2020 Unified Quality Improvement Symposium - Presentations

Podium Presentations

Giuseppe Amore, MD, MPH and Ramsay Elhindi, MD, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, ECU
Warfarin Initiative for Post-Discharge Follow-Up and Management

Samantha Curtis, M4, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine
Bilirubin turnaround time (TAT) in an outpatient pediatric clinic: improving efficiency of time-sensitive lab results

Elaine Henry, MSN, RNC-NIC, Maynard Children’s Hospital at VMC
Creating a Sea of Safety: An Initiative to Reduce Hospital Acquired Conditions in a Children’s Hospital

Austin Rogers, MD, Department of Surgery, ECU
The Value Of Thromboelastography-Platelet Mapping In The Timing Of Urgent Inpatient CABG

Michael Zimmer, PhD, Systems and Procedures, Vidant Health
Progression of Care Rounds—Tomorrow’s Care Today (PDF)

Quick Shot Podium Presentations

Christopher Chase, M3, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine
Improving Diabetic Retinopathy Screening at ECU Family Medicine

Annie Chen and Jonathan Bowling, MedServ Fellows, Department of Family Medicine, ECU
ED Usage Reasons for Non-Urgent Health Concerns Identified by Patients at ECU Family Medicine

Jennifer Fowler, RDN, CSP, LDN, Clinical Nutrition Service, VMC
Decrease in Central Line Utilization with Improved Growth in VLBW Newborns Following Feeding Roadmap Implementation

Nicolette Hines, BSN, RN, Vidant Duplin Hospital
Cardiac Signals in a Box: Dedicated Telemetry Technicians

Beverly Mott, BSN, RN, ECU College of Nursing
Increasing Skin Cancer Awareness in Southeastern North Carolinian Farmers

Allison Williams, M4, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine and Jaclyn Havinga, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellow, ECU
Fluid Management Protocol to Ensure Adequate Diuresis in Extremely Preterm Neonates in the First Week of Life

Poster Presentations

Noopur Doshi, M4, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, Gregory Knapp, MD, Department of Family Medicine, Amy Campbell, RN, MSN, Vidant Medical Center and Hazel Pennington, RN, MSN, Vidant Medical Center
Assessment of Alert Fatigue and Utility of Modified Early Warning System (MEWS) at Vidant Medical Center (VMC)

Laurie Etheridge, RN, Quality Nurse Specialist II, Vidant Medical Center and Danielle Walsh, MD, Department of Surgery
NSQIP-Pediatric Participation Aides in Decreasing Post-op SSI’s

Juhi Gor, M3, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, Timothy Powell, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Donna Spain, ECU Physicians, and Erica Turner, ECU Physicians
Targeting Hemoglobin A1c Levels, Retinopathy, and Neuropathy to Improve the Health of Adult Diabetic Patients in Eastern North Carolina

Kim Joyner, MAEd, BS, RHIA, ECU Student Health, Emily Stevens, MS, and Carol Wilson, ANP, RN, ECU Student Health
Is It in Your Mouth? The Importance of Pharyngeal STI Testing

Jonathan LeCrone, M4, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, Steven Taylor, Brody School of Medicine, and Roberto Portela, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
Reducing Door-to-CT Times for Acute Stroke Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Shiva Poola, MD, Michael Freiberg, MD, Ruhiyyih Kilgore, MD, Jennifer Chu, MD, Anna Laughman, MD, Riju Narayan, MD and Mary Catherine Turner, MD, Department of Pediatrics
Influenza Vaccination Rates: Did We Do Better?

Michael Zimmer, PhD, Systems and Procedures, Vidant Health
Decedent Care: Post-Mortem Processes

Works in Progress Posters

Ashley Choe, MD, MBA, Durga Pemmaraju, MD, Brett Starr, MD, Stephen Peirce, MD, Dmitry Tumin, PhD, and Herbert G. Garrison, MD, MPH
Standard Documentation of Contact Information to Improve Resident-Nurse Communication

Kathryn Clary, M3, Brody School of Medicine, Kaitlyn Vinson, M3, Brody School of Medicine, Caroline Miller, Department of Health Psychology, and Kayla Neal, College of Nursing
Screening for Social Health needs: A Quality Improvement Project at ECU Family Medicine

Emily Kragel, M3, Brody School of Medicine, Erica Shartle, Darby Bagshaw, Hannah Smith, M3, Service-Learning Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, and Emily Midgette
Improving Diabetes Management by Assessing Barriers to SuperSNAP Program Utilization in Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Quality Improvement Project at the Roanoke Chowan Community Center

Chantel Morey, M4, LINC Scholar, Helen M. Johnson, MD, Lauren Geisel, BS, Andrew Weil, MD, Mahvish Muzaffar, MD, Nasreen A. Vohra, MD, Phyllis DeAntonio, RN, Jan H. Wong MD, Brody School of Medicine
Breast Cancer Conference Template Improves Documentation of Clinical Staging

Arjun Patel, M3, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, and Ryan Moore, MD, Department of Pediatrics
Improving 1-Month Hepatitis B Vaccination Timeliness in Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the NICU: Assessment of Provider Knowledge and Perception

Sanjana Prabhu, M3, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine, Suzanne Lazorick, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, and David Collier, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics
Improving Communication of Lab Results to Patients at the Pediatric Healthy Weight Clinic (HWC)

Jedediah Smith, MS, Office of Data Analysis and Strategy, Jhojana Infante Linares, Office of Data Analysis and Strategy, Irma Corral, PhD, Office of Diversity Affairs, Kendall Campbell, MD, Division of Academic Affairs, and Cedric Bright, MD, Office of Admissions
The Faculty Diversity Snapshot Report: Development of a Quality Improvement Tool for Medical School Faculty Diversity

Greyson Vann, M3, LINC Scholar, Brody School of Medicine and Jennifer Bennett, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
Standardized Patient Sign-Out in the Emergency Department

Bennett Wall, MBA, Vidant Medical Center, Clayten Parker, FNP, Vidant Medical Center, Dmitry Tumin, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Rhonda Stanley, SW, Vidant Medical Center, Lana Warren, BSRT-NPS, Vidant Medical Center, Kathy Deal, RN, Vidant Medical Center, Tara Stroud, NNP-BC, Vidant Medical Center, Kim Crickmore, PhD, RN, Vidant Medical Center, and Matthew Ledoux, MD, Department of Pediatrics
Efficacy of a care coordination program for children with complex chronic conditions discharged from a rural tertiary-care academic medical center

Concurrent Sessions

Pitch Perfect, ECHI Conference Room B
Presenters: Amy Campbell, PhD (c), MSN, RN, LSBB, Quality Nurse Specialist III, John Kohler, MD, MBA, Senior Medical Director for Quality (VMC), Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Timothy Reeder, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, and Dmitry Tumin, PhD, Research Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Local quality improvement experts will be on hand to answer questions about your planned or on-going QI projects. The presenters will also be available to provide guidance for those evaluating project potentials. The objective is to provide real-time consultation to those actively or prospectively engaged in QI. Bring your process, implementation, interpretation questions to see if you can stump our experts!

What’s with all the metrics? Types of data, measures and common quantitative tools for QI, ECHI Conference Room A
Presenters: Suzanne Lazorick, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Public Health, Joseph Pye, MD, Regional Vice President of Medical Affairs, and David Michael, MD, Chief Information Officer

After a short didactic session describing types of data used for quality and reimbursement, measures for quality improvement and useful tools for data visualization, participants will discuss the difference in types of data and practice the application of these concepts in a facilitated, small-group, case-based activity. The participants will use a real-life scenario to demonstrate the implications from and variation between types of data application. Participants will report out and discuss their recommendations with the entire group

Population Health: What Is It and Why Is It Important?, ECHI Auditorium
Presenter: Suzanne Lea, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health

By the end of this session, participants will be able to identify the basic elements and definitions of population health, discuss successful population health initiatives, and learn strategies for implementing and testing population health initiatives.