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April 27, 2009

Featured Topic: Prevention Through Screening
The featured content describes innovations and QualityTools that focus on integrating screening and other preventive services with clinical patient care.   
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Innovation Profiles:
- updated AIDS Care Project Makes Acupuncture Treatment Accessible to People Living With HIV/AIDS
- updated Child Abuse Experts Provide Videoconference-Enabled Consultations to Providers in Remote Emergency Departments and Clinics, Leading to More Accurate Diagnosis
- updated Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Physicians Provide Remote Consultations to Emergency Department Providers in Rural and Underserved Areas, Leading to Better Diagnosis and Treatment
- Co-Locating Gynecologic Services Within an HIV Clinic Increases Cervical Cancer Screening Rates, Leading to Identification and Treatment of Many Cancer Cases
- Community Health Centers Integrate Rapid HIV Screening Into Routine Primary Care, Leading to Significant Increases in Testing Rates
- Community Partnerships Target High-Risk Populations, Leading to More Effective, Lower-Cost Hepatitis Screening
- Letter From Personal Physician With Video Decision Aid and Direct-Access Testing Improves Colon Cancer Screening Rates
- Redesigned Shifts and Structured Physician-to-Physician Handoffs Improve Workflow and Enhance Teaching Opportunities, Leading to Positive Feedback From Interns, Residents, and Attendings

QualityTools:
- Colorectal Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
- Depression-Screening.org
- Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2008: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
- Guide to Community Preventive Services
- Patient Encounter Form
- Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
- Tools to Engineer a Culture of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals

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Last updated: April 27, 2009.
 
 
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