We had a wonderful 5th Annual QI Day on Friday, April 24, 2015. I was once again very impressed with the presentations, the topics, and the amount of work and effort. I really feel these topics touch on important hospital patient safety and quality goals. In addition, the depth of the projects and use of data-driven strategies, and the number of IRB-approved studies were at a greater level this year. Thanks to all the residents and faculty who worked so hard. – Jacqueline A. Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPA
Though all teams did very well, 4 teams garnered the top scores from judges:
1st Place: Team 3
Topic: “Assessment and Mitigation of Risk Factors for Falls on Inpatient Psychiatric Units”
Team Members: Krista Pinard, Crystal Wilson, Melinda Hansen (team leader), Rakesh Amin
Faculty Mentors: Uma Suryadevara, MD, and Donna Giles, PhD
2nd Place: Team 5
Topic: Resident Depression at the University of Florida”
Team Members: Elizabeth Stein, Laura Rodriguez-Roman, Michelle Chaney (team leader), Anand Patel
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Merlo, PhD
3rd Place: Teams 6 and 7
Topic (Team 6): “Metabolic Monitoring of Patients on Antipsychotic Medication”
Team Members: Avjola Hoxja, Laura Tait, Yuliet Sanchez-Rivero, Mahdi Razafsha (team leader)
Faculty Mentor: Stephen Welch, MD, Rajiv Tandon, MD, Jacqueline A. Hobbs, MD, PhD
Topic (Team 7): “To Retrospectively Determine if Long Acting Antipsychotics Decrease Readmission Rates Over a 2 Year Period”
Team Members: Elyse Huey, Nathaniel Seck, Sarah Diekman, Jordan Brown (team leader)
Faculty Mentor: Richard Holbert, MD
Other projects presented:
Team 1
Topic: “Patient Handoffs at the UF Health Psychiatric Hospital”
Team Members: Sarah Bolis, Andrew Pierce, Wesley Hill, San Chang, Vik Vaka
Faculty Mentor: Jacqueline A. Hobbs, MD, PhD
Team 2
Topic: Eating Disorders: Improving Diagnosis at the AOPC”
Team Members: Ahmed Qureshi, Natasha Clark, Stacy-Ann Binns-Brown, Marc Ettensohn, Joe Calleja
Faculty Mentor: Almari Ginory, DO
Team 4
Topic: “Resident Perception of Risk at UF Health Psychiatric Hospital”
Team Members: Jennifer Davis, Daniel Witter, Deepak Davidson, Adrienne Eisner
Faculty Mentors: Herb Ward, MD, Lisa Merlo, PhD
Team 8
Topic: “Emergency Treatment Order Use at the University of Florida Health and the Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center”
Team Members: Yarelis Guzman-Quinones, Camilo Leal, Christopher Ong, Anu Mathur
Faculty Mentor: Almari Ginory, DO