Grant Report
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Policy & MeasurementInsurance Type and Weight Loss Surgery Outcome – Does Insurance Type Predict Bariatric Surgery Follow-up and Outcome at 12 Months Postsurgery?
The objective of this paper is to identify potential differences in weight loss outcome and adherence to follow-up visit protocol between patients receiving employer-based commercial insurance, and those receiving Medicaid.
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Environment & HospitalityIntegrating Person Directed Care into the Client Experience
Culture Change initiatives in long term care have identified creative ways to implement a model of Person Directed Care that aims to improve the client experience by providing dignity and choice, and foster deep relationships among its community members.
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Environment & Hospitality | Patient Family & Community EngagementIntegrating Recreational Art Activities into the Patient Experience
This research study explores the impact of recreational art activities on the human experience of hospitalized patients. With funds awarded through The Beryl Institute’s Grant Program, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center launched Heart Cart, a painting program for inpatients. Reaction to the initial pilot from cardiac surgery patients was so positive, the art
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Patient Family & Community EngagementIntegrating Recreational Art Activities into the Patient Experience
This paper explores the integration of a new recreational art program and how it impacted patient experience.
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Infrastructure & GovernanceMeasuring, Assessing and Meeting the Needs of Primarily Spanish-Speaking Patients in the Hospital Setting
The purpose of this study was to assess the language needs of the Tallahassee Memorial patient population based on data gathered at the admission and registration portion of the patient stay.
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Patient Family & Community Engagement | Staff & Provider EngagementMedical School Focus on the Patient Experience
Barbara Lewis, Founder, Joan’s Family Bill of Rights explores the wide range of courses and techniques incorporated in medical school education focused on patient experience.
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Quality & Clinical ExcellencePatient Satisfaction and Experience of Limited English Proficiency Patients in Primary Care Clinics
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Patient Family & Community EngagementPatient/Family Advisors Partnering with HealthCare Staff/ Providers: Gathering Real-time Patient/Family Experiences to Guide Quality Improvement
The aim of this project was to determine if having patient/family advisors partnering with unit/site/program staff to develop and implement a tool to gather real-time patient experiences, is a feasible measure of what works well and where improvements are needed.
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Patient Family & Community EngagementPatients’ reasons for returning unplanned to the Emergency Department
This grant research report explores the reasons why people decide to return to the Emergency Department (ED) after an initial visit and whether their first experience contributes to their decision. The study reveals that building a patient’s trust on the first visit to the ED can have an impact on the patient’s confidence and capability
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Environment & HospitalityPerceived Patient Benefit from Sleep Promoting Interventions
The purpose of this study conducted by North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York was to evaluate patients’ perceived benefits from sleep promoting interventions (SIPs).
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Staff & Provider EngagementPerson Centered Care: Definitions and Perceptions of Various Stakeholders
This descriptive qualitative study was designed to increase our understanding of care as experience by various stakeholders in a nursing home.
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Infrastructure & Governance
PFACs: Where’s the Money? The Financial Impact on Hospitals
Barbara Lewis, founder of Joan’s Family Bill of Rights, explores Patient and Family Advisory Councils and their financial impact on hospitals.
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Environment & Hospitality | Patient Family & Community EngagementReading2Connect®: An Innovation to Improve the Social-Emotional Wellbeing of Long-Term Care Residents
Supported by a grant from The Beryl Institute, Ascension Senior Living set out to quantitatively measure if they could improve wellness and well-being for residents living with dementia through reading activities that promote social interaction. By implementing the Reading2Connect Social Engagement Program, long-term care residents at Ascension found greater quality of life through illustrated books
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Patient Family & Community EngagementReadmissions in the Era of Patient Engagement
The goal of this study was to interview all patients readmitted within 30 days to general medicine and cardiology services, in order to illuminate patient-identified events, experiences or perceptions that are associated with more frequent and/or more preventable hospital readmissions.
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Policy & MeasurementResearching the Added Value of Behavior-Based Qualitative Experiential Data to a Survey Based Questionnaire in Establishing a Patient Experience Charter at the Walker Family Cancer Center
This paper explores how the commonalities of electronic patient experience measurement with first person narrative collection had a potentially high reliability of being a complementary process.
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Innovation & TechnologySpeaking Wisely: Analyzing Patients’ Sentiments Towards Different Styles of Radiology Reports
Researchers compared different types of radiology report summaries, to determine which styles would be most effective in communicating information about a diagnosis and need for follow-up testing to patients.
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