OPEN FORUM #9
Management—Part II
Wednesday December 8, 2010
9:30 A.M.–11:25 A.M.
Room N239/N241
1. In-House Training & Competency Programs: Meeting Educational Demands and Saving Costs Together—Matthew Pavlichko BS RRT-NPS AAS, Myerstown PA
2. Merging Informatics and Respiratory to Improve Research and Patient Care Outcomes—Diane Horoski BS, Allentown PA
3. Utilization of Electronic Documentation to Assess Patient Outcomes—Diane Horoski, Allentown PA
4. Improving Employee Opinion Through a Partnership With Leadership—Gina Giles-Oas BS, San Diego CA
5. Implementing Scheduling Software to Improve the Management of Staffing and Effectiveness of Cross Site Utilization—Jan Phillips-Clar BS, La Jolla CA
6. The Value of Utilizing Filesharing to Improve Team Management Performance—Jan Phillips-Clar BS, La Jolla CA
7. Staffing and Service Model Changes to Meet Increased Demands in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital—Harry Morris MS, Orlando FL
8. Respiratory Therapy Charge Capture Associated With Switching to a New Electronic Medical Record System in the Emergency Department—Elizabeth Cooper BHS, Cincinnati OH
9. Improving Upon Pre-Existing Home Oxygen Discharge Processes While Simultaneously Exploring Alternate Methods of Education—Joyce Baker BS, Aurora CO
10. Physicians’ Perspectives of Professional Credential and Academic Degree on Practice Competency for the Respiratory Care Practitioner and Nurse—Carlton Insley III PhD, Salisbury MD
11. Strategies to Enhance Respiratory Therapists—Professional Satisfaction: Cleveland Clinic Experience—Ed Hoisington, Cleveland OH
12. Impact of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) on Medication Safety and Associated Performance Improvement—Brent Kenney BSRT, Springfield MO
13. 15 Year Experience on Reduction of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)—One Institution’s Experience—Joy Hargett BS, Houston TX
14. Respiratory Care as a Microsystem: Approach to Organisational Verbal Order Reduction—Susan Ferry, Philadelphia PA
15. Financial Impact Spreadsheet for Comparing Total Cost of Aerosol Drug Delivery Systems—Michael McPeck BS RRT FAARC, Long Beach CA
16. Effect of Incentives on Registered Respiratory Therapist Credential Achievement—Shauna Cilberg MEd RRT-NPS, Oklahoma City OK
17. The Ventilator Management Initiative: Reducing Costs and Length of Stay in Mechanical Ventilator Patients—John Sabo, Houston TX
18. A New Role for Respiratory Therapists in the Care of COPD Patients - the Respiratory Clinical Specialist—John Sabo, Houston TX
19. Using Workrate to Establish Respiratory Care Assignments—Susan Gole, Cleveland OH
20. Noninvasive Ventilation Within an Academic Medical Center: a Utilization Review—Brian Costa RRT, Durham NC