adjacent box.
I understand how to obtain the measurement described above.
I have the means to obtain the required number of measurements according to the approximate time line above.
This measurement is correctly determined to be a two-category variable.
I would like to enroll as a participant in this project and I attest that this project is a meaningful and significant quality/performance improvement project that has the potential to improve practice performance and patient outcomes.
I would like to decline participation in this project at this time.
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