Improving Blood Pressure Screening in Neonatal Follow-up Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends blood pressure screening at every health care encounter in children younger than 3 years if they have a history of prematurity or other neonatal complications requiring intensive care because these children have an increased risk for hypertension.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team conducted a quality improvement initiative to improve blood pressure screening at a single-center outpatient neonatal follow-up clinic. We developed a focused intervention program including a standardized blood pressure measurement protocol, staff training and education, and streamlined documentation. We conducted two Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles from November 2019 to January 2021. The outcome measure was the percentage of patients with a blood

SUBMITTER: Flynn RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197357 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature