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1 A Systemic Review of the Cost-­Effectiveness of Clinical Decision SupportTurley, Raymond K.2013This paper will examine the evidence related to the effectiveness of clinical decision systems (CDSSs) on patient safety and outcomes and how it relates to health care costs. A systematic review of the literature shows that CDSSs, if implemented properly, do improve patient safety and outcomes. Desp...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS
2 Alleviating Error During the Blood Administration Process in the Clinical SettingKichi, Nicollette2024The ability to safely administer blood products to patients, relies on the knowledge of the clinical staff and the accuracy of the electronic medical administration record (EMAR) (Lotterman & Sharma, 2023). EMARs streamline real time clinical documentation, deploy safety checks, and allow health car...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
3 Analysis and Process Development to Group Similar Near Miss DataRickert, Christy M.2023Background: Patient safety has been a major healthcare concern since the late 1990's when the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Medicine) published To Err is Human. The report stated that experts estimate that medical errors account for roughly 98,000 deaths each year in ho...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
4 Analysis of Inpatient Falls to Improve Prevention StrategiesGaichuk, Alla2020Inpatient fall prevention is a patient safety goal for hospitals highlighted in government healthcare agencies' publications and explored by researchers (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2019). The 2020 Hospital National Safety Goals include the most crucial factor for inpatient fa...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
5 Automating FHIR Element Recognition to Enhance Semantic Mapping in Oncology InformaticsStuart, Addison2024POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
6 Automating FHIR Element Recognition to Enhance Semantic Mapping in Oncology InformaticsStuart, Addison2024In health IT software development, managing Health Level Seven Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) data model is crucial for interoperability. However, manual identification of the FHIR resource and element corresponding to a concept in a site electronic health record can be cumber...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
7 Bedside Shift Report - Improving Communication, Patient Safety and Patient Satisfaction on a Medical-Surgical UnitListon, Brooke2022The leadership team on this medical-surgical unit identified that despite previous education and identifying bedside shift reports (BSR) as best practice, the medical-surgical team was not frequently performing BSR. According to the internal Press Ganey reports, 41.67% of patients reported "usually"...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
8 Development and Evaluation of Requirements for Intermountain's Care Coordination Digital DashboardWolfe, Lana2022One form of technology that may assist in multidisciplinary communication during discharge rounding is the dashboard. Dashboards organize data in one centralized, visual location, in real-time (McKinney, 2012). Critical information can be seen and analyzed, quickly allowing for timely decision-makin...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
9 Enhancing Critical Care Patient Safety: Evaluating the Impact of an Air-Assisted Pressure Offloading Device on Sacral Area Pressure Injuries.Leishman, Lana L.2024POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
10 Enhancing Critical Care Patient Safety: Evaluating the Impact of an Air-Assisted Pressure Offloading Device on Sacral Area Pressure Injuries.Leishman, Lana L.2024Pressure Injuries (PIs) are one of the most common and costly complications occurring in US Hospitals. A large health system has faced challenges in meeting the benchmark standards for hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) set by the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) in f...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
11 Enhancing Heparin Infusion Safety: A Quality Improvement InitiativeKagen, Stephanie D.2024POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
12 Enhancing Heparin Infusion Safety: A Quality Improvement InitiativeKagen, Stephanie D.2024Heparin, a critical high-alert medication, plays a pivotal role in the management of thromboembolic events. However, its administration and management, particularly in the inpatient setting at a large hospital in the Intermountain West, was fraught with challenges. We identified opportunities to imp...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
13 Enhancing Patient Safety and Clinical Efficiency Through Vital Sign StandardizationKellogg, Ryan J.2024POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
14 Enhancing Patient Safety and Clinical Efficiency Through Vital Sign StandardizationKellogg, Ryan J.2024This quality improvement (QI) project targets standardizing vital sign order sets to enhance patient safety and clinical staff efficiency in a hospital setting. Given the challenges of ambiguous orders for new or rotating staff, a systematic approach to developing clear, direct vital sign orders is ...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
15 Evaluation of Patient Safety Data and Patient Experience Surveys to Identify Themes between the Two Sets of DataMonter, Renee2021Patient safety is a top priority for healthcare system leaders, providers, and patients, but data can often fall through the cracks. An increasing number of healthcare systems are adopting patient safety reporting systems, yet leveraging this data to improve safety remains a challenge, particularly...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
16 Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards AdherenceRainey, Katherine L.2024POSTERGraduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
17 Improving Compliance and Documentation of Violent Restraint Use: A Strategic Initiative at a Large Health System for Enhanced Safety and Standards AdherenceRainey, Katherine L.2024A health system in the West conducted a project to improve violent restraint use documentation, necessitating a strategic initiative to align practices with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (NIA...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
18 Improving Interdisciplinary Communication Through Simulation for Mechanical Circulatory Support PatientsDavis, Kathryn2020Dr. Vincent T. Covello, the director of the Center for Risk Communication states that, "Stress and mental noise can reduce the ability to process information by up to 80%" (p. 34). The high stress nature and criticality of a patient requiring air medical transport cannot be understated. The transpor...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
19 Improving the Quality of Documentation about Patient Safety Attendant CareSmith, Shane2021Patient safety attendants (PSA) provide a critical service to ensure the safety of selected patients during their inpatient stay, but may incur high costs for a health care system. (Greeley et al., 2020, p. 317). One on one care is considered specialized treatment, which can be expensive for the pat...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
20 Landscape analysis for a new critical lab reporting strategyAidif, Gennifer2022The landscape analysis of facilitators and barriers to a closed-loop, direct to provider critical lab reporting workflow is a quality improvement project that will benefit the health system studied. This project has the potential to increase regulatory compliance, decrease staffing needs, and improv...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Informatics
21 Patient Safety Team: Near-Miss Medication Errors and Predicting Serious Safety EventsGashler, Alexis2020Medical errors remain a leading cause of death and poor patient outcomes during hospitalization in the United States (Oyebode, 2013; Rodziewicz & Hipskind, 2019). The Institute of Medicine reported that medical errors result in at least 7,000 deaths and cost 17-29 billion dollars annually (Oyebode,...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
22 Promoting Preceptor Preparation: A QI Project to Better Intern and Patient OutcomesMathews, Kiara2021It was observed by staff on a surgical services unit that new interns were often being precepted by registered nurses (RNs) who had just graduated from the nursing internship program themselves (M. Weller, personal communication, January 26, 2021). It was also found that many nurses taking on the ro...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
23 Quality in Intravenous Medication Titration Orders for Enhanced Patient Safety in the Intensive Care UnitMitchell, Amanda2024In the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of a hospital in the Western United States, the need for standardized guidance for Registered Nurses (RNs) to titrate IV medications (propofol, fentanyl, vasopressin) was identified as an important issue to support patient safety. Unclear orders and inadequate docu...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
24 Unacknowledged CPOE Improvement ProjectBersick, Ben2021The advent of computerized physician order entries (CPOE) paralleled the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) (Zhivan & Diana, 2012). CPOE form the backbone of care provision for patients in hospital settings and have been recognized as a major factor in preserving patient safety (Wang et al...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
25 Understanding and Improving Heparin AdministrationLaValley, Sydnie2022At a 400-bed teaching hospital in the Mountain West, unfractionated heparin administration continues to be a source of medication errors despite attempts to mitigate the inherent risks and improve education for all healthcare providers involved. Other institutions have completed quality improvement ...Graduate Nursing Project, Master of Science, MS, Nursing Education
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