RN; Enelda Romo, RN; and Vanessa Lewis, RN
Other participants “Improving cardiac health in patients with ischemic vascular disease in a pa- tient-centered medical home setting,” Lone Star Circle of Care, Austin By Tracy Angelocci, MD; Noreen Alm- azora; and Jamie Moxham, MSPH
“Creation of a checklist to prepare for separation from cardiopulmonary by- pass using a modified Delphi technique,” Scott & White Healthcare, Temple By Timothy R. Ball, MD; Frank J. Vil- lamaria, MD; Dennis Ho, DO; Edward W. Petrik, MD; Michael P. Hofkamp, MD; Hania Wehbe-Janek, PhD; William C. Culp Jr., MD; and Frank J. Villamaria, MD
“Improving weight-based Vancomycin dosing and monitoring,” UTHSC San Antonio
By Heta Javeri, MD; Elizabeth Walter;
Bin Xiao, PharmD; James Lewis, Pharm- D; and Darrel Hughes, PharmD
“Improving the seasonal influenza vacci- nation rate at University Health System,” University Health System, San Antonio By Jan E. Patterson, MD; Jose A. Ca- dena, MD; Jason Bowling MD; Teresa Prigmore MHA; Beth Ann Kavanagh; Leni Kirkman; Amruta Parekh, MD; and Theresa Scepanski
“Pathology role in health care quality,” UTHSC Houston Department of Pathol- ogy and Laboratory Medicine, Houston By Elena Nedelcu, MD; Robert Hunter, MD; Andy Nguyen, MD; Robert Brown, MD; Maximillian Buja, MD; Audrey Wanger, PhD; Yu Bai, MD; Kimberly Klein, MD; Lei Chen, MD; Marylee Kott, MD; Amer Wahed, MD; and Semyon Ri- sin, MD
“Missed appointment rate in the MARC ophthalmology clinic,” UTHSC San An- tonio Medical Arts and Research Center, San Antonio By Daniel A. Johnson, MD; Jan E. Pat- terson MD; Barbara Cordell, RN; Pamela Glasscock; Michelle Stewart; Amruta Parekh, MD; Amy Boone; and Yvette Cardona
“HealthTexas Provider Network generic prescribing,” HealthTexas Provider Net- work, Dallas
By Michael Massey, MD; Phillip Apon- te, MD; Erica Hasley; Tim Houtchens; Netzely Perez; Ashley Reid; Nicole Sex- ton; and Pam Yarger
“Impact of Spanish interpretation services on length of stay in an observation unit: A pilot QI project,” UTHSC San Antonio By Christopher Moreland, MD; Leticia
Bresnahan; Wayne Fischer, PhD; Jan E. Patterson, MD; Carlos Castaneda; and Wen Pao
“Checklist usage decreases critical task omissions when preparing to separate from simulated cardiopulmonary by- pass,” Scott & White Healthcare, Temple By Peter Petrik, MD; Frank J. Villa- maria, MD; Dennis Ho, DO; Maqsood Elahi, MD; Timothy R. Ball, MD; Michael P. Hofkamp, MD; Hania Wehbe-Janek, PhD; and William C. Culp Jr., MD
“Decreasing patient falls through video monitoring,” West Houston Medical Cen- ter, Houston By Susan Phillips, RN; Dawn Green- Marshall, RN; and Alfredo Tomás Garcia, MD
“Improving acute myocardial infarction care at Parkland Hospital,” Parkland Hospital Health System, Dallas By Vijay Raja, MD; Sandeep Das, MD;
Owen Mogabgab, MD; Vishal Patel, MD; Jonathan Enriquez, MD; and Jacqueline Jones, RN
“Reducing errors in patient electronic medical records in the perioperative en- vironment,” University of Texas MD An- derson Cancer Center, Houston By Elizabeth Rebello, MD; Spencer
Kee, MD; Alicia Kowalski, MD; Joel Berg- er, CRNA; Nusrat Harun; Alexis Barboza; and Farzin Goravanchi, DO
“From triple bogey to par: Developing an effective inventory management pro- cess,” UTHSC, Tyler
By Lauri Osburn Thomas, RN; Steven
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