Management Innovations

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.

The 28th Annual Management Innovations Poster Session will be held at ACHE's Congress on Healthcare Leadership, March 19–22, 2012, in Chicago. Log in to learn more and submit your 2012 abstract. Entries must be received by January 17, 2012.

Following is a list of presentations from the 2011 Management Innovations Poster Session.

You may also wish to review the 2011 presentation abstracts (PDF), 2010 presentation abstracts (PDF), 2009 presentation abstracts (PDF), or 2008 presentation abstracts (PDF).

Quality

Poster Number

Reducing Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease (CDAD) Kenneth J. Abrams, MD, Bruce Farber, MD, Lori Stier, RN, EdD, et al.	1
Driving to Zero: Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections Elizabeth Craig, RN Poster Image included	2
Hospital Certification Programs Use Data to Improve Quality and Decrease LOS—A Look at Stroke in Wisconsin Michelle C. Gardner, Kathleen O’Neill Poster Image included	3
Redesigning Patient Focus Groups to Answer Critical Questions About Patients’ Recovery and the Role of the Hospital Beth Boyer Kollas, PhD	4
An Innovative Approach to Improving Care at the Bedside Through a Leadership Driven Focus on Accountability and Sustainability Gerald T. Kozai, PharmD, Louis G. Rubino, PhD, FACHE, Marsha Chan, PharmD, FACHE, et al. Poster Image included	5
Designing a New Transport Chair Anthony W. Patterson, RN, FACHE, Akofa A. Bonsi Poster Image included	6
eICU Increases Early Notification of Heart Failure Patients Robin Simmons	7
Assessment of the Difference (if any) in Mortality and Length of Stay when the Onsite, Bedside Intensivist is Moved to a Virtual Setting, Providing Care Remotely Kenneth Wood, DO, Susan Fetterman, RN, Angelo Venditti, RN	8

Efficiency

The Perfect Marriage: Leveraging Resources; The Transfer Center and the Tele-ICU Story Leslee Gross, RN, Phillipp Ludwig, Beth Willmitch, RN, et al.	9
Using a Systems Redesign Approach Toward Improving VA Compensation and Pension (C&P) Examination Reports Brian B. Yee, MD, Joan White-Wagoner, Nomie G. Finn, MD Poster Image included	10

Access

The Use of LEAN Methodology in the Emergency Department to Reduce Turnaround Time and to Improve Patient Satisfaction
Nishith Patel

Cost Savings

Identifying Adverse Trends Before They Become Adverse Outcomes—Opportunities in the Med Surg Population Deborah H. Dahl, FACHE, Sheri L. Dahlstrom, FACHE	12
Hardwiring Operations to Reduce Expenses Danielle Drummond, Elizabeth J. Craig, RN, Greg Papa Poster Image included	13
Delivering Measurable Improvements in Clinical and Financial Performance Through a Focus on High-Impact Diagnoses Barbara J. Fry, FACHE, Kristi Frantz, Marina S. Farah, MD	14
“When Two is Not Better than One”: Creating Value Through Supply Standardization Across Multiple Practices Kripa Krishnan, Adrienne L. Palmer, FACHE, Kimberly J. Hallum Poster Image included	15
The Sinai-Grace Hospital MI STAAR Collaborative Conrad L. Mallett Jr., FACHE, Katie Flannigan, PA-C, Camelia Arsene, MD, PhD, et al.* Poster Image included	16
Innovations in Hospitalist Practice: Telemedicine Night Coverage Talbot G. McCormick, MD, Dana P. Giarrizzi, DO, Richard B. Sanders, et al. Poster Image included	17
Success Breeds Success Rebecca J. Zapatochny-Rufo, DNSc, RN	18

Marketing

Mobile Marketing: The University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery Provider Quick Reference Tool
Wendy M. Horton, PharmD, K. Craig Kent, MD, Christopher Kintner, et al.
Poster Image included

Revenue Raising

Improving Bariatric Program Efficiency and Volume—The Role of a Behavioral Therapist Roshanak Didehban, T’Nita S. Waters, Kristi L. Harold, MD Poster Image included	20
Transformational Care at Catholic Healthcare West: Improving Point of Service Collections and Streamlining the Billing Processes in the Emergency Department Donald Dracoulis, Joanne Jeffords, RN, Heather Miller, et al. Poster Image included	21
Transformational Care at Catholic Healthcare West: Improving Status Accuracy of Patients Admitted from the Emergency Department Donald Dracoulis, Joanne Jeffords, RN, Heather Miller, et al. Poster Image included	22
Hospital-Cardiology Integration—“A Successful Integration Case Study” James Reilly Poster Image included	23

Operations

New EMR Implementation—The Value of Identifying Changes in Workflows
Hope E. Greig, FACHE, Kevin A. Paige, Keith A. Frey, MD, et al.

Patient Satisfaction

Hardwiring Best Practices to Improve Inpatient Satisfaction and HCAHPS Scores Juhie Parnami, Mark Rudolph, MD Poster Image included	25
A Team Approach to Improve Patient Communication Shalini Prabhakar, Lorraine D. Uthke, FACHE, Dianna M. Bryant-Sendek, RN Poster Image included	26