Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes

nonrandomized-trial 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…

observational 2022

Bleeding Complications Associated With Intrauterine Contraception in Women Receiving Anticoagulation Therapy

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

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether anticoagulation therapy is associated with an increased risk of complications after initiation of intrauterine contraception (IUC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed records of women receivin…

nonrandomized-trial 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

OBJECTIVE: To 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 (h…

nonrandomized-trial 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

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of a drug deactivation system to post-surgical patients on the rate of opioid prescription disposal. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two hundred post-operative patients discharged after inpatient surgery at a large…