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Invasion of the Body Aches : Using Classic Movies to Scare up Better Immunization Rates
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Wood, Andrew Mangels, C. E. Webster, Laura Martínez, Aníbal Collett, Camille |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Rose Family Medicine Residency clinic, located in Denver, CO, implemented a multimodal intervention to increase influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates for our population of patients aged 65 and older. The intervention focused on adopting a team-based vaccination workflow, an education campaign for patients, providers, and staff, and telephone reminders to patients. While calling patients, we also conducted a phonesurvey to assess attitudes towards vaccination, independently estimate our vaccination rate, and determine the prevalence of internet access in our elderly population. At the close of the 2014-2015 flu season our influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates increased compared to each of the previous two seasons. This quality improvement project and the survey results suggested several promising interventions to pursue during the next |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/nc/nc15-foundation-posters.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
