Each year at the Congress on Healthcare Leadership, ACHE hosts a Management Innovations Poster Session where healthcare executives present innovations that address challenges facing their organizations. These innovations are judged on creativity, applicability to other organizations, and usefulness to the healthcare management field.

Following is a list of presentations from the 2008 Management Innovations Poster Session. For descriptions of the innovations, access the 2008 presentation abstracts (PDF). To learn more about any presentation, please contact the senior presenter. The contact information for each senior presenter is included in the document’s appendix. You may also wish to review the 2007 presentation abstracts (PDF).

Operations

"Minutes Matter: OR On-Time Starts & Room Turnover"

"The iPod™ Project: Implementing iPod™ Technology to Transform the Patient Experience"

"Innovative Approaches to Improving Access and Throughput Performance"

"Raising the Bar on Hospital and Hospitalist Provider Relationships"

"PACS Creates Comprehensive Business Benefits for Community Hospital & Improves Patient Safety "

"Easing Data Migration and Staff Transition from Legacy PACS to New PACS"

Patient Care

"Improvement in Patient Outcomes in a Central Venous Access Service Program Run by a Dedicated In-House Vascular Access Mid-Level Provider in the Veteran Population"

"Lighten Your Load: An Innovative, Interactive, Interdisciplinary Program to Enhance Regulatory Compliance and the Quality of Patient Care"

"Improved Utilization of Imaging Exams by System Redesign of Ordering Process "

"Utilizing Lean Process Preparation (2P) to Redesign an Outpatient Pavilion"

"The Harris County Hospital District - Innovation Network’s Physical Therapy/Primary Care Collaborative"

"A Model for Hospital and Community Partnership: In My Shoes Program Violence Prevention through Disability Education"

Cost Savings/Revenue Raising

"Patient Check-in Kiosk System"

"Redefining the Landscape includes Lowering Clinical Equipment Service Costs"

"State of the Art Financial Reporting is Key for the Success of the Employed Physician Network"

"Creating Value and Fostering Continuous Improvement with Operational Excellence"

Quality and Organizational Change

"Cost Savings Achieved with Executive Support of Reduction in Bloodstream Infections"

"Online Patient Safety Reporting System"

"Integrating Strategy Management into Mercy’s Core: Innovation for Excellence"

Human Resources

"Relationship-Based Physician Recruitment at a Rural Hospital"

"A Model for Satisfaction and Time Savings Alignment with New Employee Orientation "

"Six Sigma – An Innovative Solution for Nursing Retention"

"Solving a 50% Nurse Vacancy Rate Objective"