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Speaking the Same Language
Using a simple card as a reminder, this urgent care team asked for patients’ race, ethnicity, and primary language to better recognize and address members’ health needs and risks.
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Why This Matters
- Medical treatment is more effective when members receive care and information in their primary language.
Test of Change
- Adding a questionnaire card during the check-in process reminds team members to ask patients about their race, ethnicity, and primary language
Personalizing Care for Patients
Asking patients about their sexual orientation and gender identity is helping Addiction Medicine team members better identify and treat patients' health risks and needs.
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Why This Matters
- Collecting sensitive, personal information from patients can tell you a lot about their health risks and needs and help improve the quality of care for all Kaiser Permanente members.
Test of Change
- Creating a standardized process to collect information about patients’ sexual orientation, gender identity, and preferred pronouns.
Improving Access to Spinal Care
This specialty care team reduced evaluation wait times for Medicaid patients by 35% over 4 months after everyone got involved and they began scheduling phone appointments.
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Why This Matters
- Cutting evaluation wait times mean patients are connected to care sooner.
Test of Change
- Involving the entire team in the effort to administer patient evaluations.
Stress-free Service Soothes the Sleepless
A patient-centered approach to delivering supplies gets the job done.
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Why This Matters
- Timely delivery of equipment and supplies enhances patient satisfaction and speeds the diagnosis and treatment of common sleep disorders.
Test of Change
- Mailing sleep therapy supplies to patients, centralizing supply distribution and purchasing software to track deliveries