Overview

 In January 2015, an outpatient preventive cardiology clinic at VA Boston began a quality improvement program that measured the gait speed in meters per second for patients ages 70 years and older. The project ran over a five year period and included five intervention changes. 

Organization Name

VA Boston Healthcare System

Organization Type

• Veteran's Affairs

Tech Involved

• Electronic medical record
• Excel database
• Excel run chart

Team Members Involved

• Clinical Trainee or Student
• Physicians
• RNs

Workflow Steps

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Sources

Orkaby, A. R., James, K., Leuchtenburg, J., Solooki, E., Gaziano, J. M., & Driver, J. A. (2021). Taking prevention to the next step: implementation of a brief, sustainable frailty assessment in a cardiology clinic. BMJ Open Quality, 10(1), e001140.