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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi All – there are some great articles below that I thought might be helpful – Joey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Joey Razzano<br>
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Public Health Division<br>
Office of the State Public Health Director<br>
<u><a href="mailto:Joey.w.razzano@state.or.us">Joey.w.razzano@state.or.us</a></u><br>
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Cell: 503-421-0960<br>
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/OHA"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.oregon.gov/OHA</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> PHQIX [mailto:contact@phqix.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2018 6:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Razzano Joey W <JOEY.W.RAZZANO@dhsoha.state.or.us><br>
<b>Subject:</b> PHQIX Weekly Digest - 1/17/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#135F8A">here </span></b></a>to read the abstract. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Check out these two initiatives to see how two organizations used QI to improve access to prenatal care. </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Improving Access to Prenatal Care in the First Trimester</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Access to prenatal care contributes to successful birth outcomes. A Kansas health department found that patients had challenges completing the application process for the Medicaid Children's
Health Insurance Program. By conducting patient education and assistance with the application, the health department increased the percentage of women accessing prenatal care in the first trimester. Continue reading
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Early Access Prenatal Project: Eliminating Barriers by Improving Processes</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A systematic 9- step approach to manage access to prenatal care was the key to improving access to medical exams within the first 2 weeks of a positive pregnancy test. This systematic
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