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Presented here is the 2009 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. This year, over 100 Project Teams participated in the poster session. 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 2008 Poster Collection .
An Evaluation of the Influence of Simulation on the Development of Critical Thinking Among Novice Nurses Determining the Presence of Errors in 72 Hour Return Visits to the Emergency Department Developing a Gastroenterology Quality Improvement Dashboard Implementation of a Self Medication Program for Transplant Recipients Implementing a Post Cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia Protocol Implementing Evidence Based Policies Inpatient Psychiatric Outcomes New Monitoring System to Decrease Microsurgical Flap Loss In Breast Reconstruction Prescription of Inhaled Corticosteroids for Patients with Asthma Provision of Flu and Pneumovax Vaccinations for Patients with COPD Reducing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia One Step at a Time Reduction of Hypoglycemia in Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Patients on Insulin Infusions POE Alternate View Dashboard Urinary Catheter Surveillance at BIDMC: Can We Use the Electronic Medical Record to Track Catheter Use?
CCI Process for Determining IRB Review Requirements Deviation Based Cost Modeling: A Novel Model to Evaluate Clinical and Economic Impact of Clinical Pathways Electronic Patient Specific Progress Note Templates to Reduce/Eliminate Documentation Errors Eliminating Amylase from the Evaluation of Pancreatitis in the Emergency Department GI Specimen Tracking Redesign Impact of Point of Care Creatinine Testing on Same Day Cancellations in MRI Improving NICU team Structure: Use of Social Network Analysis Improving Time to First Dose Antibiotics in the ICU Inpatient Scanning Project Institution Wide "Fast Track Pathway" for Colectomy Units Surgeons to Decrease Postoperative Length of Stay Lean Clean Supply Rooms - Spread Lean ED & Lab Workflow Redesign - Hemolysis Lean West CPD & OR Decontamination - Safety 1st ! Linac Machine Downtime Emergency Recovery Plan New White Boards on L&D Re-Work Eliminated in Transplant Billing Process
Creating Transparency Around Employee Incidents Emergency Management Employee Resources Employee Occupational Health Flu Campaign Fit-Test Compliance of Employees Improving Compliance With TB Screening Among Health Care Workers Improving Compliance with Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - Health Care Workers Improving TB Compliance Among BIDMC's MDs Notifying Senior Leadership of Employee Incidents Observational Experience Reducing Needle-stick Exposures by Preventing Re-use of Needles Repetitive Stress Syndrome Symptoms in Radiology: Prevalence and Response to Ergonomic Interventions Workplace Safety in the Psychiatry Department
Communication Phrases for Limited English Proficient Patients Domestic and Community Violence Screening - Bowdoin Street Health Center Spanish Optometry Clinic
Advanced Directives: Leading by Example Automating Patient Requests for Chaplaincy via IPA Embedding "Ethics" Throughout the Fabric of BIDMC Emergency Department Patient Liaison Project Enhancing Blood Gas Analysis for NICU Patients Hearing Their Voice: Developing an Advisory Council Improving Communication with Patients and Families Improving Nursing Competency in Pain Management Improving Patient-Centered Care Through a Pre-Operative Joint Replacement Class Measuring Patient Satisfaction in Psychiatry Mystery Shopping Results: Podiatry Orthopedics Phone Improvement Spiritual Care Increases Patient Family Satisfaction in ICUs The Facts @ BIDMC - Promoting Transparency
A Multi-Modal Approach to Improve Hand Hygiene on a Medical Unit Bar Code Initiative for the NICU ADC Benzodiazepine Use By Elderly Patients Central Venous Line Education Tool Evidenced Based Practice in Pre-Employment PPD Screenings Global Triggers for Detecting Harm Fall Prevention Program Hospital Evacuation Plan Implementation of a New Electronic Documentation System Implementing ISBT 128 Symbology and Labeling Implementing a Scripted Timeout - Preventing Wrong Site Surgery Inclusion of Anesthesia Resources in Interventional Endoscopy Increasing ICU Throughput through Ventilator Bundle and Oral Care Compliance Long Term Follow-Up on Endoscopic Procedures Management of ICU Patients in Interventional Procedural Areas Medication Order Review in the NICU Nursing Hourly Rounds Observers in the Operating Room Paperless is Powerful for Medication Reconciliation Process Pharmacist Monitoring of Anticoagulation - Implementation of JC NPSG (3E) Pregnancy Counseling for Women on Methotrexate or Cyclophosphamide Pressure Ulcers Prevention of Unintentionally Retained Objects Through a Count Resolution Pathway Resource Management Plan QI Evaluations of Renal Biopsies Quality and Safety Workshop Restraint and Seclusion Reduction Safely Managing Perioperative Patients with Sleep Apnea Safety Culture Survey in the Perioperative Areas Safe Use of Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis Skin Care Initiative - CVI Venous Access Flush Orders Standardizing Handoff Communication on the Medical Surgical Units Sternal Wound Precaution Compliance and the Resulting Restrictions to Activity in Patients Status Post Cardiac Surgery via Midsternotomy Surgical Site Infection Task Force Universal Protocol Side / Site Discrepancies
AMI 'D2B' - Rapid Review and Improvement Follow Up on CT Chest Scans Improving Follow Up of Abnormal/Unsatisfactory Pap Smears Prostate Needle Tracking Yearly Eye Exam for Patients on Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate Last Updated: March 31, 2009
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