Event Title
Educational Intervention Program for Acute Otitis Media
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
Physician Assistant Studies
Mentor Information
Wallace Boeve, boevew@gvsu.edu
Department
Physician Assistant Studies
Location
Kirkhof Center 2259
Start Date
13-4-2011 11:00 AM
End Date
13-4-2011 11:30 AM
Keywords
Health and Wellness, Health, Illness, and Healing
Abstract
Acute otitis media diagnosis has an incidence of 5 million cases per year, thereby creating a heavy burden on the health care system. A quality improvement program that involved an evidence-based, educational intervention during pediatric well-child visits was planned. Nine pediatric clinics that make up the CHAP program in Grand Rapids, MI participated. Infant caregivers were educated and were given a prescription for otic analgesic drops. A survey was used to evaluate the range of implementation strategies among the practices as well as the perceived effectiveness of the intervention. Results showed 77.8% of the clinics performed the educational intervention at the 9 month well-child visit, while 85.7% of the sites felt that families thought the intervention was at least somewhat helpful. Suggestions for improvement were provided and the effectiveness was perceived as favorable. Additional patient-level data will be needed to determine true effectiveness of these interventions.
Educational Intervention Program for Acute Otitis Media
Kirkhof Center 2259
Acute otitis media diagnosis has an incidence of 5 million cases per year, thereby creating a heavy burden on the health care system. A quality improvement program that involved an evidence-based, educational intervention during pediatric well-child visits was planned. Nine pediatric clinics that make up the CHAP program in Grand Rapids, MI participated. Infant caregivers were educated and were given a prescription for otic analgesic drops. A survey was used to evaluate the range of implementation strategies among the practices as well as the perceived effectiveness of the intervention. Results showed 77.8% of the clinics performed the educational intervention at the 9 month well-child visit, while 85.7% of the sites felt that families thought the intervention was at least somewhat helpful. Suggestions for improvement were provided and the effectiveness was perceived as favorable. Additional patient-level data will be needed to determine true effectiveness of these interventions.