Slurpee® Solution for Dehydrated Children
Using Slurpees® as a more tolerable and palatable option for hydrating pediatric patients in the Emergency Department. |
Healthy Moms Make Healthy Babies
Providing additional services and education to low income expectant mothers (supports the Michigan Maternal Infant Health Program). |
Helping Hands Fund
Establishing a discretionary account to assist Medicare-eligible patients. |
Measuring Orthotic Outcomes for Patients
with Neuromuscular Deficiencies
Measuring pre- and post-orthotic interventions to prove benefits of certain procedures and provide quantitative information to third party payors. |
Cultural Competency Needs Assessment
for Employees
Creating a tool that provides data to assist the Cultural Competency Division and supports
compliance with JCAHO’s cultural standards. |
Improving Outcomes for Stroke Patients
Measuring and analyzing outcomes for the new six-bed stroke unit. |
UMHS Navigation Improvement
Uusing a “street sign” model to name select hallways as a pilot program to simplify patient and family navigation. |
Bright Lights
Developing educational materials about Seasonal Affective Disorder, and using light therapy in a private room as part of a comprehensive approach to treat depression. |
No Heart Failure Patient Left Behind
Developing a competency-based and comprehensive heart failure patient education program to improve patients’ experiences and outcomes. |
Wall of Courage
Painting a mural in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit that celebrates the strength, courage and love of PICU patients and families. |
Career Development
Providing a staff resource for exploring career
options based on an employee’s interests and skills. |
e-MOHS Telemedicine System
Developing a way for telemedicine units in the Dermatology Cutaneous Surgery and Oncology unit to store and forward digital images, and forward referral forms to subspecialty departments using GroupWise. |
Staff Replenishment Kit
Reducing stress by creating a “replenishment kit”
for staff members who care for cancer patients. |
Standardized Patient Notification Binder
Creating binders that store standardized, laminated signs used throughout patient care areas. |
Injury Reduction Effort
Purchasing and piloting use of wheelchair movers that push heavy loads over flat, inclined or carpeted surfaces. |
Inside the Michigan Difference
Creating two traveling displays that showcase the
Michigan Difference efforts of non-clinical staff.
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Stress-Busters!
Developing a series of educational in-services to educate hospital staff on the relationship of stress to disease, techniques for stress management and understanding the mind-body connection. |
