{"id":70070,"date":"2012-12-12T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T20:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=70070"},"modified":"2012-12-12T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T21:58:17","slug":"health-center-quality-success-shines-on-national-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2012\/12\/health-center-quality-success-shines-on-national-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center Quality Success Shines on National Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Care<\/a>
Poster: Care Transitions: Building a Community Dream Team to Reduce Readmissions\u201d by Wendy Martinson. (Click image for larger view.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Connecticut Health Center had a notable presence at this year\u2019s Institute for Healthcare Improvement\u2019s Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care.<\/p>\n

Nurse Wendy Martinson, Dr. Jason Ryan and Dr. Scott Allen presented posters Wednesday in Orlando.<\/p>\n

Martinson, a quality assurance specialist, addressed the need for hospitals to work collaboratively with community providers to improve the quality of transitions for patients across the continuum of care.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Dempsey Hospital developed a community team which we call \u2018The Dream Team,\u2019\u201d Martinson says. \u201cThrough JDH\u2019s Dream Team, we have improved communication across settings, standardized heart failure education, and reduced readmission rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Heart<\/a>
Poster: \u201cHeart Failure Readmissions: Stop the Revolving Door\u201d by Dr. Jason Ryan, Wendy Martinson. (Click image for larger view.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan, co-director of the UConn Heart Failure Center<\/a>, also referred to the Dream Team in his presentation, which details how the UConn Health Center has reduced its heart failure readmission rates by 30 percent from 2008 to 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Medical<\/a>
Poster: \u201cMedical Students as Informed Observers of the Healthcare System\u201d by Drs. Bruce Gould, Elizabeth Herrle, Dan Henry, Scott Allen and Robert Aseltine, and Martha Lawless. (Click image for larger view.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Allen, an associate professor of medicine, spoke of a unique patient safety curriculum for the medical school\u2019s third-year internal medicine clerkship. A survey of third- and fourth-year UConn medical students found that while they regularly observed opportunities to improve care during their rotations, many were hesitant to discuss them and were unfamiliar about the reporting systems.<\/p>\n

On this project<\/a>, Allen teamed with UConn School of Medicine faculty colleagues Drs. Bruce Gould, Dan Henry and Robert Aseltine, along with Dr. Elizabeth Herrle, a UConn School of Medicine graduate, and graduate assistant Martha Lawless.<\/p>\n

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