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Quality Improvement/Patient Safety

A Resident-Led Quality Improvement Project in a Community Based Hospital Emergency Department – The Benefits of Simplified Plan-Do-Study-Act/Patient-Safety Quality Improvement Projects Regardless of Staffing Levels
September 09, 2024 EDT
A Resident-Led Quality Improvement Project in a Community Based Hospital Emergency Department – The Benefits of Simplified Plan-Do-Study-Act/Patient-Safety Quality Improvement Projects Regardless of Staffing Levels
Martina GhiardiShauncie SkidmoreChristina GeorgeRachael CriseOlga J. Santiago

An ED resident believed ED patients, who needed a simple laceration repair, would be better served if the ED used a laceration cart for supplies.

Improving Compliance with the CMS SEP-1 Sepsis Bundle at a Community-Based Teaching Hospital Emergency Department
September 06, 2022 EDT
Improving Compliance with the CMS SEP-1 Sepsis Bundle at a Community-Based Teaching Hospital Emergency Department
Marius AlexanderMelissa SydneyAri GotlibMegan KnuthOlga Santiago-RiveraNikolai Butki

The educational initiative instructed emergency medicine physicians in metrics measured in the SEP-1 bundle as well as proper use of the newly designed Sepsis Macro and Sepsis Order Set.

Quality Improvement Intervention associated with Improved  Lung Protective Ventilation Settings in an Emergency Department
February 24, 2022 EDT
Quality Improvement Intervention associated with Improved Lung Protective Ventilation Settings in an Emergency Department
David H. HeimbergZachary IllgWilliam D. Corser

Patients requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation in the emergency department (ED) are critically ill, and their ventilator management is crucial for their subsequent clinical outcomes

Evaluation of a COVID-influenced Curriculum to Address Food Insecurity in a Detroit Family Medicine Residency Clinic
October 30, 2020 EDT
Evaluation of a COVID-influenced Curriculum to Address Food Insecurity in a Detroit Family Medicine Residency Clinic
Amrien GhouseWilliam GuntherMatthew Sebastian

Ongoing limited access to nutritionally dense food (i.e., “food insecurity”) plays a key role in the overall health and wellbeing of lower income at-risk populations.

July 01, 2019 EDT
Effectiveness of Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Teaching on Lay Bystander Attitudes Toward Future Resuscitation
Jenna R. NofzingerEdward KakishNael O. BahhurJoseph RynoMahesh PillaiJessica DeBellyCorion Jones

Of the over 300,000 annual sudden cardiac arrest events occurring outside of US 50 hospitals, only approximately one in four victims receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BCPR)

July 01, 2019 EDT
Introducing Osteopathic Curriculum for Family Medicine Physicians in a Community-based Allopathic Residency Program
Jacob TurnbullDan MerckKarri MacMillan

The overall goal of this quality improvement project was to examine the familiarity and interest of allopathically-trained residents and attendings with osteopathic medicine before and after an educational workshop.

Ensuring Patient Safety in Emergency Peripheral Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: An Evaluation of a Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Initiative
March 04, 2019 EDT
Ensuring Patient Safety in Emergency Peripheral Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks: An Evaluation of a Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Initiative
Daniel J. WahlAndrew J. ButkiNikolai ButkiSamuel J. Wisniewski

During the past two decades, bedside ultrasound has revolutionized the practice of emergency medicine.

Project to Improve the Transcription of Clinical Order Information into a Radiology Information System
September 26, 2018 EDT
Project to Improve the Transcription of Clinical Order Information into a Radiology Information System
Michael J. MillsJohn X. NguyenBen HimelhochAbdelouahid SoualaAnthony KhasholaSumita JosephPhillip RathouskyRoger GondaMichael C.Y. Juan

Inaccurate and incomplete imaging order information presented to interpreting radiologists is a persistent problem in many radiology settings.

Implementation of an Antibiotic Therapy Protocol for Open Fractures in the Emergency Department
September 26, 2018 EDT
Implementation of an Antibiotic Therapy Protocol for Open Fractures in the Emergency Department
Terrence EndresKristopher DanielsonStephen O'NeilShawn BrandenburgTeresa HallHunter Ross

Well established in the Emergency Department (ED) literature is that the most important factor in decreasing subsequent infection rate in open fractures is the time to first administration of antibiotics.

Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in a Community-Based Internal Medicine Resident Clinic
April 27, 2018 EDT
Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in a Community-Based Internal Medicine Resident Clinic
Cale SebaldLana JoubertMarcella NovakoskyMaryEllen Rosel

Despite proven benefits of vaccination such as reduced morbidity and mortality, many patients remain out of date on their recommended vaccines.

February 02, 2017 EDT
Trauma Dictations in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Project
Eric W. TothKristopher RichardsonCourtney BerryNikolai Butki

Trauma patients frequently represent a unique and challenging patient population in emergency medicine care settings. The policy of the McLaren Oakland Emergency Department (ED) is to have the...