Engaging residents and fellows with the hospital community and leadership sharing ideas to improve quality and patient safety at UNMH. The symposium will host content expert lectures, interactive multidisciplinary panels, as well as showcase the ongoing quality improvement and patient safety projects at UNMH.
Submissions from 2023
A Clean Catch, Carl M. Beranek and Lynne Fullerton
A Retrospective Chart Review of Causes of Mortality Following PCI: The University of New Mexico Hospital Experience, Yusra Azhar, Kenneth Matt Zabel, and James Blankenship
A Simple Method of Improving Retention-in-Care for Persons Living with HIV, Ana-Alicia Leonso
Differences in length of stay (LOS) for the adult general medicine population compared to patients with social determinants of health for the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH), Vanessa Krajeck and Joshua M. Garcia
Difficult Conversations: Practicing Delivering Bad News With Pediatric Residents Through Simulation Curriculum, Morgan Day, Jodi Mayfield, Justin Hessinger, and Lanier Lopez
Examining Interprofessional Communication in Healthcare, Devin Alexander Maez
Fall Risk Reduction QI at the Senior Health Clinic, Alexander DeRadke, Louise LeDuc, Debra Waters, and Matthew Schlough
Implementing a New Patient Flow Management System at the Addiction and Substance Abuse Program (ASAP), Ali Nakip, Mario Cruz, Jordie Martin, Juhee Patel, Neil Alessio, Steve Montoya, John Ngo, and Zeynep Behjet
Improved Tracking and Referrals for Vision and Dental Care for Patients with HIV, Kory Tillery and Michelle Iandiorio
Improving Patient Safety With a Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in a Urban Intensive Care Unit, Radha Denmark, Cassie Belzer, and Christopher Bartlett
Increasing Nutritional Assessment for Inpatient Adolescents: A Quality Improvement Project, Karen Abich Carracedo, Kelsey Soppet, and Melissa Sanchez
Increasing Utilization of Free Prescription Vouchers Among Native American Patients, Heather Yerdon, Gina Giazzoni, Joseph Schripsema, Radha Denmark, and Trevor Olsen
One Size Does Not Fit All: Increasing Access To Specialized Growth Curves For Pediatric Populations, Mikayla Pulliam, Kelsey Soppet, Crystal C. Avila-Schroder, Justin Hessinger, and Jennifer Garcia
Oropharyngeal Therapy with Breastmilk in Premature Neonates and its Implications for Neonatal Outcomes, Asma Qamruddin
Racial and Ethnic Influence on Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence in Uranium Miners, Laila Lobo, Kevin Vlahovich, Maria Johana Zambrano, Sher Ali Khan, Asma Qamruddin, and Hossein Azadi
Reducing the Environmental Impact of CBP Surgery: Economic and Environmental Considerations of Desflurane Replacement, Bethany Sanchez, Joseph Freeman, Angela Akbarpour, Ranjani Venkataramani, and Karyn Nunez
Saving the Microbiome one Phlegm at a Time: Sputum Collection in the ED for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia, Joanna Watterson, Jessica Mitchell, Elyse Sheehan, and Meghan Brett
Standardization of Stress Dose Hydrocortisone in the PICU: A Quality Improvement Project, Ryan Grammens, Michele Hutchison, and Anjali Subbaswamy
Standardization of the Workflow for Collecting and Intervening on Social Determinant of Health Data in a Community-Based Ambulatory Clinic, Tenzin Yangchen, Hamza Altaie, and Ashten Duncan
Submissions from 2021
Anal Cancer Screening at Truman Health Services, Peter D. Tran and Harshdeep Babbar
Antibiotic Use for Children in the PICU with severe viral bronchiolitis, Anjali Subbaswamy and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez
A provider-facing dashboard to monitor hydroxychloroquine dosing within the VA Healthcare System: the Albuquerque VA experience, Meredith Keller, David Cisneros, Kimberly Reiter, and Gabriela Schmajuk
A Retrospective Study Tracking Patient Outcomes for the UNMH Pediatric ED Home Oxygen Pathway for Bronchiolitis Patients, Molly Johnson, Jennifer Thompson, Adinda Demske, Rachel King, Rachel Tuuri, and Kjirsten Swenson
Burnout in Anesthesia Residency: A Quality Improvement Project, Adam Fish, Austin Flores, and Robert Fisher
Communication in Interventional Radiology: Addressing the challenges of complexity and the impact of secure text-message communications, Aakriti Mishra, Daniel Harwood, William Schaeffer, Anna Fabre, Emily Ochmanek, Paul Vantine, Sean Biggs, and Ryan LeBaron
Critical Communication: Improving Care Transitions for Incarcerated Patients Requiring Palliative and End-of-Life Care, L. Emily Cotter MD, MPH; Gina Lutz MD; Sara Combs MD; AO Ferguson MDiv, MA; Suzanne Stern-Brant LMSW; Esme Finlay MD; and Erin FitzGerald DO
Enhanced Arthrocentesis of the Flexed Knee with Pneumatic Compression, Sumir Brahmbhatt, Maheswari Muruganandam, Ahsan Iqbal, David Cisneros, Adnan Kiani, Nicole Suzanne Emil, Sharon Nunez, William Hayward, Philip Band, and Wilmer Sibbitt Jr.
Identifying Causes of Readmission at UNM Hospital, Jewel Meyer-Hagen MS3, Justine Yang MS3, Christopher Bartlett MD, Avanika Mahajan MS3, Susie Pham MS3, Ishan Shah DO, Harsh Sharma MD, Jessie Rogers MD, Brianna Muller MD, Julia Howard DO, Radha Denmark NP, Gabriel Palley MD, and Anthony Worsham MD
Implementation of Minimal Erythema Dose Testing to Optimize Phototherapy Delivery, Catherine N. Tchanque-Fossuo, Melanie T. Garcia, Adam W. Crosby, Taylor Thomas, and Therese Holguin
Improving pneumococcal vaccination adherence in eligible candidates over 65 years of age per USPFT guidelines at Westside Clinic, Meredith Keller, Ashley Wildman, Julia Howard, Leland Abrams, and Erika Jones
Inpatient Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Usage at UNMH: A Pilot QI Proposal to Decrease Prescription Opioid Misuse, Sally Midani BS; Isabella Cervantes BA; Isaac Lira BS; Krista Dominguez-Salazar PharmD, PhC3; Adriana R. Carrillo PharmD; and Sergio Huerta MD
Paracentesis Complications, Kristen Baca, Hannah Howse, Jacob Imber, Deepti Rao, and Anthony Worsham
Patient Satisfaction While Receiving High-risk Obstetrics Care via Telemedicine During SARS-COV-2 Pandemic, Remy Link, Eliana Garcia, Rachel Ruckman, Jaquelyn Blackstone, Vivek Katukuri, and Luis Izquierdo
Pediatric Residency Academic Rotation Improves Self-Rated Proficiency in Quality Improvement Skills, Maria Heubeck, Rebecca Craig, Taylor Ford, Lanier Lopez, Grace McCauley, and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez
Present Anesthesiology Practices in the Context of Patent Foramen Ovale: PFO Anesthesiology Survey, Hank M. Spellman MS, Huynh (Wendy) Nguyen MD, Ricardo Falcon MD, Tim Petersen PhD, and Codruta Soneru MD
Providing High Reliability Care for PICU Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: A Quality Improvement Project, Anjali Subbaswamy, Nicholas Tan, Iric Guthrie, Kelsey Fath, Cole Linzmeyer, and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez
Quality Improvement and Patient Care Symposium 2021 Program, Office for Continuous Professional Learning
Self-administered cognitive screening to monitor for cognitive side effects from outpatient electroconvulsive therapy, Peter Holguin and Christopher Abbott
Stability of Plasma Glucose in Whole Blood Samples Collected in Sodium Fluoride Tube vs. Sodium Heparin Plasma Separator Tubes, Ryan C. Braunberger, Magen Martinez, and David G. Grenache
The effects of a surrogate provider system for asynchronous computerized notifications of test results in a primary care resident clinic, Michael Louie, Luke Yeager, and Angela Dunn
The Role of Comorbidities and Social Determinants of Health in Patients with COVID-19 in New Mexico, Lauren Epler, Tenzin Desel, Ariana Thompson, Samantha Paltrow-Krulwich, Susie Pham, Diamone Gathers MD, and Krystal Chan MD
Using Smartsheet to Track, Support, and Document Resident QI Activities, Tim Petersen PhD, Laura Pinault MD, Terra Wubbenhorst MD, Jack Srouji, and Tony Yen MD
Submissions from 2020
2020 Annual QIPS Symposium Agenda, Office for Continuous Professional Learning
A model for improving and assessing outpatient antibiotic stewardship interventions for common upper respiratory tract infections and UTI, to improve appropriate outpatient antibiotic prescribing in order to improve patient safety, patient cost, and reduce antimicrobial resistance in accordance with the Joint Commission goal of reducing outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for 2020., Jennifer Garcia, Jasmina Demirovic, Melinda Montoya, Niraj Ganjawala, Michael Palestine, Abhishek Tomar, and William Bowen
Can referrals to a pediatric Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) clinic be increased through provider education?, Arpita Sinha and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez
Co-development and execution of a group QI project to meet ACGME QIPS requirements in the Department of Pediatrics, Kelsey Fath, Lanier Lopez, Anjali Subbaswamy, Alfonso Belmonte, Rebecca Craig, Adam Cross, Anna Duran, Maria Heubeck, Stephen Lunderman, and Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez
Colon Cancer Screening: Flu-FOBT, Kavitha Kirubanandan, Michael McKinney, William Bowen, Luis Rigales, and Theresa Gonzales
Comparing Tdap in Pregnancy Rates Between UNM-Based Clinics: A Quality Improvement Project, Amber Lalla, Katarina Leyba, Taryn McCue, Sarah Friedburg, Jody Stonehocker, and Melissa Martinez
Continuation of Midodrine Upon ICU Discharge, Fahad Hussain and Deepti S. Rao
CQI Project Utilizing Pre-transplant Frailty Assessment to Improve Transplant Outcomes, Rowan Al-Odat
