Educational Intervention Improves Compliance With AAN Guidelines for Return Epilepsy Visits: A Quality Improvement Project.
In 2011, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) released guidelines for return seizure visits detailing 8 points that should be addressed during such visits. These guidelines are designed to improve routine follow-up care for epilepsy patients. The authors performed a quality improvement project aimed at increasing compliance with these guidelines after educating providers about them. The authors performed a chart review before and after an intervention which included: education regarding the guidelines, providing materials to remind providers of the guidelines, and templates to facilitate compliance. The authors reviewed charts at 2 and 6 months after the intervention. Significant improvement in documentation of 4 of the 8 measures was observed after this educational intervention. This suggests that simple educational interventions may help providers change practice and can improve compliance with new guidelines while requiring minimal time and resources to implement.
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA gary.nelson@hsc.utah.edu.
Gary R
GR
Nelson
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Francis M
FM
Filloux
Department of Pediatric Neurology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Lynne M
LM
Kerr
D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D009462:Neurology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
education; epilepsy; quality improvement; safety; seizures