Successful quality improvement project to increase hydroxyurea prescriptions for children with sickle cell anaemia

Ofelia A Alvarez; Hector Rodriguez-Cortes; E Leila Jerome Clay; Sandra Echenique; Julie Kanter; John J Strouse; Talia Buitrago-Mogollon; Cheryl Courtlandt; Laura Noonan; Ifeyinwa Osunkwo

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015209

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Quality improvement report

Successful quality improvement project to increase hydroxyurea prescriptions for children with sickle cell anaemia

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Ofelia A Alvarez Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hector Rodriguez-Cortes Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Salah Foundation at Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
E Leila Jerome Clay Pediatric Hematology, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sandra Echenique Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julie Kanter Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John J Strouse Medicine, Division of Hematology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Talia Buitrago-Mogollon Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence Improvement Science Division, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cheryl Courtlandt Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence Improvement Science Division, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laura Noonan Center for Advancing Pediatric Excellence Improvement Science Division, Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ifeyinwa Osunkwo Medicine, Division of Hematology, Levine Cancer Institute at Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Ofelia A Alvarez, Pediatric Hematology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA; oalvarez2{at}med.miami.edu

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Alvarez OA, Rodriguez-Cortes H, Clay ELJ, et al

Successful quality improvement project to increase hydroxyurea prescriptions for children with sickle cell anaemia

BMJ Quality & Safety 2023;32:608-616.

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Received May 28, 2022
Accepted March 11, 2023
First published March 27, 2023.

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October 18, 2023

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