Vanderbilt University
Corporate Health Achievement Award
American Occupational Health Conference April 17, 2002 Mary Yarbrough MD MPH, Director Vanderbilt Health and Wellness
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Vanderbilt University Corporate Health Achievement Award American Occupational Health Conference April 17, 2002 Mary Yarbrough MD MPH, Director Vanderbilt Health and Wellness Objectives Introduce Vanderbilt University and its Health and
American Occupational Health Conference April 17, 2002 Mary Yarbrough MD MPH, Director Vanderbilt Health and Wellness
– 3,700 faculty – 12,600 staff – 10,000 students
– 323 acres – National Arboretum – Peabody National Historic Landmark
Chancellor
Division of Administration Human Resource Services Health and Wellness Occupational Health Clinic Employee Assistance and Physician Wellness Program HEALTH Plus Child Care Centers
Provost Health Affairs/ Medical Center General Counsel Information Systems Financial and Benefits Employment Practices Campus Planning Environmental Health & Safety Plant Operations Administrative Compliance Risk & Insurance Management Plant Services Infection Control Center for Health Services Research Student Life
* Partial VU Org Structure
State the Aim Define Change Select Intervention Plan Do Study Act State the problem Formulate null hypothesis Design the study Collect the data Interpret the data Draw conclusions
Introduction of
6 7 1 8 4 5 14 25 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 92-3 93-4 94-5 95-6 96-7 97-8 98-9 99-00 MD PWP
Introduction of
1 8 4 5 14 25 47 64 6 7
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02
Year
Participants (No.)
PWP
76 80 83 73 41 39 12
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
1 2 3 4 Month Percent Percent Compliant Percent Called
– Non-infectious programs compliance ~80%
– Email supervisors
– Compliance rates
96.3% 94.1% 83.8% 75 80 85 90 95 100 98-99 99-00 00-01 Fiscal Year Percent Compliant
p<0.05 p<0.05
emails begin site visits and new administrative controls begin
– Sharps disposal significant cause of work-related injury
– Straight-drop box replaced with letter-drop box
– Number of disposal-related sharps injuries
1.6 2.8
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Change
Number of Injuries
infectious disease conversion
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Extremely Useful Somewhat Useful Not at All Useful Year 1 Year 2
Percent
10 20 30 40 50 60 Greatly Improved Somewhat Improved Somewhat Worse No Change No Changes Made Year 1 Year 2
Percent
HRAs first offered
500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total # Initial HRAs Completed Per Year
Med Ctr Orientation University Orientation
Number
500 750 1000 1250 1500 1750 2000 2250 2500 2750 3000
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total Facility Attendance Total # Initial HRAs Completed
Med Ctr Orientation University Orientation
Number
HRAs first offered
– Inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables
– Nutrition education campaign
– Consumption reported on Health Risk Assessments
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
VU Year 1 VU Year 2
US Ave. 1997 2010 Goal
Percent > 2 fruit servings/day > 3 vegetable servings/day
– Lori Cowan – Cassandra McClain-Evans – Kelly McClain
– Anderson Spickard, Jr.
– Ken Browning
– Robert Wheaton – Susan Johnson – Alex LeHocky – Andrea George – LouAnn Burnette
– Vicki Brinsko
– Chantelle Stoxstill – Leah Cannon
– Melanie Swift – Cindy Harrison – Willow Price – Aimee Paschall
– Diane Neighbors
Wellness Programs – Ellen Clark – Susan Lescher – Helena Guo
Environmental Medicine – Roy DeHart
– David Dodd
– Carl Gerholdt – Melanie Byer – Tammy Jimison – David Kirby – Danny Anglin – Melissa Kennedy
– Sara Ezell
– Scott Reynolds – Jim Lassiter – Cheryl Hughes
– Jay Groves – Barbara Forbes
– Fred Kirchner, MD – Jane Shoun
– Karen Rolling – Lana Clay – Lynn Capps – Donna Thomas – Jane Bruce – Lisa Ponton – Veronica Burns
– Doris Quinn – Ted Sperhoff
– Misty Leopper – John Mason – Rick Pineda
– Tracy Hamilton – John MacCauley
– Sheree Wright – Julia Morris