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Quality improvement in hepatitis C screening and treatment in a primary care resident clinic
Doering T1, Williamson S1, Gadalla M1. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2019 Dec 14;9(6):471-472. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2019.1698230. eCollection 2019.
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1 St Thomas Health Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Abstract
Quality improvement projects are an important part of education for residents and outcome-based projects, and data are required by ACGME. Our resident clinic conducted a quality improvement project regarding screening and treatment for hepatitis C. We improved our screening rate per CDC guidelines and found a prevalence of 1.9% in our clinic population, higher than the national prevalence. We, as internal medicine specialists, have also successfully treated several patients with Tenncare (the equivalent of Medicaid) and uninsured through improvement in our case identification, follow-up and use of specialty pharmacies and standardized order sets.