Data update (Quarter 7)
Kristin Nobel, MPH, Project Evaluator

Patient data

Thanks to hard work by all—HWPP Research Coordinators, APCs, trainers, and clinic staff—we have doubled our patient enrollment since January 2009! As of June 1, clinic sites had enrolled 2955 patients, 1704 of whom were seen by APCs.

Thirteen of the 16 APCs who have participated in training are now in their independent practice phase. The percentage of patients who agree to be seen by an APC currently stands at 77%.

These patients have been very happy with the care they received from their APC providers, rating their overall satisfaction 9.4 out of 10, and as a group they are statistically as satisfied as patients seen by an MD:

Patient satisfaction with care immediately following procedure, by provider type (n=1742)
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Of the 797 Follow-Up Surveys we obtained from APC patients, 25% volunteered additional comments, including the following:

  • “I liked how the nurse did everything for me before, during, and after the procedure.”
  • “The staff was friendly and the nurse was gentle. I felt like I was just getting a pap.”
  • “The clinicians were nice and the woman who actually performed the abortion and her assistant were the ones who made me feel most like a person rather than a patient."
  • “I was impressed by the kindness and quality of care shown by the nurses, midwife, and staff.”

APCs

To date, 43 of the 47 APCs who consented to participate in the study have completed a baseline participant survey. The respondents have an average of 11 years' experience, and only slightly more than half (54%) are a member of their CNM/NP/CNM professional organization.

Follow-up

In the past quarter, we reached 75% of patients for follow-up, reflecting a dramatic increase from our starting point of 55% in January 08. Thanks to the Project's Research Coordinators and their ongoing efforts to reach patients and boost the follow-up rate.

Patient follow-up by quarter
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With only 25% of the 12,000 patients we plan to enroll, we still have quite a bit of ground to cover. We are very excited to welcome Kaiser of Northern California, whose first clinician is expected to start training at Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo in August. Full steam ahead!

 

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