Quality Improvement and Patient Safety

Laura Holder, MD and MacKenzie Pairitz, MD 
Surgery 
Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Delayed First Start or Times for ICU Patients

Nathan Walter, MD, Lynch Major, MD, Mekaea Miller, MD, and Lincoln  Mitchell, MD  
Surgery 
Effect of Radiology Reporting on Concordance with  Tumor Height and Final Pathology in Rectal Cancer

Gracelyn Bose, MD, MBA, Michael Jacobs, DO, and Rahul Sakarwadia, MD 
Internal Medicine
Striving for Gold: Optimizing Inpatient Code Blue to Meet Guidelines

Jae Maeng, MD and Matthew Holland, DO 
Pediatrics 
Addressing Penicillin Allergies in the General Pediatrics Clinic

Abdelrahman Amro, MD and Adarsh Purohith, DO
Pediatrics 
Increasing the Documentation of SMR in the Outpatient Clinic Setting

Onika Kelly, MD and Elizabeth Harper, MD  
Family Medicine 
Improving Patient Centered Communication using a Communication Skills Lecture Series 

Aaron Van Alstine, MD and Elizabeth Harper, MD
Family Medicine 
Improving Recognition of Victims of Human Trafficking in the Clinic Setting

Dylan O'Neal, MD
Family Medicine 
Evaluation of Weight Loss through patient Education Handouts 

Christian Givens, MD
Family Medicine 
Improving Hypertension Control Metrics 

April Gunn, DO, Lydia Cook, MD, Daniel Raley, MD, Thomas Bishop, PsyD, and Jennifer Bradford, PharmD
Family Medicine
Evaluation of Management of Controlled Substances in an Academic Family Medicine Clinic

Likhita Kandimalla, MD, Kritie Liao, DO, Hayden Shoeffler, MD, Patrick Howarth, MD, Nathan Brott, MD, and Brittany White, PharmD 
Internal Medicine
Enhancing Accuracy in Cosyntropin Stimulation Testing: A Single Centered Academic Quality Improvement Project 

Skyelor Black, MD, Christopher Childs, MD, and Kaitlin Detmar, MD
Internal Medicine
Health Maintenance Screenings in Academic Internal Medicine Clinic

Gracelyn Bose, MD, Kareema Ciabottoni, MD, Sravanthi Sonti, MD, Mary Magieri, MD, Rishi Charate, MD, and Eliea Sneij, MD 
Internal Medicine and Cardiology
CARES: LDL-C Assessment, Reduction Evaluation After STEMI

Laura Edmond, DO 
Pediatrics 
Multilingual EPDS to Increase Detection of Maternal Depression

Jennifer Justice, DO and Kerigan Green, MD 
Pediatrics
Enhancing Education on Vitamin D Supplementation during Infant Clinic Visits 

Alexandra Stedke, DO
Pediatrics 
Reducing Severe IVH in Very Premature Infants 

Jordan Raine, MD and Meridith Rippy. BS, Trauma Research Coordinator
Surgery 
A Quality Improvement Investigation to Re-Evaluate the Necessity of Empiric Antifungal Coverage in Gastroduodenal Perforation 

Hayden Mezick, MD, Kay Buerster, MD, Jackson Fos, MD, and Alexander Urevick, MD 
Surgery 
Examining the Effect of Transition from Pagers on Resident Wellness and Learning

Lucky Miolen, RRT and Rene Scheiderer, RRT 
Respiratory Therapy
Trach Me Home: A Respiratory (RT) Navigator Guide to Improving the Adult Tracheotomy to Home Process