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Maelys J Amat1, Dru A Ricci, Jasper Su

  • 1Author Affiliations: Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (M.J.A., A.T., N.A., S.B.S., L.F., T.S., M.D.A., R.S.P.); Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (D.A.R., A.A.P., R.S.P.); Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts (J.S., J.C.B.); Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA. (E.V.G.); and Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (G.D.S.).

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A new outreach program significantly improved cardiac stress test scheduling and completion rates by proactively contacting patients. This intervention reduced delays in testing, addressing common patient barriers like time constraints and complex scheduling processes.

Keywords:
access to carecardiac stress testpatient safetyprimary carequality of caretest completion

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Area of Science:

  • Cardiology
  • Healthcare Management
  • Patient Access

Background:

  • Cardiac stress testing is crucial for diagnosing heart conditions.
  • Barriers in scheduling and completing stress tests can lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment.
  • Current scheduling processes may present challenges for patients, impacting adherence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate a multi-layered intervention aimed at enhancing cardiac stress test scheduling and completion rates.
  • To identify and mitigate barriers preventing timely scheduling of ordered stress tests.
  • To assess the impact of proactive outreach on patient adherence to diagnostic testing.

Main Methods:

  • A nonrandomized, mixed-methods pre-post design was employed.
  • Intervention involved proactive scheduling calls by patient service representatives and reminder calls with patient interviews.
  • Analysis included hypothesis testing for rates and X-bar/S charts for time to completion.

Main Results:

  • Stress test completion rates increased significantly from 66.2% to 81.0% (p = .00008).
  • Scheduling rates improved from 70.1% to 91.2% in the intervention group.
  • Mean time to test completion decreased from 44.70 days to 33.6 days.

Conclusions:

  • A multi-layered outreach intervention effectively boosted cardiac stress test scheduling and completion.
  • The intervention successfully reduced the time required for test completion.
  • Addressing patient-identified barriers like time and process complexity is key to improving adherence.