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Process Improvements at BIDMC - 2008

Presented here is the 2008 Silverman Symposium Project Collection. The Symposium, sponsored annually by the Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, celebrates BIDMC's on-going efforts to improve quality and safety throughout the medical center each and every day.

Learn more about our efforts in specific areas by viewing any of the PDF documents in this collection.  Click here to view the 2011 Poster Collection , 2010 Poster Collection or the 2009 Poster Collection .

11 Reisman Day to Day Productivity
11 Reisman Supply Chain
A Model for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Programs in Academic Departments of Medicine
A Novel Approach to Getting Boards on Board
Adverse Events for Non English Speaking Patients
Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation
AMI D2B Rapid Review and Improvement
AMI STEMI and QA
AMI STEMI Pathway Development in the ED
Building Collaborative Teams in the NICU
CAP-Improving the Time-to-Antibiotics in ED
Clinical Pathways in Organ Transplantation
Clozaril Medication Order Review and Monitoring Process Improvement
Contrast Media Allergy Review Process Improvement
Corridor Storage 
Creation of an Order Set to Limit the Ordering of Narcotics…
Delivery Room Respiratory Care of Very Preterm Infants
Depression Screening at Bowdoin Street Health
Design and Impact of an Intraoperative Pathway
Eliminating Expired Supplies 
Employee Occupational Health Flu Campaign 
Evaluation of Pain Assessment at the Oncology Division 
Evidence-Based Transfusion Practice 
Fall Prevention Program
Follow-Up on Abnormal Cancer Screening Test Results Geriatrics and Orthopedic Surgery Education 
Glucose Control to Reduce Mediastinitis after Cardiac Surgery
Heparin Safety in the NICU
Implementation of an Electronic Pathology Specimen Tracking System to Ensure Patient Safety
Improved Orthopedics Patient Visit Time and Access
Improved Orthopedics X-Ray Throughput and Flow
Improving Allergy Documentation 
Improving Colonoscopy Performance 
Improving Delivery of Same-Day Radiation Treatments
Improving Hand Hygiene Performance 
Inclusion of Anesthesia Resource in IP
Influenza Specialty Care Unit Planning 
Interventional Procedural Specimen Tracking
Lab Control Throughput and Flow 
Making a Difference Utilizing NSQIP Data 
Managing Abnormal Radiology Results 
Medical Staff Annual TB Screening
Medication Reconciliation: Emergency Department
Mystery Shopping
OB/GYN Ambulatory Team Training 
Oncology Management System (OMS)
Orthopedics X-Ray Requisition Quality 
Pain and Stress Assessment on Admission to the NICU
Pain Assessment and Reassessment
Patient Identification-"Wrong To Right" 
Peer Review of Radiologist Performance
PICC Line Consent Process 
Posterior Lumbar Fusion Pathway 
Prescription of Self-Administered Epinephrine for Patients at Risk… 
Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program 
Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia 
Procedural Notes for Injections and Aspirations 
QI Initiatives in the Pulmonary Ambulatory Service
Radiology Transport-Patient Identification
Ready to Transfuse Blood for Neonates
Recall Management
Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections 
Reducing ED LOS for Psychiatry Consult Cases 
Simulation Training in Obstetrics 
Stoneman Resident QI Experience 
Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines 
TB Testing for Patients Receiving Anti-TNF Therapy
The Inpatient Influenza Immunization Initiative 
The Obesity Paradox: Body Mass Index and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Non-Bariatric General Surgery
The Patient Safety Reporting System 
The Thin Prep Imaging System 
The Triggers Program 
U-500 Humulin R Medication Use Process Change Improves Patient Safety 
Unit Based Dashboard 
Urine Collection and Transport 
Use Internet to Improve Bidding Process

Last updated: September 15, 2008

Contact Information

Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
617-667-1325