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The Status Of Quality Improvement Resident Education, Richard Crowell, Elizabeth S. Colombo

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

No abstract provided.

Mobilizing Residents For Quality Improvement, Sepideh Sedgh

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

No abstract provided.

Message From The Graduate Medical Education Office; Greetings, Betty Chang, David Sklar

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

No abstract provided.

Small Steps To Increase Resident Reporting Of Near Misses And Adverse Patient Care Events, Nathaniel Defelice, Jessica Belmonte

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

To increase internal medicine resident near miss and adverse event reporting through the Patient Safety Network, UNM Hospital’s chosen method of reporting such events.

Creation Of Anesthesia Cognitive Aids To Improve Patient Safety, Jason Degani

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

To create Anesthesia-based cognitive aid checklists to improve patient safety during critical events.

Care Transitions Service: A Pharmacy-Driven Reconciliation Collaboration Through The Continuum Of Care Within Unm Hospital And Clinics, Jessica Conklin, Jon Togami, Gretchen Ray, Melanie Dodd, Alison Burnett, Patrick Boyne

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Transitions from one care setting to another are known to be critical junctures that put patients at very high risk of experiencing a medication error.

Message From The Graduate Medical Education Office, Betty Chang

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

No abstract provided.

Using Lean Management Principles To Improve Patient Satisfaction And Reduce Wait Times At Unm Gi/Endoscopy, Mark Garcia

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

To use Lean management principles to increase overall patient satisfaction by improving cycle time for procedure room turnover, improving overall cycle time, and developing methods to anticipate work ahead of time.

Emergency Department Inter-Shift Handoff Intervention, James Heilman, David Sutherland

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

To create an inter-shift Emergency Department handoff intervention that will improve standardization and improve the negative patient care events that were occurring due to poor handoffs at the University of New Mexico Emergency Department.

Lean Process To Improve Quality Of Service In Neurosurgery Clinic, Pedro Ramierz, Elizabeth Muller, Martina Stippler

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Using Lean processes to improve patient satisfaction, quality of care and patient cycle time at the University of New Mexico Hospital’s neurosurgery outpatient clinic by developing a standardized process that provides a continuous flow of information throughout each patient visit.

Residents Leading The Way To Improve Quality, James Heilman

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

Becoming a senior resident physician has more to do with developing the skills to navigate complex medical systems than reciting medical textbooks from cover to cover.

Introduction To The Second Edition, Betty Chang

UNM CIR Journal of Quality Improvement in Healthcare

More than ever before, residents are encouraged to bring forth their ideas to improve patient care.

10-10-2017 Hsc Committee Meeting Cancellation Notice, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

Fitness Equipment Installments In Tularosa, University Of New Mexico Prevention Research Center

Events

A years’ work of planning and partnership culminated in a fitness equipment site build at both Vigil Park and Higuera Park in Tularosa NM, Otero County.

10-10-2017 Hsc Committee Agenda, Patrice Martin

HSC Committee (A subcommittee of the UNM Board of Regents)

No abstract provided.

Environment Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report - October 2017, Sandia National Laboratories/Nm

Environmental Restoration

Environmental Restoration Operations Consolidated Quarterly Report, October 2017 for the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Sandia National Laboratories that addresses all quarterly reporting (April through June 2017) required under the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Module of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Permit, the Compliance Order on Consent and the Chemical Waste Landfill Post-Closure Care Permit for Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico, Environmental Protection Agency identification number NM5890110518.

Project Echo: A Telementoring Program For Cervical Cancer Prevention And Treatment In Low-Resource Settings, Melissa S. Lopez, Ellen S. Baker, Andrea M. Milbourne, Rose M. Gowen, Ana M. Rodriguez, Cesaltina Lorenzoni, Catherine Mwaba, Susan Citonje Msadabwe, José Humberto Tavares, Georgia Fontes-Cintra, Gustavo Zucca-Matthes, Donato Callegaro-Filho, Danielle Ramos-Martin, Icaro Thiago De Carvalho, Robson Coelho, Renato Moretti Marques, Thiago Chulam, Mila Pontremoli-Salcedo, Fernanda Nozar, Veronica Fiol, Mauricio Maza, Sanjeev Arora, Ernest T. Hawk, Kathleen M. Schmeler

Project ECHO Bibliography

Cervical cancer incidence and mortality rates are significantly higher in low- and middle-income countries compared with the United States and other developed countries. This disparity is caused by decreased access to screening, often coupled with low numbers of trained providers offering cancer prevention and treatment services. However, similar disparities are also found in underserved areas of the United States, such as the Texas-Mexico border, where cervical cancer mortality rates are 30% higher than in the rest of Texas. To address these issues, we have adopted the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) program, a low-cost telementoring model previously proven …

Environmental Scan Volume 1, Garrett E. Morgan, Caroline M. Snyder, Rebecca F. Noftsinger, Joshua K. Noda

Project ECHO Bibliography

No abstract provided.

Philosophy 2017 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Philosophy APR self-study report, review team report, unit response report, and initial action plan for Fall 2017, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Population Health 2017 Hsc Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM HSC College of Population Health self-study report, review team report, response to review report, assessment plan, and assessment report for Fall 2017.

Human Services 2017 Gallup Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico - Gallup Campus

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Gallup Human Services self-study report and curricula committee report for Fall 2017.

An Examination Of Policy Options For Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions In New Jersey, Gabriel Pacyniak

Faculty Scholarship

An Examination of Policy Options for Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in New Jersey surveys emissions and energy trends, describes a “deep decarbonization pathway” for the state, and identifies the types of policies that would be necessary to achieve those reductions. Many of the policies address the power and transportation sectors, which account for more than 60 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions from New Jersey. The report also includes options for improving building efficiency, reducing methane leaks from natural gas infrastructure, restoring natural carbon sinks in forests and wetlands, and incorporating equity considerations to address the needs of frontline …

A Retinal Vessel Detection Approach Based On Shearlet Transform And Indeterminacy Filtering On Fundus Images, Florentin Smarandache, Yanhui Guo, Umit Budak, Abdulkadir Sengur

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

A fundus image is an effective tool for ophthalmologists studying eye diseases. Retinal vessel detection is a significant task in the identification of retinal disease regions. This study presents a retinal vessel detection approach using shearlet transform and indeterminacy filtering. The fundus image’s green channel is mapped in the neutrosophic domain via shearlet transform. The neutrosophic domain images are then filtered with an indeterminacy filter to reduce the indeterminacy information. A neural network classifier is employed to identify the pixels whose inputs are the features in neutrosophic images. The proposed approach is tested on two datasets, and a receiver operating …

Volume 92 Comprehensive Index

New Mexico Historical Review

No abstract provided.

New Mexico Health Workforce Committee October 2017, University Of New Mexico - Health Sciences Center

New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee (2013-ongoing)

Each year the New Mexico Health Care Workforce Committee studies the supply and distribution of health care providers in order to provide a report to the Legislature by October 1. The committee also makes recommendations for improving recruitment and retention of providers in New Mexico's rural and under served areas.

Improving Pain Care With Project Echo In Community Health Centers, Daren Anderson, Ianita Zlateva, Bennet Davis, Lauren Bifulco, Tierney Giannotti, Emil Coman, Douglas Spegman

Project ECHO Bibliography

Objective: Pain is an extremely common complaint in primary care, and patient outcomes are often suboptimal. This project evaluated the impact of Project ECHO Pain videoconference case-based learning sessions on knowledge and quality of pain care in two Federally Qualified Health Centers. Design: Quasi-experimental, pre-post intervention, with comparison group. Setting: Two large, multisite federally qualified health centers in Connecticut and Arizona. Subjects: Intervention (N = 10) and comparison (N = 10) primary care providers. Methods: Primary care providers attended 48 weekly Project ECHO Pain sessions between January and December 2013, led by a multidisciplinary pain specialty team. Surveys and focus …

University Of Washington Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (Uw-Tasp/Echo): Collaboration Across Washington State To Improve Antimicrobial Use, Yuan Zhou, John B. Lynch, Paul S. Pottinger, John Scott, Laura A.S Quilter, Maarisa D'Angeli, Zahra Kassamali, Rupali Jain, Robert J. Cybulski, Natalia Martinez-Paz

Project ECHO Bibliography

Background

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have outlined core elements of effective antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). However, many smaller community and “critical access hospitals” (CAHs) lack resources necessary to fully implement these programs. Tele-antimicrobial stewardship is highlighted in the Federal Register as a potential solution for such situations.

Methods

In January 2017 we implemented UW-TASP/ECHO, a remotely-based electronic answer to the problem of limited resources for ASPs at CAHs. This interdisciplinary collaboration involves infectious diseases (ID) faculty and fellows, ID pharmacists, and microbiologists from UW Medicine; epidemiologists from Washington State Department of Health (WA-DOH); program/technical support staff; …

Mph Principles Of Public Health: Fall 2017 Syllabus, Nina Wallerstein, Jonathan Eldredge, Anthony Fleg

Principles of Public Health 2010-2017

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Modeling For Predicting Chemotherapy And Nanoparticle Treatment Efficacy In Breast Cancer, Terisse Arielle Brocato

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Breast cancer treatment response varies by subtype, treatment regiment, and additionally by vasculature characteristics. For this reason, breast cancer is a model disease for the development of both targeted therapy and prognostic and predictive biomarkers. Mathematical modeling allows for personalized patient specific prediction of treatment outcome based on parameters found to be important to the cancer type. Mathematical modeling is beneficial in providing insight into why cancer treatment fails and in what cases, additionally determining what characteristics result in a successful treatment. Presented in Chapter 1 is a scientific introduction and discussion focusing on representative modeling works specified towards breast …

Elearning For Medical Educators (Elme): Pod Network 2016 Educational Development Internship Program, Gary A. Smith, Audriana Stark

Office for Medical Educator Development (OMED)

eLearning for Medical Educators (eLME) is under development as a mechanism to provide professional learning in medical education to anyone, anytime, anywhere. The project began in 2016 at the Office for Medical Educator Development within the UNM School of Medicine in order to support community faculty who host medical students and residents at their clinics. eLME was planned with numerous stakeholders using the Kirkpatrick Business Partnership Model. Two modules were delivered in early 2017 and include a combination of self-reflection, interactive multimedia, and assessment.