| Project Title | Department | Keywords | Lead | Other Participating Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achieving 100% Documentation of the Pre-operative Checklist Beta Blocker Section | General Surgery, Vascular, Orthopedic (EUHM only), Thoracic (EUH only) | Vickie Fisher | Beta Blocker, Pre-operative Checklist, SCIP | Jane Goldberg, Leslie Stigaard, Celia Reed, Joanne Moore, Robert Keown, Cheryl Wheeler, Rosalie Przykucki |
| Advanced Health Care Directive Education in the Primary Care Setting | Primary Care | Rachel Anquez | Advanced Directive, AD, Primary Care, Education | Rachel Anquez MD, Kelli Davis MD, Leslie Eiland MD, Mike Lava MD, James Lee MD, Kathy Nilles MD, Ronnie Ramadan MD, Shilpa Reddy MD, Nicole Charkoudian MD |
| Antibiotic Protocol in EJCH ED Sepsis Patients | Emergency Department | Brenda Friedman | Intravenous antibiotic therapy, sepsis, triage, emergency department | Dr. Brenda Friedman, Elizabeth Aiken, Carole Endres, Roland Tam, Sujo Das, Todd Settlemyre |
| Antibiotic Stewardship: Reducing Quinolone Use in the Hospital | Hospital Medicine | Hasan Shabbir | Antibiotics, Antibiotic Reduction | Shabbir H, Singh A, Stone J |
| Atlanta Community-based Care Transitions Program (CCTP) | EHM Administration | Whitney Woodruff | Care Transitions, Readmissions, Referrals | Naphtali Edge, Cyndi Burke, Gloria McLean, Robyn James, Angela White, Nancie Vito, Zandra Anderson, Kim Whitaker, Joi DuVall, Bridget Ferguson, Felicia Hunt, Josephine Mallah, Sandra Mullings, Elease Brown |
| Budd Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility Readmissions Pilot | Office of Quality & Risk | Mathu Kumarasamy | Readmissions, Nursing Home, SNF | Manuel Eskildsen, Patricia Cammarata, Arun Mohan, Jennifer Schuck, Gregory Esper |
| Care Initiation's Patient Transfer Times | Transplant | JoAnn Lindsey | Clinical Research, Bed Assignments, CIU | |
| Care Initiation's Patient Transfer Times | Care Initiation | JoAnn Lindsey | Patient Transfer Times, Patient Transfer, Care Initiation Unit | JoAnn Lindsey, BSN, CMSRN |
| Care Initiation Rounds and Interdisciplinary Communication | Hospital Medicine | Tait Jones | Work Rounds, Interdisciplinary Rounds, VAMC | Deshondra Green, Nicole Mayzner, Tresselyn Douglas-Adams, Jacquelyn Steward, Lisa Smith, Dominic Cruz |
| CAUTI Prevention Team | Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery | Cynthia Bond | CAUTI, Catheter, Urinary Tract Infection | James Fonger, Eric Sood, Monica Tennant |
| CCU CLABSI Prevention: CHG Bath Project | Cardiology | Patricia Gilman | CLABSI, CHG Bath, Chlorhexidine Gluconate | Kristi Koch, Elizabeth Noriega, Amy Mackin |
| Chairside Checkout in Medical Oncology Building C | Hematology and Oncology | Melinda Lester | Press Ganey, Ease of Scheduling, Appointments | Katherine Wright |
| Compliance with Intentional Rounding Tool (IR) | Surgery | Trina Pitts | Intentional Rounding, Nursing, improved compliance | Quinnesha Bradley, NT Kimberly Graham, RN Erik Hess, RN Dorcie Kerridge, RN Lisa McGraw, RN Anthony Perry, RN Trina Pitts, RN, Jacqueline Thomas, NT Kimberly Whitaker, RN Brook Kamke, Coach |
| Computer Assisted Coding Test of Change | Radiology | Marjorie Sims | Coding, Interventional Radiology, Computer | Brenda Melton, Anetta Mathis, Mildred Underwood |
| Covering Research Costs in Clinical Trials | Office for Clinical Research | Jennifer Prozonic | Clinical Trials, Research Budget, Research Costs | Janice Newman, Pam Terry, Sheila O'Neal, Missy Douglas |
| Decreasing 3rd Next Available Appointment for Academic General ObGyn Practice | Gynecology & Obstetrics | Penny Castellano | Appointment, Scheduling, ObGyn, Practice Management | Penny Castellano, Brent Bizwell, David Wurtinger, Bridgette Polak, Polly Dorminey, Erica Scott, Kassondra Riley, Georgia Brogdon, Dr. Ira Horowitz |
| Decreasing of Late Cancellation & No Shows at GIM Flat Shoals | General Internal Medicine | Luke Anderson | No-Shows, Late Cancellations, Appointments | Anita Merkerson, Crystal Green, Sharon Williams |
| Defect Free Stroke Care | Office of Quality & Risk | Carol A. Batchelder | Stroke, Education, Quality Metrics | Jemma Brown |
| Development of the Emory Healthcare Bedside Shift Report Bundle and the Effect on Patient Satisfaction | General Medicine | Aarti Agarwal | Press Ganey, Nursing, Patient Satisfaction | Agarwal, A., Bell, C., Bell, S., Cross, L., Davis, V., Grant, S., Gray, M., Hill, C., Kamke, B., Owens, J., Warner, J., Whiten, M. |
| Diabetic Ketoacidosis Protocol | Systemwide | Carolyn Holder | DKA, Diabetes, Acidosis and Glycemic Control | Stacey Folse, Sharon Quinn, Debbie Barker, Jackie Byrd, Pat Capes, Mary Beth Clark-Wald, Whitney Goodwin, Micah Fisher, Sol Jacobs, Matt Keadey, Ken Leeper, Vickie Morelock, Willie Smith, Sharon Vanairsdale, Joseph Ward, Guillermo Umpierrez |
| Diagnostic Ultrasound: QI Project to Standardize Exams Across Emory Healthcare | Radiology | Courtney Moreno | Ultrasound, Radiology, ACR | William Small |
| Discharge Order + Instruction Improvement Project | Hospital Medicine | Scott Steinbach | Discharge, Discharge Instructions, Discharge Calls | Dominic Cruz, Kevin Galpin, Deshondra Green, Connie Hampton, Deborah Henry, Janice Jones, Cedrella Jones-Taylor, Stefanie Jurado, Ordith Lominy, Florence Longchamp, Anna Mirk, Jennifer Modi, Sandra Nazaire, Donna Rigby, Deborah Skarda, Olivia Smith, Jason Stein, Scott Steinbach, Sandra Thomas, Anne Tomolo, Myrtle White, Kathy Williams, Emily Wood |
| Document Control of the Prospective Reimbursement Analysis (PRA) | Office of Clinical Research | Vickie Swafford | Prospective Reimbursement Analysis, Document Control, Clinical Trial, EMR | |
| Drug Purchasing Based on Utilization: A Formula for High Margins | Neurology | Garrett Mann | Toxin, Drug Utilization, Operating Margin | Charlene Mowatt, Tomika George, Zenithea Hardy, Tamara Abraham, Tammyjo Best, Cyril Richards, Stewart Factor, Hyder Jinnah, Marian Evatt, Alan Freeman |
| ER Patient Exam Delay | Emergency Medicine, Radiology | Candace Moczarski | Wait Times, Radiology, Delays | John Stefanie |
| EUHM Pre-Admission Testing Reducing Patient Wait Times | Ambulatory Surgery Center | Pat Middleton | Patient Waits Times, Press Ganey, Walk-Ins | Cindy Smith, Audrey Dickson, Wendy Hathaway, Ninette Davis, Wendy Nunlee, Theresa Evans, Virginia Cuberson, Angela Young-Hill, Tamika Hayes |
| Fix The Phones | Telephone Advice Program | Cedrella Jones-Taylor | Telemedicine, Clinical Calls, Abandonment Rate | Ms. Gillian Watts, Ms. Darquita McColumn, Ms. Kathy Williams Coach: Dr. Anne Tomolo |
| Front Desk Arrival Time SMG-Vascular Surgery | Vascular Surgery | Shannon Caul | Arrival Times, Patient Waits, Check-In Process | Douglas Reed, Bleu Owens, Alan Santos, Tina Sapp, Jessica Jarrard, Cathy Mauldin, and Jenny Morris |
| Guest Services: Patient Transporters | Guest Services | Viktoria Sobolevsky | Transportation, Patient Transporters, Appointments | Brian Owens, Shabaka Coram, Marcus Banks, Sylvester Everhard, Jr, Ruth Alligood, Jeff Doss, David Franklin, Joseph John |
| Hand Hygiene Compliance in a Hemodialysis Unit | Hemodialysis | Carol Batchelder | Hand Hygiene, Handwashing, | Carol Batchelder, Alicia Carson, V. Deberry, R. White, F. Thomas, D. Barber, P. Fears, C. Parks, Monica Maher |
| HepBefore12 Improving Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination | Neonatology | Sino George | Newborns, Infants, Hepatitis B Vaccination | Debra Jordan, Candace Nettles, Christel Biltoft, Tarissa Mitchell, David Carlton, Rick Gitomer, Ravi Mangal Patel |
| HepBefore12 Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination QI Project: Delivery Before 12 hours of life | Neonatology | Ravi Patel | Newborns, Infants, Hepatitis B Vaccination | Sino George, David Carlton, Tarissa Mitchell, Christel Biltoft, Rick Gitomer |
| HTN-2: Blood Pressure Control | General Internal Medicine | Jonathan Neff | GPRO, Hypertension, Blood Pressure | Penny Castellano, David Franklin, Richard Kim, Jennifer Moncrief, Stefanie Herman |
| Implementation of a Falls Reductions Program in an Acute Care Setting | EUH Nursing | Jewel Adams | Patient Falls, Acute Care, Nursing Units | Carolyn Brown, Jan Humphrey |
| Implementation of an Electronic MRI Scanner QA Log Using RedCap | Radiology | Amit M. Saindane | RedCap, Electronic Log, HIPAA | Archana Kudrimoti, Bobbie Burrow, Tracy Powell, Mary Davis, Tiffany Easter, Kimberly Applegate |
| Implementation of POD Teams in the EUHM Emergency Department | Emergency Medicine | Danna Michel | Patient Flow, Wait Times, Length of Stay | Nicole Franks, Rashelle Butts, Barbara Edwards, Christine Newcombe, Candise Dickson, Geri Sorrell, J. Pat Capes, Pam Hoppie, Busra Ergun, Mary Grace Albuna |
| Improve Patient Access: Emory at Smyrna & Emory at Eagles Landing | General Internal Medicine | Shawn Ploessl | Patient Access, Midlevel, Encounter Volume | Sarah John, Crystal Padgett, Mary Ann Oglevee, Joseph Khouri, Karina Belinfante, Sarah Rhodes, Consuela Harley, Kennard Hood |
| Improving Admission Medication Reconciliation Rates on a Hospital Medicine Unit of a Large Academic Medical Center: An Official Sounding Study | Hospital Medicine | Joanna Bonsall | Medication Reconciliation, Med Rec, Care Transitions | Byron Crowe, Kristin Wise, Autumn Han, Amy Jackson, Beth Jarett, Tabitha Carney |
| Improving Blood Glucose Control in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient Population | Surgery | Ceressa T. Ward | Blood-Glucose Control, SCIP patient, core measure | Margaret Alexander, RN Vishal Bakshi, PA Keith Causey, PA Kathryn Glas, MD Toni Johnson, RN Robert Keown, MBA, MHA Joanna Kobylivker, MPH Patricia Mercado, RN Vicki Morelock, RN Chris Paciullo, PharmD Sharon Quinn, RN Terrie Sullivan, RN Janice Temple, RN Ceressa Ward, PharmD Joseph Ward, RN |
| Improving Blood Glucose Control in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient Population | Cardiovascular Surgery | Margaret Alexander | SCIP, Blood Glucose, INF-4 | Vishal Bakshi, Keith Causey, Kathryn Glas, Toni Johnson, Robert Keown, Joanna Kobylivker, Patricia Mercado, Vicki Morelock, Christopher Paciullo, Sharon Quinn, Terrie Sullivan, Janice Temple, Ceressa Ward, Joseph Ward |
| Improving Cardiology OP SCIP Compliance Rate at EUH & EUHM. | Cardiology | Astha Purohit | OP SCIP, CMS Core Measures, Surgical Care Improvement Project | Astha Purohit, Erica Ebeling, Terry Anderson, Kathryn Carden, DeDee Hampson, Vicki Davis, Mike Cobb, Nancy Winn, Jane Wilson, Nate Spell, James Steinberg, Abhinav Goyal |
| Improving Continuity of Care: Establishing Primary Care Physician-Patient Relationships in a Resident Clinic | Primary Care | Jennifer Luke | Continuity of Care, PCP, Primary Care | Luke, Jennifer; D'Souza, Komal; Runge, Thomas, Halawi , Racha; Hung, Olivia; Li , Song,; Shah, Sana ; Wilmot, Kobina Arhin ; Lofgren, Sarah Marie ; Harzand, Arash ; Shaffer, Katherine Marie ; Cheeley, Justin T. ; Imam, Muhammad Hassaan ; Shen, Jia ; Runge, Thomas Marschall ; Saraf, Anita Pradeep ; Lee, Jenny Ji-Hyun ; Tseng, Victor ; Wei, Melissa Y. ; Rashid, Qura Tul Ain ; Pink, Jochebed Ann ; Gwynn, Kendrick Brandon ; Thammana, Rekha ; Behl, Muskaan ; Perry, Jason Matthew ; Patel, Roshan Dhansukh ; Southmayd, Geoffrey ; Darrow, Matthew David ; Walker, Tiffany Austin ; Patel, Priyesh Rashiklal ; Wedin, Kyle Edward ; Spicer, Jennifer Oliver ; Qu, Yuesheng ; Razvi, Mohammed Asker ; Chowdry, Rajasree Pia ; Glade, Len ; Golub, Lucas ; Hsu, Jennifer Wen ; Mohamed Kelli, Heval ; Molloy, Daniel Lee ; Goodman, Christopher ; Shin, Yoo M. ; Jean, Moise ; Ip, Andrew Chi-Wei ; Kirlew, Christine Lorraine ; Koura, Shawn Singh ; Wang, Yi Chu ; Berger, Stephen Hans, Cosco, Dominique. ; Higgins, Stacy , Lundberg, Kristina ; Schmidt Stacie; Bussey-Jones, Jada ; Adhyaru, Bhavin; Ilksoy , NurcanMD |
| Improving Counseling for Tobacco Cessation in a Resident Primary Care Clinic | Primary Care | Jane Titterington | Tobacco, Smoking Cessation, Counseling | Robert Kung, Zahi Mitri, Jeff Chen, Kyle James, Jenna Kay, Wendy Neveu, Reema Dbouk, Anthony Gamboa, Sanjukta Chatterjee, Nurcan Ilksoy |
| Improving EUHM Radiology Interdepartmental Patient Hand Offs | Radiology | Michael Armstrong | Hand-offs, communication, Interdepartmental | Susan Reeder, Donald Character, Cindy Gaskins, Paulette Jackson, Brooke Kamke, Jessie Knighton |
| Improving Hepatitis C Screening in a Primary Care Internal Medicine Resident Clinic | Primary Care | Freny Nirappil | HCV, Hepatitis C, Screening | Vivian Cheng, Tina Constantin, Edward Clermont, Patrick Hall, Michael Lava, Rachel Anquez, Nathan Spell III |
| Improving Hypertension Control at Emory Patient-Centered Primary Care (PCPC) | Primary Care | Jennifer Zreloff | Hypertension, HTN, Blood Pressure | |
| Improving Hypertension Control in the Patient Centered Medical Home | Primary Care | Austin Chan | Hypertension, HTN, Blood Pressure | Maya Varthi, N. Thi Gunter, Patricia Hwang, Curtis Jamison, Bryant Chan, Arjun Nanda, Jessica Nave, Ravi Vora, Parth Joshi, Mahmoud Abdou, Danesh Kella, Greg Weston, Amirali Masoumi, Abhinav Koul, Abdullah Khan, Bradley Witbrodt, James Monaco, Vaishnavi Kundel, Yasamin Chowdhury, Danny Nguyen, Maria Lee, Anjan Deka, Phoebe Chi, Eric Shin, Aaron Gluth, Brian Heeke, Sandeep Krishnan, Anand Jain, Daniel Cucco, Vera Tate, Ula Abed Alwahab, Neal Bhatia, Kiran Valiani, Akshay Shetty, Shing-Yu "Cliff" Lin, Sara Turbow, Teresa Ingram, Katie Tipton, Robert McClung, David Dunhill, Valeria Cantos-Lucio, Joy Wortham, Shadi Yarandi, Nisha Joseph, Taylor Lebeis |
| Improving Inpatient Charge Capture (Professional Fees) | Neurology | Charles Epstein | Charge Capture, Inpatient Bedside Procedures, CPT | Namar Al-Ganas, Charlene Mowatt, Shandra Wilkerson, James Homesley, Eric Dukes |
| Improving Medication Reconciliation in a Resident Primary Care Clinic | Primary Care Clinic | Margaret DeMoss | Medication Reconciliation, Primary Care Clinic, Physicals | Rowland Chigbu MD, Margaret DeMoss MD, Christopher Landry MD, Jason Laney MD, Lauren Myer MD, Thomas Riddell MD, Caroline Tse MD, Nicole Charkoudian, MD |
| Improving Nutrition Delivery for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition in 71 ICU and 21 ICU | Oncology, Cardiovascular Surgery | Debra Barker | Tube Feeding, Ventilator, Nutrition | Cynthia Carter, Celia Curran, Georgia Jackson, Brooke Kamke, Vicki Morelock, Alex Truong, Deborah Tuck |
| Improving Patient Outcomes Through Inpatient Psychiatric Core Measures | Psychiatry | Laura Nichols | HBIPS, Core Measures, ORYX | |
| Improving Patient Satisfaction in the Patient Centered Medical Home | Primary Care | Jennifer Zora | Patient Access, Patient Satisfaction, Press Ganey | Chowdhury A, Batchelor H, Ejigiri I, Corrigan III F, Hassanyar R, Hayek S, Heard E, Han E, Akbashev M, Lee J, DeMoss B, Lyman M, Massart A, Shoukat S, Allen J, Maheshwari R, Patel M, Kelkar A, Flueckiger P, Phillips W, Peng S, Ahmed H, Abou Mrad R, Appelbaum J, Mitri Z, Neveu W, Kay J, Kung R, James K, Burkman G, Patel S, Patel A, Dudgeon M, Klein R, Jones D, Bussey-Jones J, Harper C, Adhyaru B, Ilksoy N |
| Improving Percentage of Patients with Self Management Goals in Emory Patient Centered Primary Care | Primary Care | Jason Higdon | Self Management, Goals, Primary Care | Letaw A, Martin R, Vayens K, Zreloff J |
| Improving Pneumonia Quality Measures in the Emergency Department | Emergency Medicine | Whitney Godwin | Pneumonia, Antibiotics, Core Measures | Matthew Keadey, Marilyn Margolis, Tara Tucker, Sharon Vanairsdale, Jessica Walther |
| Improving Pneumonia Vaccine Screening | Surgery | Shamsah Hussain | Pneumonia Vaccination, PN, Screening | Clatondra Mathis |
| Improving Provider Communication: Inpatient Correspondence Center Utilization | Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Referral Management | Bindi Naik | Referral, Communication, Correspondence | Kristine Conklin, Michael Weimann, Jerry King, Jr., Dena Manning, Joseph John, Sarah Brannan, Meridith Ussery, Tina McElderry, Nicole German, Terri Jackson |
| Improving Provider Communication: Transplant's Lung Program | Emory Lung Transplant Center | Bindi Naik | Lung Transplant, Communication, External Providers | Remzi Bag, Kevin Clark, Cynthia Devroy, Alison Douis, Maria Mines, Jo-Ann House, Rachel Silverman |
| Improving Quality Scores Of Hypertensive Patients At Dunwoody | Family Medicine | Sabine M. Moore | Hypertension, PQRS, Quality Scores, blood pressure | Keiko Azziz, RN; Tonya Gore BSN, RN; Martha Matthiessen BSN, RN; Sabine M. Moore BSN, RN; Toyosi Morgan, MD, MBA |
| Improving Radiology Final Report Turn Around Time for After Hours Emergency Department Imaging Exams at EUH and EUHM | Emergency Department | Jamlik-Omari Johnson | Emergency Department, Radiology Reports, Imaging Exams, | Jamlik-Omari Johnson, MD, Dan MacFarlane, Greg Pennington |
| Improving Safety through Updating Medication Lists in Sports Medicine | Sports Medicine | Kim Parker | Medication Lists, Staff Adherence, Safety Improvement | Katherine Bonecutter, Adam Greenfield, Elliott Palmer |
| Improving Social Services Consult Compliance Rate for Stroke Patients | EUH Stroke Center | Todd Settlemyre | Social Services, Consult compliance Rate, Stroke | Katja Bryant, Carol Pucciano, Rasheedah Carkum, Deborah Downey, Todd Settlemyre, Particia Ochuko, Terry Anderson, Amy Nally |
| Improving the Clinic Visit Summary Process in General Internal Medicine at MOT | General Internal Medicine | Ursula Higgins | Visit Summary, Depart Form, Medication List | Penny Lewis, Robin Taylor, Danielle Lovett, Kim Hightower, Cassandra Brown, Philonda Bell, Frederick Turton |
| Improving the Rate of HIV Testing in Eligible Clinic Patients: Implementation of a Dot Phrase and Template Change in EMR | Primary Care | Annie Massart | HIV Testing, Primary Care, Grady | John Allen, Sana Shoukat, Rahul Maheshwari, Meghan Lyman, Heather Batchelor, Milan Patel, Benjamin DeMoss, Zenobia Jonesfoster, Bhavin Adhyaru, Nurcan Ilksoy |
| Improving the Rate of Response to Safety Events in Radiology | Radiology | Bobbie Burrow | STARS Incident Reports, Risk Management, Radiology | Debra Carter, Katy Day, Christian Elliott, Cindy Gaskins, Deb Smith, Steve St Louis, Cynthia Sutz, Delicia Votaw, Trecia Wertz |
| Improving the Rates of Patients Bringing their Medications to the Clinic: the Show-Your-Medications (SYM) Project | Primary Care | M'jid Shafiq | Medication reconciliation, Primary Care, Show your medications | M'jid Shafiq, Ramin Saghafi, Brittany Thomas, Diana Barb, Anwer Habib, Trung Nguyen, Viv'k Nautiyal, Aalok Patel, Nicholas Mantini, Marion Howard, Smitha Marri, Robin Klein, Karen Luster, Nurcan Ilksoy |
| Improving the Rates of Patients Bringing their Medications to the Clinic: the Show-Your-Medications (SYM) Project | Primary Care | Peter Flueckiger | Medication Errors, Medrec, Medication Reconciliation | Ijeoma Ejigiri, Anita Kelkar, Ramin Saghafi, Brittany Thomas, Viv'k Nautiyal, Aalok Patel, Nicholas Mantini, Smitha Marri, Robin Klein, Jada Bussey-Jones, Nurcan Ilksoy |
| Improving the Recognition and Assessment of Obesity In the Resident Primary Care Clinic | Primary Care | Justin Cheeley | Documentation Improvement, Obesity, BMI, Primary Care, EMR | Meena Prasad MD, Sapna Patel MD, Justin Cheeley, MD, Hassaan Iman, MD, Jennifer Larson, MD, Sara Lofgren, MD, Jessica McDermott, MD, Kara Mould, MD,, Jia Shen, MD, Jessie Torgersen, MD, Kobina Wilmot, MD, Kristina Lundberg, MD, Jada Bussey-Jones MD, Nurcan Ilksoy MD |
| Increase Mobilization of Surgical Patients | Surgical ICU | Cheryle Collins | ICU, mobilization, bed rest | Cheryle Collins, Jamie Sinclair, Cynthia Bond, Michael Sterling |
| Increasing the Rate of Tdap Vaccination Offering to Patients in a Resident Run Urban Community Primary Care Clinic | Primary Care | Victor Wu | Tetanus, Tdap, Vaccination, Primary Care, Vaccination Rates | Victor Wu, MD, Bonnie Prokesch, MD, Vikas Gupta, MD, Anna Skold, MD, Jean Koff, MD, Matthew Neff, MD, Jeremy Wang, MD, Akram Ibrahim, MD, Shawn Koura, MD, Gayathri Kumar, MD, Christopher Goodman, MD, Marcus Magnussen, MD, Lorenzo DiFrancesco, MD, Anna Kho, MD Nurcan Ilksoy MD |
| Intentional Bathroom Breaks as a Fall Reduction Strategy | Cardiology | Kim Knotts | Fall Reduction, Bathroom Breaks, Falls | Kim Knotts, MSN, RN; Kristie Koch, BS; Polly Willis, MSN, RN, PCCN |
| Intentional Rounding on Unit 41 | Cardiology | Kimberly Knotts | Reducing Falls, Fall Rate, Coronary CCU | Kristie Koch, Sandra Thomason, Sharlene Toney, Brooke Kamke |
| Intentional Rounding - Team Nursing TOCUnit 31 | Surgery | Rick Gitomer | Intentional Rounding | Dr. Gitomer, Carol Passley, Cynthia Bond, Carol Cross, Taviana McClendon, Kathy McKenney, Tania McKenzie,-Ming, Stephanye Hicks |
| Internal Medicine (TEC A4) Check-out Waits & Delays | Internal Medicine | Sanket Shah | Waits, Delays, Check-Outs | Sanket Shah, Duane Reynolds, Drue Robidoux, Steven Blubaugh, Tyria Washington, Miata McBride, Check-out/Med Sec Teams, Eddy Chen (RSPH), David Franklin (TEC Coach) |
| Invoicing for Institutional Review Board (IRB) Amendment Fees | Office for Clinical Research | Wenona Favors | Winship Cancer Institute, Hematology & Oncology, Research Trials | Rekha Menon, Andrena Lawrence, Melissa Phomlavanh, Michelle Robinson, Ron Roemer, Carmine Santionne |
| Invoicing for Investigational Drug Service Monthly Maintenance Fees | Hematology & Medical Oncology | Ron Roemer | IDS, receivables, invoicing | Ron Roemer Pam Terry |
| IR On Time Start | Radiology | Richard Wright | Improved Start Time, Ontime Start, | Dr. Kevin Kim Dr. Gail Peters Dr. Roger Williams Pearlitta Kitt R.N. Richard Elliot R.N. Chanay Knight R.T. Dr. Bradley Rodstad Habib Tannir Chrystal Barnes Dr. Kimberly Applegate Dr. Kevin Kim |
| Medicare Rights Notification Compliance | Admissions | Laura Nichols | Medicare Rights, CMS, Compliance | Miriam Laster, Pat Kelly, Dianne Crowell, Leslie Caesar, Jen Schuck |
| Medication Coverage at Discharge | Emory Liver Transplant Center | Sarah B. Todd | Liver Transplant, Discharge, Medication Coverage | Wanda Allison, Angela Broom, Carla Cody, Cynthia Devroy, Joann Nalitz, Tomeka Ortiz, Dianne Thackston, Jessica Alexander, Kathy Lohmuller, JP Norvell, Alecia Walker |
| No Patient Left Behind, Real Time SCIP Data Collection | Surgery | Roberta Nichols-Covin | SCIP, SCIP compliance, core measures, Orthapedics | Roberta Nichols-Covin MA, RN, CNOR, UD Reuben Wechsler, MD Anesthesia Director Shae Jones BSN, RN Pam Sapp MN, RN, OCNS-C Jane Vosloh, BA, RN, CNOR (not pictured) Executive Sponsor: June Connor MN, RN, NE-BC |
| Notification of Waits and Delays to Patients | Primary Care | Monica Agrawal | Waits, Delays, Patient Communication | Corey Hall, Barbara Chelton, Vangie McKenzie, Eveline Mensah |
| Omnicell Reconciliation | Cardiology | Wanda Wilson | Omnicell, Medication Variance, Pharmacy | |
| Ontime Starts for Chemotherapy | Infusion Center | Cathy Parker | Chemotherapy, On-Time Starts, Infusion Center | Katherine Wright, Tanya Frett, Evelyn Williams, Stephanie Jones, Charise Gleason, Lina Lattouf |
| Oral Care with Chlorhexidine Gluconate: Does it Reduce VAP rates? | ICU | Carolyn Holder | ICU, reduction VAP rates, CHG compliance | Carolyn Holder RN, MN, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist Georgia Jackson, RN, MPH |
| Orthopaedics Charge Capture Improvement | General Orthopedics | Michelle Murphy | Missing Charges, Charge Capture, Orthopedics | Yamen El Alam, Ethel Dean, Deb Bailey, Jenel Robinson |
| Partial Hospitalization Program Geriatric Depression Scale Compliance | Wesley Woods Partial Hospitalization Program | Karen James | Depression, Geriatric, Partial Hospitalization | Pat Rich, Jenny Barwick, Melissa Bower, Frank Brown, Ed Lawrence |
| Patient Cycle Time Laboratory Building A | Emory Labs | Rachel Smith | Patient Labs, Cycle Time, Patient Waits | Nancy Arroyo, Brandi Freeman, Jessica McKenzie, Chuck Nicolaysen |
| Patient - Practice Communications, Department of Neurology | Neurology | David Franklin | Call center, call center process, neurology, | Tracy Lettingham, Susan Ferguson, Kimbrey Poole, Rebecca McRae, Sonja Sanders, Tanya Newman, Reanna Hopkins, Marilyn Thomas, Gail Stafford, Alan Dow, David Franklin |
| Patients who Leave the PACU with a Urinary Catheter and No Order | Surgery | Dedee Hamson | SCIP, Foley Catheter Defect, CAUTI | Janet Standen, Anne Gore, Becky Maple, Vickie Fisher, Dorethea Pippen, Rita Richardson, Monica Tenant |
| Please Release Me: A Restraint Reduction Initiative | Nursing Services | Pam Cosper | Restraint reduction | Provine B, Cosper P,Thomason S, Beard C, Branan A, Goodrum N, Gray M, Hill C, James C, Long N, Longo D, Maloney K, McCune D, Meyer E, Miranda L, Morelock V, Mulkowsky L, Sapp P, Trott M, Webb A, Wertz K, Zellinger M |
| Preoperative Beta Blocker Administration Quality Improvement Initiative | Cardiology, Cardiovascular Surgery | Iman Aziz | Beta Blocker, Coronary Bypass, Preoperative | Nathan Spell, Richard Gitomer, Roman Sniecinski, Kathy Glas, Peggy Duke, Jamie Ramsey, Keith Causey, Christian Anton, Edward Chen, Renee McLaughlin, Robin Hynes Norris, Sharon Quinn, Lou Bottoms, Mary Zellinger, Courtenay Wannamaker, John Puskas |
| Prevention of Contaminated Blood Cultures: Protecting Patients from Additional Interventions | Infectious Diseases | Marcia Postal-Ranney | Contamination, Blood Cultures, Infection Control | Tina Vick, Hasan Shabbir |
| Provider Billing & Schedule Link Improvement Project | Medicine | Leah Baker | provider schedule, billing, reduce errors | Leah Baker, Tinika Brown, Desta Bailey, Liz Hubbard, Melanie Clark |
| Psychiatric Patients in the ED - Wording of the Safety Hold Order | Emergency Department | Jacquelyn Byrd | psychiatric, safety hold order compliance, suicide | Jacquelyn Byrd, Kathryn Carden, Nicole Franks, Scott Sasser, Barbara Edwards, Judith Jacobs |
| Quality Project to Reduce Absenteeism at the Transitions Senior Program | Transitions Senior Program | Patricia Rich | Partial Hospitalization, Absenteeism, Transitions Senior Program | Karen James, Jenny Barwick, David Mueller, Megan Jones, Marguerite Brunache, Mary Font-Moon, Ed Lawrence, Frank Brown |
| Radiology Report Attestations | Radiology | Wendy Lybrand | Attestation, Residention, Process Improvement | Wendy Lybrand, Karen Boles, Kimberly Applegate, William Torres, Kristen Baugnon, |
| Radiology Report Attestations | Radiology | Wendy Lybrand | Attestations, Compliance, Radiology | Karen Boles, Kimberly Applegate, William Torres, Kristen Baugnon |
| Reduce Errors in Height and Weight Assessment and Documentation for Winship Cancer Institute | Oncology | Kevin Schreffler | Height, Weight, Measurement Errors | Marva Davis, Natasha Hemsley, Tori Tribue |
| Reducing Breast MRI No-Shows | Radiology | Anna Holbrook | Breast MRI, Imaging, Cancellations | Michael Aho, Mimi Newell, Mary Cummings, Tiffany McLaughlin |
| Reducing Central Line Infections in 11 ICU | Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery | Diane Royal | CLABSI, Central Line, Infections | |
| Reducing Door to Antibiotic Administration Time in Suspected Sepsis | Emergency Medicine | Todd Settlemyre | Antibiotics Administration Time, Sepsis, Septicemia | Sujo Das, Carol Endres, Hasan Shabbir |
| Reducing Idle Room Time at Winship Clinic | Clinic | Astha Purohit | Reduce patient wait times, Patient wait times, Idle room time | Astha Purohit J. Michael Cobb |
| Reducing Imaging Exam Order-to-Start Turnaround Time for ED Patients at EUH | Emergency Medicine, Radiology | Caitlin Motley | CT Exam, ED, Radiology | Gavin McBrearity, Shelley Rosmarin, Deb Smith |
| Reducing Inappropriate Blood Transfusions | Office of Quality & Risk | Mariana Botha | Blood Transfusions, Inappropriate Blood Transfusions | Botha M, Ponnamballam S, Shabbir H, Tong D |
| Reducing Mechanical Restraint in an Acute Behavioral Health Setting | Psychiatry | Robert Cotes | Psychiatry, Restraint, Seclusion | Nanenia Chadwick, Mat Winer, Michael Claeys, Carolyn Coley, Cynthia Eugene, Barbara D'Orio, William McDonald |
| Reducing Post-Operative Urinary Tract Infections: Implementation of a Nurse-driven CAUTI Protocol on 10E | Surgery | Irene Wheeler | UTI, Post-Operative, CAUTI | Rachel M. Owen, Corinne Slack, Anthony Ojekunle, John F. Sweeny |
| Reducing the Debt on Outstanding Invoiced Activity | Office for Clinical Research | Michelle Robinson | Clinical Research, Invoiced Debt, Outstanding Invoices | Julia McDowell |
| Reducing the Rate of "Nonclassifiable" PCI Procedures for Appropriate Use Criteria Reporting in Two Teaching Hospitals | Cardiology | Abhinav Goyal | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, PCI, AUC | Mary Casey, Michael McDaniel, Reza Fazel, Henry Liberman, Nicole Picardo, Nathan Spell III, Leslee Shaw, Habib Samady |
| Reduction in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia | ICU | Debra Barker | Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, VAP | Debra Barker, Carol Batchelder, Jane Bockman, Colleen Campbell, Michael Connor, Irolda Douglas, Jesse Jacob, Kristie Koch, Kenneth Leeper, Kim Lucas, Monica Maher, Patty Mercado, Vicki Morelock, David Murphy, Jamie Sinclair, Soraya Smith, Michael Sterling, Janice Temple, Ann Willingham, Bobby Wright, Wendy Wright, Joel Zivot |
| Reduction of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections, a Team Approach | Critical Care, General Medicine, Surgery | Marcia Postal-Ranney | CAUTI, Catheter, Urinary Tract Infection | Christin Ko |
| Reduction of Urosepsis as a Cause for 30 Day Hospital Readmissions in Radical Cystectomy Patients | Urology | Christine Coppinger | Readmissions, Urology, Home Health | Daniel Canter, Kathy E. Oldham, Susan Tomlin |
| Resource Utilization Nurse | Radiology | Jewel Adams | standard of care, transportation standard, radiology, ICU patient | Jewel Adams MSN, RN. FNP; Pam Cosper MSN, RN, NEA-BC; Carolyn Holder, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CCRN; Ray Snider MSN, RN, CCRN; Mary Still MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CCRN; Vicki White MSN, RN |
| Revenue Cycle Improvement - Decrease Days in Accounts Receivables | Ambulatory Surgery Center | Adam Gobin | ASC, Accounts Receivables, Revenue Cycle | Taylor Williams, David Franklin, Joseph Dee, James Mclver, Tevya Harley, Tiffany Price, Rochelle Stephens, Derek Marbell |
| Self-Pay Recovery - Budget Plans | Patient Financial Services | Andy Rowles | Budget, Self-Pay, Finance | Erik Reid, Nancy Malires, Nancy Brown, Melissa Molloy, Alida Griffin, Samia Tadros, Taylor Williams, Steve Van Hattum, David Franklin |
| Severe Sepsis Project Implementation | Emergency Medicine | Mary Still | Sepsis Screening, PowerPlan, Septicemia | Mary Still, Jonathan Sevransky, Carolyn Holder, Bijal Shah, Sharon Vanairsdale, Greg Martin, Craig Coopersmith, Sara Gregg, David Murphy, Vicki Morelock, Carol Batchelder, Jackie Byrd, Ruth Lamm, Jim McMurtry |
| Show Me the Sugars! | Primary Care | Sol Aldrete | Diabetes, Minority, Glucose | Jeremy Chow, Juan Ortega-Legaspi, Lori Randall, Danny Treiyer, Kristen Lee, Christopher Garnett |
| Structured Family Meetings in the Medical ICU at Emory University Hospital | Critical Care | Carolyn Holder | Family Meetings, Communication, ICU | Amy Hanik, Marisa Graziano, Debbie Gunter, Jonathan Sevransky, Ray Snider, Cecelia Easie-Witter |
| The Patient Satisfaction Experience: Enhancing Bedside Shift Report | Medical Oncology | Whitney Molasky | Patient Satisfaction, nursing, nursing quality, bedside shift | Debbie McClendon, Debra Thompson, Denise Richardson, Brooke Kamke |
| Transfer Process In The MICU | MICU | Alicia Reed | Patient transfers, transfer time | Alicia Reed, Amy Hanik-Shift, Ray Snider, MICU Staff |
| Utilizing Clinical Resources to Reduce Clinical Messages | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Lindsay Mehalik | Clinical Messages, Clinical Calls, OBGYN | Georgia Brogden, Chris Coppinger, Shi Arnold |
| Vein Treatment Center Cycle Time | Vein Treatment Center | Meridith Ussery | Patient Rooming Time, Cycle Time, Vascular Patients | Steve Konigsberg, Debra Dice, Annette Gunnoud, Harvey Martin, Michele MacLeod |
| Workflow Redesign to Reduce Time Interval Between Patient Check-In and First Needle Stick for Ultrasound-Guided Thyroid Fine Needle Aspirations | Radiology | Courtney Moreno | Patient Wait Times, Radiology, Ultrasound | Claire Travis, Marilyn Dickerson, Bobbie Hollis, Mike Bowen, Bill Small, Bill Torres |
