EQuIP Projects

This is unpublished

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)