2006 Office of Nursing Services Innovations Award Recipients

Advanced Clinic Access: Redesign for Improved Patient Outcomes and/or

Health Delivery Processes beyond Primary Care

Title of Submission / Primary Author / Contributors / VISN
City/Facility / Innovation
Implementation of ACA Strategies in Specialty Clinics / Sandra Parkes / David Renfro; Anita Straley; Judith Thielen; Faud Freiha; Deborah Sisty / 21
Palo Alto
Implementation of ACA in an Academic Primary Care Team / Joyce Kron-Chalupa / William Iverson; Janice Toopes; Stephanie Torres / 23
Iowa City
ACA Principles beyond Primary Care-Patient Flow across the Continuum / Linda S. Stout / Mirza Ali; Patricia Delisle; Diane Smith; Cathy Kieczkajlo; Valerie Boytin; Elaine Hunter; Thomas Patts; Stephen Kichka / 4
Wilkes-Barre
TeleCare Nurse Advice Line Tuck-In Call Program / Cynthia M. Thompson / Jane Montgomery; Linda Volkman; Angel Amulis / 22
GLA
The ACA Process Applied to Specialty Care: One Example-Tele-Retinal Diabetic Eye Screening / W. Ruth Muse / Sydney Wertenberger; Yogesh Bhatt; Nannette Gunn; Tamara Stubbs; Cathey Amyx; Shirley Pearman; Timothy Moore; Sandra Hicks; Ed Sheffield; Ladonna Johnson / 15
John J. Pershing
Using ACA Principles to Develop and Implement a Safe Patient Handling and Movement Program / Cathy Moore / Ruth Yerardi; Cathy Walker; William Goff / 10
Chillicothe
Mental Health/Homeless Primary Care: Expanding the Care Continuum / Susan G. Rosenberg / Joan Brosnan; Keith Heinzerling; Carmelita Bernardo; Xiaowei Feng; Roman Samiley; Mary David; Jennifer Villaruz; Theresa Patton; William Daniels / 22
GLA
Chronic Disease Maintenance within Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT) / Maria Roig Repollet / Elizabeth Marrero; Michael Cruz Lopez; Sasha Torres; Margarita Cartagena; Daniel Reyes; Ivis Monte Andujar; Wanda I. Aponte; Jacqueline
Munoz-Forti / 8
Caribbean HCS
ACA: Integration of Business and Technology Systems and Quality Management Processes in Care Management Services in a Busy GI Practice / Rosemary Ashby / William P. Boyd, Jr.; William Messina; Patricia Mossop; Lynn Martinez; Iva Carol Russell; Carolyn Dunigan; Brigid Morgan; Deborah Millen; Omaira Serrano-Rosa; Kristi Hendrix; Davion Washington; Robert Ross; Sandra Willis; Shannon Gaines / 8
James A Haley
Care Coordination across the Continuum of Chronic Illness / Betty Dameron / Christopher Suelzer; Donna Chasteen; Debra Thayer; Peter Woodbridge; Sheryl Randolph; Deb Eulin; Judy Birt; Rita Davis; Rebecca Parks; Mary Alfimow / 11
Indianapolis