Women's Health
Improving Diagnosis and Management of Vulvovaginal Atrophy, a Health System Approach
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research NW
Approved: December 2013
Grant Period: January 2014 – December 2015
RFP: Symptomatic Vulvovaginal Atrophy in the Postmenopausal Woman
Proposal
Improving Diagnosis and Management of Vulvovaginal Atrophy, a Health System Approach
The goals of our project are to determine if, compared to control clinics, clinicians in the intervention clinics
- Diagnose VVA more often among postmenopausal women
- Prescribe vaginal estrogen more often for genitourinary disorders among postmenopausal women
- Are more likely to use the VVA SmartSet, SmartText, and dot phrases to support patient care and education.