Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes

2024

Employee Dietary Initiative Improved Chronic Symptoms.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2024.03.001 ·PMID:38596168

With the awareness that the Standard American Diet is a critical contributor to chronic diseases, this initiative aimed to assess the effects of a 28-day dietary challenge health care improvement project on health system employee energy lev…

2022

Bleeding Complications Associated With Intrauterine Contraception in Women Receiving Anticoagulation Therapy.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2021.12.005 ·PMID:35498393

ObjectiveTo determine whether anticoagulation therapy is associated with an increased risk of complications after initiation of intrauterine contraception (IUC).Patients and methodsWe retrospectively reviewed records of women receiving anti…

2020

Pregnancy Reasonably Excluded Guide (PREG) Evaluation of Pregnancy Status Before Contraceptive Procedures: Improved Availability of Same-Day Insertion.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2020.01.008 ·PMID:32542221

ObjectiveTo determine whether implementation of the Pregnancy Reasonably Excluded Guide (PREG) in a primary care gynecology clinic improves access to contraceptive procedures and affects the number of urine human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG…

2020

Provision of a Drug Deactivation System for Unused Opioid Disposal at Surgical Dismissal: Opportunity to Reduce Community Opioid Supply.

doi:10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2020.04.007 ·PMID:32793863

ObjectiveTo determine the impact of a drug deactivation system to post-surgical patients on the rate of opioid prescription disposal.Patients and methodsTwo hundred post-operative patients discharged after inpatient surgery at a large acade…