From: Bill Hargett, MD
Associate Program Director
Dr. Zaas hasn’t retired from the Internal Medicine Residency News but she continues her “Conscious Un-blogging” this week and you are stuck with me again… (thanks
Jimmy Fallon, and Aimee will be back from vacation next week). All kidding aside, this was another great week in our program – here’s a few highlights:
From the Residency Baby Blog (your source for the latest news on our mamas and papas…) Congratulations to
Marcus Ruopp and Nicki Frederick and lots of air hugs for Allie Michaela Ruopp.
Warmest wishes to the
Erdmann’s as they welcome baby Henry into the world. Alan and his wife are now outnumbered 3 to 2 and forced to brush up on their zone defense. I don’t have a photo but, with Alan’s baby-face good looks, I can only imagine… (kidding, love ya Alan and sorry, Amanda)
KotW – Many kudos this week – the accolades for our group are flying so fast that I can barely keep up… (and likely missed quite a few!)
Special thanks to
Caroline Lee, Monica Tang, Jesse Tucker, and Nancy Lentz, who all demonstrated the quintessential pull-list attitude when covering for their colleagues.
Marcus Ruopp received some good-nature ribbing as Duke ACR while Aimee and Krish were away but he really did a tremendous job in helping to lead the GenMed teams during a busy week.
This via Jon Bae – the DOC and their Care Transitions Effort is outta control, taking home the hardware by grabbing the DUH "It Takes a Team" Annual Award for their overall redesign efforts, as well as the top prize Kirkland Award at the Duke Patient Safety Conference.
Stay on top of what’s happening in your back yard and check out Laura Musselwhite’s
Point of View in the News and Observer on NC Medicaid expansion.
On Wednesday,
Dr. Ken Lyles earned the IronDuke Omnipresent Award, given to attendings who precept report at all sites all in one day (DRH AM report, VA Report, Duke GM SAR report, and Duke GM intern report). That's quite the feat!
From
Kathleen Kiernan Harnden “My Amazing, Karaoke 9100 Interns” singing Happy Birthday to a patient (though I didn’t hear the tune, kudos to
Amy Jones, Marc Samsky and Joanne Wyrembak)
The ACP is celebrating the academic excellence of “Young Achievers” for Internal Medicine 2014 in Orlando and we should too! Kudos to:
- Jennifer Anne Rymer, MD (Quality Improvement/Patient Safety, Clinical Research)
- Joseph D Brogan, MD (Clinical Vignette)
- Michael Woodworth, MD (Clinical Vignette)
And last, but not least, we’re also incredibly proud of our team’s record showing in the poster competitions at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference in Las Vegas, with the tally including:
A) 20 Posters from our group
-7 QI/Research (with 3 Finalists!)
-13 Clinical Vignettes
B) 11 Hospitalists represented
- 7 DUH, 3 DRH, 1 DRAH
- Many posters included residents and medical students
C) All 3 Sites Represented
-14 DUH Posters
- 5 DRH Posters
-1 DRAH Posters
Here is a complete list:
SHM Posters 2014
The "Clinic Corner - DOC"
(submitted by Dr Bronwen Garner)
The April News Letter for the DOC is attached below. Among the items listed check out the annoucement about the procedure clinic opening in May.
DOC April News Letter
QI Corner (submitted by Joel Boggan, MD)
PSQC Special Meeting
For our next PSQC meeting, we're going to be meeting at 5:30 in the Med Res Library on Wednesday, 4/9. We'll talk briefly about some updates before being led by Dr. Momen Wahidi at 6 pm (with food courtesy of the PRMO!) on the following topic:
What: “How documentation reflects your care : it matters to you and your patient”
- When: April 9th, 6pm (during PSQC meeting)
- Where: Med Res Library
- Who: Momen Wahidi, MD, PRMO, and PSQC
- Pizza (courtesy of PRMO/Dr. Wahidi) will be available for those that attend
Hand Hygiene Updates
March was our best month yet - out of 68 MD observations on our floors, we were compliant with 67! That's 98% for the month and brings our aggregate compliance to > 89% on the year (SO CLOSE TO 90%)! Keep up the good work!
From the Chief Residents
SAR Talks
April 8: Chris Hostler / Howard Lee
Grand Rounds
Dr. Carl Berg: Topic - UNOS
Noon Conference
| Date |
Topic |
Lecturer |
Time |
Vendor |
Room |
| 4/8 |
SAR TALKS |
Chris Hostler / Howard Lee |
12:00 |
Pita Pit |
2002 |
| 4/9 |
MSK Exam Part 3 |
Irene Whitt & Lisa Criscione |
12:00 |
Subway |
Med Res Library |
| 4/10 |
Practical Approach to Shoulder Pain |
Porras |
12:00 |
Domino's |
Med Res Library |
| 4/11 |
Chair's Conference |
Chiefs |
12:00 |
Chick-Fil-A |
2002 |
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From the Residency Office
Strength, Hope, and Caring Award (submitted by Drs Bowlby, Greenblatt, and Zipkin)
Please join us in congratulating the Duke Outpatient Clinic residents, pharmacists, faculty, clinic leadership, nurses, and staff on winning both the quarterly and YEARLY Strength, Hope, and Caring Award this week. The award is given by Duke Hospital Leadership to a single clinical unit that demonstrates outstanding teamwork and innovation. The Duke Outpatient Clinic was recognized for its innovative transitional care program for patients who have recently been discharged and for our extensive clinic redesign efforts. Our residents serve an integral role in providing comprehensive and evidence-based transitional care and contributed greatly to the development of this program. Clearly, it is a team effort and we appreciate the ongoing effort from all members of the staff to ensure that our patients are seen promptly and we are doing all possible to help the patients recover and avoid repeat hospitalization. Come by and check out our gigantic trophy!
LPS Snapshot (submitted by Dr. Wei Duan-Porter)
LPS Snapshot Update--Kirby is leading, Kempner is close behind! Don't miss this opportunity to provide feedback about your continuity clinic experiences, and earn $400 for the charity supported by your Stead Society!
- $250 for the highest response rate - and
- $150 for every Stead above 75%
Thank you to all those who have already responded!
ACP Celebrates Young Achievers (Submitted by the American College of Physicians)
"I am writing to share with you that the College will be celebrating resident(s) from your program as part of our ACP Celebrates Young Achievers initiative during Internal Medicine 2014, from April 10-12, in Orlando, Florida.
ACP is proud to have such high caliber Resident/Fellow Members, including the following from your program:
| QI/Patient Safety - Jennifer Anne Rymer, MD |
| Clinical Research - Jennifer Anne Rymer, MD |
| Clinical Vignette - Joseph D Brogan, MD |
| Clinical Vignette - Michael Woodworth, MD |
This group of early career internists demonstrates academic excellence and represents the best of what the future of internal medicine holds. We hope that you will recognize their achievements in your program. In turn, we will celebrate them at our meeting and urge our ACP chapters to celebrate them locally in any future activities being held for residents in the chapter."
Maestro Care Mobile Apps Now Available For Providers and House Staff
Maestro Care mobile apps, Haiku and Canto, are available to providers and house staff across Duke University Health System. The apps have been developed by Epic to allow access to a subset of Maestro Care features while on-the-go. Haiku is available for iOS and Android smartphones, while Canto is available for iPad.
In addition to providing convenient access to view patients’ charts, these apps also allow providers to:
- Manage In Basket messages
- View clinical schedules
- e-Prescribe outpatient medications
- Take clinical images and save to a patient encounter
- E&M and procedure charge capture (coming soon)
To get started, simply visit the
Maestro Care Mobile Device Support website from your mobile device while on the hospital intranet (i.e., “clubs” network) and follow the three simple steps to download, configure and log in to the apps.
If you have any questions regarding app configuration, please refer to the “Frequently Asked Questions”’ section on the support page. Please note that the Duke Medicine Service Desk cannot provide assistance with downloading and installing the apps on your device. Finally, prior using the apps, be sure to complete the 7-minute
LMS training entitled “Maestro Care Mobile Apps Security and Compliance Considerations,” which highlights proper use of the applications. You will also receive an email reminder to complete the training within 30 days.
Information/Opportunities
VME1 - NC
Upcoming Dates and Events
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April 11: Final Faculty Resident Research Grant applications
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- April 17: Financial Planning Seminar
- April 18: Charity Auction
- April 18: SAR Class Picture (rescheduled)
- April 22: CPC Event, 7 PM @ The Pit
- May 2: Faculty/Resident BB Game on Coach K Court
- May 3: the Stead Tread 5K www.steadtread.org
- May 30: Program pictures @ Duke Chapel 9:15
- May 31: SAR Dinner, Hope Valley CC
- June 3: Annual Resident Research Conference
- June 6: Serve dinner at the Ronald McDonald House
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