A collection of journals, presentations, and posters produced by the Imagine Perfect Care Resource Center at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Imagine Perfect Care is University of Utah Health's unique approach to innovation in health care, envisioning health care that is patient-centered, always adapting and responding to patients' evolving needs.
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Interventional Radiology Informed Consent Videos | Interventional Radiology patients do not fully comprehend their procedures and care instructions after discharge, which causes confusion in the consent process. There is extra concern for low literacy populations. | 2017 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Knowing How it Really Feels to Be One of Our Patients | The empathy exercise can help us: connect to purpose, see our work through fresh eyes, identify barriers to meeting patients' needs, take action to remove barriers | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Lot 50 Contest Poster | The Customer Service team and Imagine Perfect Care came together to sponsor a Lot 50 Contest, to make a call for innovative ideas to improve the patient parking experience, including way finding, signage, lighting, paint, and anything that might make the structure more friendly and inviting. | 2017 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Measuring Patient Mobility Outcomes | (AM-PAC) Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care, "6 Clicks" | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Medical Intensive Care Unit Infections | Can you imagine eliminating central line infections? WE DID. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Mobility on the Medicine Floors | Negative Effects of Bed Rest Include: pneumonia, blood clots, pulmonary embolism, bedsores, delirium, muscle contractures, muscle atrophy, impaired mobility, increased falls risk, long-term disability. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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NICU Milk Bank | American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends an exclusive human milk diet for the first 6 months of life, because of its critical health and nutritional benefits. However, only 36% of mothers with infants in the University of Utah Health NICU are able to provide sufficient milk for their infants. | 2017 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Neuro Compliance Tool | Maintaining physiologic parameters according to treatment guidelines is associated with improved outcomes in acute brain/spinal cord injuries. Despite this, a recent publication found one third of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) values below acceptable range in acute SCI patients, even with a policy o... | 2017 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Newborn Critical Care Unit Infections | Can you imagine eliminating central line infections? WE DID. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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No One Dies Alone | An estimated 3-4 patients will die each month at UUHC without companionship from family members or friends. | 2017 Imagine Perfect Care |
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PlusOne Baby Non-Contact Breathing Monitor | What is PlusOne Baby? - Its a wireless, noncontact baby monitor. What does it do? - It measures and records a child's respiration rate with absolutely no physical contact with the child. How does it work? - It implements standard wireless RFICs (i.e. WiFi, BLE, Zigbee) as well as standard video, aud... | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Providing the Care That Our Patients Envision | Recruitment: We partnered with providers to find patients who: Have ample experience receiving care in the out patient clinics; Want to help us make improvements; Can see beyond their personal experiences; Able to show concern for more than one issue; Listen well; Are respectful; Able to speak comfo... | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Pyramid Steps | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care | |
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Scheduling Your Own Appointment | Core Values: Shared Vision, Teamwork & Collaboration, Patient Focused | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Seed Funding | The Imagine Perfect Care Resource Center offers seed funding for innovative ideas. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Simplifying the Billing Process for Our Patients | We heard you and we did it. We understand how stressful managing your bills can be, so we've reimagined our processes to make billing as simple as possible. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Surgical Intensive Care Unit Infections | Can you imagine eliminating central line infections? WE DID. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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The U-Bar: Connecting Patients to Technology that Improves their Health | Consumers and health care professionals use mobile health technologies for their potential to improve health outcomes. An inter-professional team started in early 2015 to determine how the University of Utah Health Care could optimize use of this emerging technology. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Value Summary Improvement Portal | Start a value summary to develop your idea into a meaningful project. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |
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Virtual Visits | Introducing Virtual Visits - online care from your phone, tablet or computer. | 2016 Imagine Perfect Care |