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Improving Inpatient Safety Reporting via a Patient and Family-Facing App

This program at an academic medical center utilized a patient and family-facing app to improve patient safety and communication between patients and their caregivers and…

Innovators

  • Brittany Couture, BS
  • Sarah A. Rossetti RN, PhD
  • Kumiko Schnock, PhD
  • David W. Bates, MD, MS

Improving Clinical Decision Support via In House-Generated Rule Authoring Environments

This project at an academic health system utilized re-assessment of current rule authoring environments to improve enterprise-level electronic medical record function.  Partners HealthCare is re-assessing…

Innovators

  • Li Zhou Ph.D., M.D.

Managing Cellulitis Care via Early Dermatological Consultation

This program at an academic medical center utilized early dermatological consultation to decrease unnecessary antibiotic use, prevent misdiagnosis of cellulitis, and to lower healthcare costs. 

Innovators

  • Arash Mostaghimi, MD, MPH, MPA
  • Karl Laskowski, MD MBA

Reducing Inappropriate MRI Use for Lumbar Pain via Clinical Decision Support Tool

This project at an academic medical center utilized a clinical decision support tool to reduce inappropriate MRI use in adult patients with low back pain.

Innovators

  • Esteban Gershanik, MD MPH

Improving Smoking Cessation via Decision Aid @ a Safety Net Clinic

This program at an urban safety net primary care clinic utilized motivational interviewing and a visual, easy-to-understand decision-making aid to promote smoking cessation.

Innovators

  • Sumit Agarwal, MD

Improving Post-Discharge Test Follow Up via Automated Notification

This project utilized an automated email workflow for notifying providers of patients’ post-discharge test results in order to improve rates of actionable post-discharge test result…

Innovators

  • Anuj Dalal, MD
  • Jeff Schnipper, MD MPH

Improving Post-Discharge Surgical Outcomes via Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Program

This program at an academic medical center utilized a systemic post-discharge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis protocol to improve post-surgical patient outcomes. 

Innovators

  • Christian Dankers, MD

Improving Pediatric Patient Safety via a Family-Centered Communication Tool

This program at a pediatric academic medical center utilized a standardized healthcare provider-family handoff communication protocol called I-PASS to optimize patient safety, family satisfaction, and…

Innovators

  • Anuj Dalal, MD
  • Catherine Yoon, MS
  • Stuart Lipsitz, ScD

Improving Diabetes Management via Pharmacist Telephone Intervention @ the Horizon New Jersey Payor Network

This program was implemented across a large payor network and utilized predictive modeling to tailor insulin therapy adherence interventions in order to improve diabetes management. …

Innovators

  • Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD

Assessing Implicit Bias in Decision-Making Among IM and EM Physicians

Assessing whether implicit bias has an effect on triaging, leading to  inequities such as those seen in heart failure admissions at BWH

Innovators

  • Sunny Kung, MD