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Presented here is the 2008 Silverman Symposium Project Collection. The Symposium, sponsored annually by the Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, celebrates BIDMC's on-going efforts to improve quality and safety throughout the medical center each and every day. Learn more about our efforts in specific areas by viewing any of the PDF documents in this collection. Click here to view the 2011 Poster Collection , 2010 Poster Collection or the 2009 Poster Collection . 11 Reisman Day to Day Productivity 11 Reisman Supply Chain A Model for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Programs in Academic Departments of Medicine A Novel Approach to Getting Boards on Board Adverse Events for Non English Speaking Patients Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation AMI D2B Rapid Review and Improvement AMI STEMI and QA AMI STEMI Pathway Development in the ED Building Collaborative Teams in the NICU CAP-Improving the Time-to-Antibiotics in ED Clinical Pathways in Organ Transplantation Clozaril Medication Order Review and Monitoring Process Improvement Contrast Media Allergy Review Process Improvement Corridor Storage Creation of an Order Set to Limit the Ordering of Narcotics… Delivery Room Respiratory Care of Very Preterm Infants Depression Screening at Bowdoin Street Health Design and Impact of an Intraoperative Pathway Eliminating Expired Supplies Employee Occupational Health Flu Campaign Evaluation of Pain Assessment at the Oncology Division Evidence-Based Transfusion Practice Fall Prevention Program Follow-Up on Abnormal Cancer Screening Test Results Geriatrics and Orthopedic Surgery Education Glucose Control to Reduce Mediastinitis after Cardiac Surgery Heparin Safety in the NICU Implementation of an Electronic Pathology Specimen Tracking System to Ensure Patient Safety Improved Orthopedics Patient Visit Time and Access Improved Orthopedics X-Ray Throughput and Flow Improving Allergy Documentation Improving Colonoscopy Performance Improving Delivery of Same-Day Radiation Treatments Improving Hand Hygiene Performance Inclusion of Anesthesia Resource in IP Influenza Specialty Care Unit Planning Interventional Procedural Specimen Tracking Lab Control Throughput and Flow Making a Difference Utilizing NSQIP Data Managing Abnormal Radiology Results Medical Staff Annual TB Screening Medication Reconciliation: Emergency Department Mystery Shopping OB/GYN Ambulatory Team Training Oncology Management System (OMS) Orthopedics X-Ray Requisition Quality Pain and Stress Assessment on Admission to the NICU Pain Assessment and Reassessment Patient Identification-"Wrong To Right" Peer Review of Radiologist Performance PICC Line Consent Process Posterior Lumbar Fusion Pathway Prescription of Self-Administered Epinephrine for Patients at Risk… Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Procedural Notes for Injections and Aspirations QI Initiatives in the Pulmonary Ambulatory Service Radiology Transport-Patient Identification Ready to Transfuse Blood for Neonates Recall Management Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections Reducing ED LOS for Psychiatry Consult Cases Simulation Training in Obstetrics Stoneman Resident QI Experience Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines TB Testing for Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy The Inpatient Influenza Immunization Initiative The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Non-Bariatric General Surgery The Patient Safety Reporting System The Thin Prep Imaging System The Triggers Program U-500 Humulin R Medication Use Process Change Improves Patient Safety Unit Based Dashboard Urine Collection and Transport Use Internet to Improve Bidding Process Last updated: September 15, 2008
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