Projects
University of Texas System Patient Safety Activities
With funding from the UT System Malpractice plan, the Committee recently (May 2009) provided awards to UT faculty to conduct research, educational initiatives, and clinical collaboratives to improve healthcare quality and safety (see below). In addition, a subcommittee selected RMF Strategies to help the UT System implement its policy on disclosure of unanticipated events to patients and family members.
2009 Grant Awardees:
Education:
Patterson (UTHSCSA): An Innovative Elective: Medicine Reconciliation in a Community Based HIV/AIDS clinic
Stevens (UTHSCSA) Interprofessional Clinical Education to Enhance Teamwork and Patient Safety
Quinn (MDACC): Linking Outcomes of Care to the ACGME/ABMS Competencies: a Matrix Solution
Nolan (UTHSCSA) Disclosing Unintended Outcomes/Medical Errors
Clinical Collaborative:
Patterson (UTHSCSA) Controlling Multidrug Resistant Pathogens in the UT System
Research:
Amarassingham (UTSW): Electronic Risk Scoring System for Reducing Heart Failure Readmissions
Kao (UTHSCH): Checklists, Patient Safety, and Surgical Care
Bernstam (UTHSCH): Preventing Inpatient Errors by Improving Nurse-Doctor Communication by Telephone
Committee Members:
Patricia Bergen MD
Professor of Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical School
Todd Johnson PhD
UT Houston School of Health Information Sciences
Melodie Krane
Senior Attorney & Deputy Plan Administrator
The University of Texas System
Matt Masek JD
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Bruce Meyer MD
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UT Southwestern Medical School
Jan Patterson MD
Professor of Medicine
UT Health Science Center San Antonio
Debora Simmons RN
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
William M. Sage, MD, JD
Vice Provost for Health Affairs
James R. Dougherty Chair for Faculty Excellence in Law
The University of Texas at Austin
Lannis Temple
Attorney
Office of General Counsel
University of Texas System
Health Law Section
Catherine R. Thompson, BSN, MPH
Healthcare Risk Manager
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Office of Legal Affairs & Institutional Compliance
Eric J Thomas MD MPH
Professor of Medicine
UT Houston Medical School
Projects
- Improving the Safety and Quality of Pediatric Health Care
- Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Members of Internet Health Communities
- Optimizing Nutrition in Very Low Birth Weight Patients with Prolonged Transition to Full Enteral Feedings
- Clinical Decision Support in Community Hospitals: Barriers and Facilitators
- University of Texas System Patient Safety Activities
- Using Electronic Data to Improve Care of Patients with Known or Suspected Cancer
- AHRQ Training Program in Patient Safety and Quality: Using Health Information Technology to Improve Quality and Safety
- Using Electronic Records to Detect and Learn from Ambulatory Diagnostic Errors
- Improving Teamwork for Neonatal Resuscitation: A Randomized Trial of Simulated Neonatal Resuscitation Training With and Without Team Training
- Crossing an Invisible Quality Chasm: From NICU To Ambulatory Care
- Developing a Composite Indicator to Measure the Quality of Neonatal Intensive Care
- Reducing Missed and Delayed Diagnoses in Cancer: Lessons from Aviation
- Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
- The Pebble Project
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