Diabetic foot is a chronic serious complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). It has a worldwide prevalence of 6.3% and accounts for hospitalization in 4-10% of diabetic patients. (1) Diabetic foot imposes a great challenge on the affected individuals, affecting both...
Sepsis contributes to over a third of hospital deaths which represents 350,000 hospital deaths or discharges to hospice annually. In addition to patient outcomes, sepsis rates influence quality scores, performance and financials with the addition of the Sepsis/Septic Shock SEP-1...
Sepsis is one of the leading causes of intensive care unit (ICU) transfers and mortality in the inpatient setting due to delayed recognition and untimely management of sepsis symptoms on non-ICU medical-surgical floors. Educating nurses on units with the highest...
Hospital-acquired VTE is a leading cause of preventable death and has significant impact on quality across hospital systems related to both patient care and financial/reputational programs. Compared to other academic medical centers, in addition to other entities within MedStar Health,...
Smoking cessation education is often looked over and brushed aside in the emergency department setting due to many factors. This affects population negatively since many patients utilize the emergency department as their primary care provider. Optimizing the effectiveness of smoking...
General Inpatient Hospice care provides hospitalized patients and their families additional support at the end-of-life. But, a lack of explicit criteria delineating when a hospice referral should be considered results in qualified patients not receiving beneficial services. Additionally, patients that...
Explore the innovative approach of LVEDP-guided fluid management in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and fluid volume overload among CKD patients in cath labs. This session delves into the genesis, implementation, and outcomes of a pioneering protocol that personalizes hydration strategies...
Infection Prevention in conjunction with the CAUTI (Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection) Team and CLABSI (Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection) VAT (Vascular Access Team) Committee implemented a new initiative called Eyes on the Lines to decrease indwelling urinary catheters...
In a large healthcare system, there are advantages to leveraging standardized sedation committees, a standardized sedation audit tool and convening all facility sedation committees to report to a system committee. To ensure consistent practices across the system, the System Safe...
UMass Memorial Health System Suicide Steering Committee identified three focused areas for continuous improvement for patients at risk for suicide: incomplete evidence-based suicide risk assessments, inadequate documentation of observation levels, and gaps in environmental checklist documentation. The team implemented enhancements...