Use of an Analytics and Electronic Health Record-Based Approach for Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach to Marginalized Populations.

This quality improvement study uses an analytics-based approach to examine which patients could potentially benefit from targeted nonelectronic communication regarding COVID-19 vaccination.

Integrating Palliative and Oncology Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Quality Improvement Intervention.

Background: Practice guidelines recommend palliative care for patients with advanced cancer, but gaps in access and quality of care persist.

Objective: To increase goals-of-care (GOC) communication for hospitalized patients with Stage IV cancer.

Methods: An interdisciplinary team designed a quality improvement intervention to enhance oncology palliative care, including training in communication skills and triggers for palliative care consults.

Safe handling: implementing hazardous drug precautions.

Occupational exposure to chemotherapy is a significant and ubiquitous danger to oncology nurses. The Oncology Clinical Nurse III/IV leadership group at the University of North Carolina Hospitals embarked on the challenge of a comprehensive standards review regarding personal protective equipment necessary when handling waste after hazardous drug administration. This review led to practice improvements in education, the use of chemotherapy-rated gloves when handling hazardous waste, and changes in the disposal options available to staff.