| 1. Point-of-care service | 4. Process improvement | |
| Trained nurses and providers to treat every medical encounter as an opportunity for cervical cancer screening. | Standardized Papanicolaou test trays were stocked and stationed in all clinic rooms to improve efficiency. | |
| Urgent and episodic care visits were used to discuss and address cervical cancer screening with patients. | Staff members were encouraged to share best practices and pilot process improvement cycles. | |
| Bilingual appointment reminder slips were placed on patient pillows at shelter sites. | ||
| 2. Multidisciplinary screening | 5. Population management | |
| Behavioral health and primary care services are integrated with a team focus on preventive health care needs. | Teams, sites, and providers distributed transparent quality indicator comparative dashboards. | |
| Nonclinical staff and nurses became part of the inquiry process for cervical cancer screening. | Patient registries were used by staff across sites during team case conferencing, in team huddles, and in direct street and shelter outreach to encourage screening. | |
| Front desk staff at outreach sites assisted patients with preventive care needs assessment surveys. | Front desk staff combined appointment reminder reports and preventive care reports in patient outreach calls. | |
| Cervical cancer screening questions were integrated in core nursing standards. | Teams used huddle reports to conduct previsit preparations for patients with preventive and chronic care needs. | |
| Community support workers and case managers were also incorporated into screening inquiry process. | ||
| 3. Health maintenance form in the electronic health record (EHR) | 6. Provider and patient education | |
| Updated health maintenance form in EHR enhanced visual trigger for providers. | Provider: | |
| Up-to-date measures were in green, and out-of-date measures were in red. | Experts in the field of cervical cancer screening were invited to grand rounds and other teaching events. | |
| Quality measures could be assessed by a multidisciplinary team, including RNs and MAs, during all visits through the EHR. | Providers were offered refresher courses on cervical cancer screening techniques. | |
| Documentation of data in structured fields allowed for efficient aggregation and analysis for data-driven process improvement initiatives. | Patient: | |
| Papanicolaou test day health fairs offered same-day Papanicolaou tests. | ||
| Culturally and linguistically appropriate brochures and posters were created and disseminated by BHCHP’s quality team. | ||