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New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA) implemented a multi-faceted approach to improve pneumococcal vaccination rates among Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries. NMMRA participated in numerous health fairs and worked closely with community stakeholders and community coalitions to distribute a bilingual educational booklet to Hispanic beneficiaries in a five-county area. In addition to the booklet, several tools were developed and distributed to physician offices to promote pneumococcal vaccinations among elderly Hispanics. In 2001, the disparity between Hispanics and White non-Hispanics in the five-county area was 25.1 percentage points. This disparity rate decreased to 16.8 percentage points in 2003. 18 hospitals collaborate to improve care for surgical wounds: The New Mexico QIO, New Mexico Medical Review Association (NMMRA), brought together teams from 18 hospitals from throughout the state to form the New Mexico Surgical Infection Prevention Collaborative, which was conducted between January and October 2003. The collaborative's overall goal was to reduce infections related to surgery by ensuring that all eligible patients receive appropriate and timely prophylactic antibiotics. Overall results showed significant improvement on three key process indicators: surgical cases with on-time prophylactic antibiotic administration went from 68.4 percent to 80.8 percent; surgical cases with selection of appropriate prophylactic antibiotics improved from 87.3 percent to 95.0 percent; and surgical cases with prophylactic antibiotics discontinued on time increased from 18.5 percent to 76.6 percent.

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