Beginning in 2014, the Evidence Based Practice Council of the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (UUHC) has sponsored a poster fair that encourages employees and students to share projects and research initiatives. This collection contains posters presented by University of Utah Healthcare employees and students, all of whom have led a quality improvement effort in their department and wanted to share their story.
The Wellness Champion posters are presented by Wellness Champions across departments and divisions of University of Utah Health who implement a practical and evidence-based intervention to improve health and wellness, while measuring the outcome of their efforts. Originally known as the "Resiliency Poster Fair," the program was changed to "Wellness Champion Poster Fair" in 2018.
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Hand Sani-Moment: Clear Minds, Clean Hands | Emergency Department | Pause before walking into patient room and "Sani" up; Have the intention to pay attention. Focus on the sensation of the sanitizer on your hands; Use this time to give your brain a break from your other tasks; After entering your patient's room, practice the same awareness during the interaction. |
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In-Basket Flow - Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics - Redwood Health Center | Solomon, Margaret; Nelson, Tyler; Head, Brain; Cannon, Mitchell | Message handling is a crucial issue which affects patient care and satisfaction, and also provider wellness. There has been little standardization of in-basket management in the Community Clinics. Medical Assistants who are the first to handle messages in the in-basket have little formal training ... |
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Addressing Cardiology Faculty and Staff Wellness by Promoting Awareness Through Serial Surveys and Group Discussion | Khor, Lillian; Valencia, Adam; Warner, Lauren; Yong, Dawn; Fang, James | Studies suggest a significant prevalence of professional burnout in healthcare characterized by a loss of enthusiasm (emotional exhaustion or EE) and cynicism (depersonalization or DEP) towards others. Although healthcare is perceived to be a meaningful line of employment, the 2017 University of Uta... |
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Improving Critical Test Result Management in Radiology | Mills, Megan K.; Jones, Tony; Wiggins III, Richard; Conkey, Taylor; Quigley, Edward; Boi, Luka; Minoshima, Satoshi | We hypothesize that information technology solutions can be used to improve the efficiency of critical radiology results communication. Implementation of an electronic critical test result management tool can improve the radiologic workflow, decrease stressors in the workplace, and improve wellness.... |
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Career Progression Opportunities For NPs and Pas | Coe, Charity; O'Brien, Julie; Kendrick, David; Schindler, Andrea; Glasgow, Robert; Ray, David | The Department of Surgery employs over 70 Nurse Practitioners (NP) and Physician Assistants (PA) in a variety of roles across its 9 Divisions. Between Divisions, there lacks uniformity of annual evaluations or recognition of contributions by these Advanced Practice Clinicians (APC). University-wide,... |
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2018 Wellness Collaborative - College of Health, Center for Student Success | Gardner, E.; Belt, D..; Beyene, Y; Brown, L.; Lindsey, S.; Paisley, K.; Park, B. | The Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Student Success seeks to create culture of wellness among our team members in order to put into practice and role model the values of the College of Health on a weekly basis. We implemented a multi-pronged wellness initiative in order to address key concerns... |
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Training in a Medical Setting: A Pilot Study | Kolaski, Alexandra; Mai, Trinh; Davies, Rob; Armstrong, Amy; Taylor, Jennifer M.; Stovall, Karen | MBSR teaches a practice of relating to experiences as they unfold moment to moment with acceptance and compassion.This attention has been shown to be powerful in accessing our innate capacity for health and healing.Previous research suggest that MBSR and mindfulness practices may be effective for me... |
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A Compassionate Workplace Starts With You | Childress, Sue; Banner, Melissa | The purpose of this initiative was to improve communication across the organization and create a civil environment that supports productive patient care and employee satisfaction. |
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Engaging Patients in Healthy Living - Redwood Health Center Garden Program | Whitlock, Megan; Bouck, Michael; Lopez, Teresa; Ewanowski, Julia; O'Neil, Hannah; Chong-Lee, Shauna | In 2017, Imagine Perfect Care awarded the Redwood Health Center a grant to build a community garden to improve patient care. With the garden construction completed in early 2018, the garden manager and Redwood stakeholders decided to use the garden to engage patients in better self-care for chronic ... |
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Improving the Quality of Center Lunches - Community Physicians Group | Solomon, Margaret; Sanchez, Carolyn; Lokuta, Ann; Taylor, Anne | As Wellness Champions, we received feedback from providers that the food provided by their centers for meetings was often not healthy. As part of overall University of Utah Wellness Center goals, we feel that improving the healthfulness of meals brought in for staff meetings demonstrates concern fo... |
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Team Building for Internal Medicine Interns: Part of a Comprehensive Wellness Program | Cowan, Amy N. | Our wellness program includes a wellness lecture series, social and athletic activities, snack baskets for our inpatient teams and has named faculty and residents as wellness champions. People identified as peer or faculty support for residents in distress. Since many interns have left behind an est... |
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Implementation of a Campus Wide Wellness Nutrition Program: Registered Dietitian Approved | Lokuta, Ann; Pesek Taylor, Ann | The majority of Americans do not meet dietary recommendations. Diet is the single most significant risk factor for disability and premature death. Less nutritious items lead sales at most hospital and cafeteria food service venues. Mission: To make the healthy choice, the easy choice at the Universi... |
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Resident Administrative Time to Reduce Burnout - Moran Eye Center | Ricks, Christopher J.; Burrow, Michael K.; Pettey; Jeff H.; Jardine, Griffin J. | Recently, there has been increased awareness of burnout and poor mental health amongst healthcare providers. Studies show it begins in medical school and can peak in residency where the greatest contributing factor is lack of control of one's schedule and available personal time. Evidence suggests... |
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The White Space Project - College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy | Raber, Hanna; May, Alisyn; Nyman, Heather; Ruble, Jim; Witt, Dan | Within the Department of Pharmacotherapy (DoP) at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, 78% of clinical faculty members are experiencing emotional exhaustion and 0% reported that they have good control of their workload according to the 2017 Wellness Survey. Despite feeling job satisfaction an... |
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2018 Wellness: Prioritizing Staff Well-being to Improve Intraoperative Communication and Morale | Larsen, Stacey; Smithee, Katrina | Nursing staff members in the Neuro Operating Room are at risk for high levels of burnout, and have demonstrated low employee engagement scores. Burnout and disengagement manifest in various ways that impair patient care. Previous attempts to reduce burnout and increase engagement included partnering... |
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Wellness at the Williams Building - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care | Zamora, Eduardo; Hartford, Diane; Winter, Lisa; Busch, Stephanie; Mair, Maggie | Due to the Williams Building's displaced location in Research Park, accessing wellness resources is challenging. Our aim is to increase access to wellness activities available on-site. Our wellness initiatives intend to create an environment at the Williams Building that meets the unique needs of st... |
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Creating a Community of Support: Primary Care - South Jordan Health Center | Bouck, Michael; Sanchez, Carolyn; Gardner, Shane; Herrera, Linda; Wride, Kelsee; Christofferson, Clint; Staff, Elizabeth; Styles, Erica; Bills, Jennifer; Johnson, Rebekah | As healers, we often forget to take care of ourselves. Our team identified social disengagement between providers and staff, as well as different departments within primary care; Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics. A project working on social connectedness would decrease absenteeism, imp... |
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Restoring Balance Self-Care Retreats | Thielking, Paul | Caring professionals are at high risk of burnout. The oncology setting is particularly challenging for health care professionals.The Restoring Balance retreat offers a one-day intensive that helps participants gain insights into sources of burnout, and teaches tools that can be used to alleviate st... |
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Minimizing Work Place Injury By Optimizing Operating Room Ergonomics - Department of Surgery | Ray, David; Glasgow, Robert; Savarise, Yvonne Savarise; Savarise, Mark | Work-related chronic musculoskeletal pain and injury are common amongst surgeons. These injuries stem largely from poor operating room ergonomics or a lack of surgeon understanding of how best to optimize the operating room environment to minimize injury.The goal of this project is to define the pr... |
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Department of Internal Medicine Women's World Café | Knight, Dori; Skonhovd, Mandy; Bell, Aaron | Over the last year, the Department of Internal Medicine chose to focus on gender related issues that directly impact resiliency and wellness of female faculty and trainees. Historically, the State of Utah has struggled to break boundaries and address inequity issues for women, earning a rather poor ... |
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