August 2022
Harborview Medical Center
Improving inpatient monitoring and treatment of opioid withdrawal, with an emphasis on societal disparities and Against Medical Advice discharges
R2 Team Members: Luke Brandenberger, Jason Castaneda, Rini Kasinathan, Michael Meno, Reema Navalurkar, Khusboo Pal,
Dylan Stephens
Facilitator: Juri De Jong (R3)
Strengthening processes to prevent undetected hyperglycemia among long-stay patients in the Transitional Care Unit
R2 Team Members: John Avery, Dale Braimah, Connor Fling, Karima Hamamsy, Gena Lenti, Tinny Liang, Sophie Padelford
Facilitator: Kim Matsumoto (R3)
Increasing reliability of overnight lab specimen collection across acute care units in setting of staffing challenges and a new electronic health record
R2 Team Members: Lily Jeong, Ayesha Khader, Anthony Lee, George Mo, Rebecca Resnick, Edwin Wang
Interdisciplinary Team Members: Tim Ho (Respiratory Therapy)
Facilitator: Chen Wu (IM faculty)
July 2022
University of Washington Medical Center-Monlake Campus
Reducing risk of bleeding events in patients on anticoagulants who are undergoing non-urgent imaging guided procedures through EMR alerts and standardization of formal inter-team communication.
R2 Team Members: Brian Ko, Olivia Lin, Liem Nguyen, Hallen Pham, Ruth Howe, David Rink
Facilitator: Chen Wu (IM Faculty)
Ensuring appropriate timing of lab draws to guide tacrolimus dosing in solid organ transplant recipients.
R2 Team Members: Anna Feiss, Adrian Lazarevic-Fogelquist, Rebecca Gold, Joe Kirsch, Matt Wu, Cass Sunga
Facilitator: Nick Wang (R3)
Harm reduction methods for patients who express desire for hospital discharge against medical advice by documenting explicit contingency plans in an easy-to-find location in the EMR.
R2 Team Members: Andrea Diaz, Adrian Lena, Leah Karlsen, Jessica Pinto, Juan Conde
Facilitators: Katy Hicks (IM Faculty), Maya Narayanan (IM Faculty)
Ensuring appropriate medication administration and timing after a change in treatment plan.
R2 Team Members: Ivonne Beltran, Esta Lai, Christine Luu, Desirae Martinez, Nicolle Siegart, Paula Trepman, Amanda Valdes, Katherine Wainwright
Facilitators: Megan Wilson (FM Faculty), Kimberly Collins (FM Faculty), Alexa Lindley (FM Faculty), Matt Jaffy (FM Faculty)
August 2021
University of Washington Medical Center-Monlake Campus
Enhancing accountability and reliability of body fluid specimen transport following bedside procedure
R2 Team Members: Max Birger, Juri de Jong, Michael Deng, John Goodman, Celia Haering, Rebecca Keenan Stephens, Nicole Zarling
Facilitator: Anisha Ganguly (R3)
Reducing risk of invasive line self-removal through proactive delirium assessment, identification, and management
R2 Team Members: Arjun Bahl, Jocelyn Cooper, Jedediah Doane, Roxanne Hicks, Lauren Jatt, Christian Klein, Kevin Steehler
Facilitator: Andrew Pattock (R3)
Improving critical microbiology alert notification for Emergency Department patients after discharge
R2 Team Members: Caitlin Camfield, Thomas Hollowed, Megan Griffin, Talicia Savage, Alex Torres, Andrew Wescott, Lucas Zarling
Facilitator: Caleb Schlauderaff (R3)
July 2021
Harborview Medical Center
Ensuring administration of dual anti-platelet therapy loading dose before inpatient discharge following coronary revascularization
R2 Team Members: Seifu Abera, Marina Hanna, Kevin Levine, Kim Matsumoto, Sarah Reiger, William Tzeng
Faciliator: Paul Bourdilion (R3)
Expediting start of non-standard dose opioid continuous infusions for palliative pain control especially among black, indigenous, persons-of-color populations most susceptible to undertreatment
R2 Team Members: Alwiya Ahmed, Maria Cassera, Kellen Hirsch, Gabrielle Paras, Karen Rico, Jessica Yoo
Faciliator: Matt Cataldo (R3)
Ensuring collection, registration, and processing of diagnostically important and difficult-to-obtain laboratory specimens
R2 Team Members: Aya Albittar, Shiv Bhandari, Nicholas DesLauriers, Linhchi Pham, Arita Thatte, Nicholas Wang, Peiqi Wang
Facilitator: Karly Williams Silva (R3)
Eliminating rejected type & screen samples due to label inconsistencies without compromising cultural sensitivity to patient-preferred name
R2 Team Members: Priyanka Anand, Tam Asmeche, Natalia Filipek, Terrence Liu, Roshan Panchanatham, Sylvia Stellmacher, Eric Storm
Facilitator: Chenwei Wu (Faculty)