Imagine the stress of returning to school, following a psychiatric hospitalization for the pediatric patient, their family and caregivers. Dr. Sarah Edwards, director for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Courtney Vaughn, school transition Specialist at the University of Maryland join join host Laura Hoffman, Sr. Performance Improvement Program Director, to explain how their school transitions program helps these patients and families adjust to that transition.

Guests: Sarah Edwards, DO Director for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of Maryland

Courtney Vaughan, MSW, LCSW-C School Transition Specialist University of Maryland

Moderator: Laura Hoffman, DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ PI Program Director Vizient

Show Notes:

[00:52 – 02:54] Overview of the school transitions program

[02:55 – 03:55] What is a family connector and how they provide emotional support

[03:56 – 05:30] Program elements that help youth to stay on track

[05:31 – 07:57] Impressive outcomes of this program

[07:58 – 09:16] What this program has meant to them from a personal or a professional standpoint

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Artificial Intelligence has been helping improve healthcare for years, but just recently, there has been a seismic shift in capability, buy-in and attention. Healthcare systems across the country are looking into safely and effectively using AI to improve observed mortality. On this episode, we examine how Intermountain Health is effectively using AI for their patients.

Guest speaker:

Sathya Vijayakumar, MS, MBA

Senior Manager, Clinical Operations

Intermountain Health

Moderator:

Shannon Sullivan, MHA

Fellow

Performance Improvement

Vizient

Show Notes:

[01:22] Opportunity to benchmark observed mortality

[02:11] Using AI to track observed mortality

[06:16] Details on the process used at Intermountain Health

[08:37] How Intermountain piloted and fostered adoption of the initiative – outcomes

[12:09] Barriers to implementation

[13:43] Will never replace clinical judgment

[14:43] Recommendations and takeaways

[07:02] Next steps

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Shannon’s email: shannon.sullivan@vizientinc.com

Sathya’s email: Sathya.Vijayakumar@imail.org

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Hospital-acquired infections affect every health organization. These infections may be caused by a variety of pathogens including bacterial, viruses, fungi and parasites. They can lead to increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Joining us to discuss their efforts to reduce hospital-acquired infections at SSM Health are Dr. Shephali Wulff, System Vice President of Quality and Safety and Chief Quality Officer and Chris Zirges, System Director of Infection Prevention.

Guest speakers: Shephali Wulff, DO System Vice President of Quality and Safety, Chief Quality Officer SSM Health

Chris Zirges, DNP, APRN-BC, CIC, FAPIC System Director of Infection Prevention SSM Health

Host: Courtney Furrow-White, MPM, RN Senior PI Program Director Vizient

Show Notes:

[:56] SSM Health infection prevention overview

[1:35] Current infection disease collaboration between four teams: infection disease physicians, infection prevention, microbiology and infection disease pharmacists

[2:43] Partnering with continuous improvement team to put hospital-acquired infection guidelines into a change package

[3:05] Over a span of two years, efforts led to 60% infection reduction for three targeted infections

[3:20] Challenges with standardizing the work

[4:15] Standardizing process structure and change framework

[7:00] Process checks to support freezing and/or unfreezing behavior for validity and sustainability

[10:00] Training modules and tools

[11:45] Focus strategy for monitoring and reducing other hospital-acquired infections

[14:40] Different processes are needed for patients that are entering care in different ways: i.e., elective vs emergent surgery vs. in-patient surgery

[15:20] Lessons learned

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