The Duke Institute for Health Innovation funded nine care-delivery innovation projects this spring that will continue work in areas of reducing medical complications, improving care transitions, and population health analytics. This is the second year that the institute has funded projects through a call for innovation applications across the Duke campus.
The teams receiving funding, include many faculty from Medicine:
Reducing Medical Complications and Improving Care Transitions
Implementation of a Surgeon-Led Operative Checklist (Paul Mosca, MD; Sabino Zani, MD; Kara Penne, ANP; Samantha Kwan Verruto; PA-C & Adam Brys) PCplanner app: operationalizing palliative care triggers in the ICU (Christopher Cox, MD; Arif Kamal, MD; Jessica McFarlin, MD; Anthony Galanos, MD; and Nicholas Wysham, MD)
Enhancing Transitional Care from Duke Hospital to Skilled Nursing Facilities and Minimizing 30-day Readmission Rates (Heidi White, MD; and a team including Hospital Medicine, Nursing, and external Skilled Nursing Facilities)
Primary Care
Transforming Depression Care Management in Duke Medicine: The Collaborative Care Approach (Marvin Swartz, MD; Alex Cho, MD; Elizabeth Long; John Anderson, MD; Sarah Rivelli, MD; Genie McPeek Hinz, MD)
Diabetes Management - The Next Generation (Matthew Crowley, MD; Hayden Bosworth, PhD; Dave D’Alessio, MD; Dev Sangvai, MD; Alex Cho, MD; Kevin Shah, MD; Lynn Bowlby, MD; Mohammed Shahsahebi, MD)
Population Health and Analytics
Integrating Remote Wireless Technology to Reduce CHF & COPD Readmissions (Nicholas Wysham, MD; Jacob Kelley, MD; Zubin Eapen, MD; and Christopher Cox, MD)
Machine Learning for Assessing & Managing Surgical Outcomes (Eric Huang, MD; Chris Mantyh, MD; Julie Thacker, MD; Katherine Heller, PhD; Joseph Futoma)
Duke Connected Care Chronic Kidney Disease Care Improvement Project (Genie Komives, MD; Dev Sangvai, MD; Christina Crosby; Daniel Costello, MPA; Todd Turnbill)
A Novel Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Health and Quality of Life Outcomes for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (Nirmish Shah, MD; Lindsay Anderson, MA; and Sarah Leonard, MD).