Patient Safety & Quality Fair Grows in Success
By Office of the President | Mar 19, 2024
Congratulations to the committed individuals, teams, and all participants in UHD’s fourth annual Patient Safety and Quality Fair. This successful platform allows our UHD healthcare professionals to showcase their innovative ideas aimed at enhancing patient care and safety while also discussing projects geared toward improving existing policies, processes, and practices.
Attendees and participants were treated to a dynamic experience filled with engaging speakers, poster presentations, interactive games, and an inspiring keynote presentation delivered by Downstate Alumnus Paresh Shah, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
With nearly 50 impactful posters highlighting advancements in the quality and patient safety, four outstanding oral presentations showcasing innovative projects, and engaging breakout sessions covering critical topics like High-Reliability Organizations (HRO), Health Equity, Nursing Quality Projects, and TJC, the fair continues to be a source of learning, sharing, and pride where a diverse range of individuals participants delved into strategies for delivering the utmost quality of patient-centered care.
A special thank you to Dr. Shah for delivering a critical talk on “Quality and Patient Safety in a Changing Landscape, and panelists, UHD Chief Executive Officer David H. Berger, M.D., MHCM, Yair Saperstein, M.D., MPH, Founder & CEO of avoMD, James Colbert, M.D., MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Memora Health, and David Kaufman Ph.D., FACMI, Clinical Associate Professor for their enlightening discussion on the impact of AI on healthcare and patient safety.
I extend my appreciation to the Patient Safety and Quality Fair coordinators for their meticulous planning, to all the participants of the poster competition whose innovative projects highlighted advancements in patient safety, process improvement, and quality enhancement initiatives. Thank you to UHD leadership, including Dr. Berger and Patricia A. Winston, DNP, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, Senior Vice President for Hospital Operations, Rami Nakeshbandi, M.D., MHA, FACP, Chief Quality Officer, and Jameela Yusuff, M.D., MPH, MSHCDL, FACP, Chief Medical Officer for their continued support of this program and success in improving patient care and safety.
2024 Patient Safety and Quality Fair Winners
Poster Presentations
Telemedicine Follow-up Utilizing a Diabetes Checklist for Adult Patients with Type
2 Diabetes
Lead Presenter: Donna Mendonca, DNP, FBP-BC, CDCES
Affiliation: Medicine/ Diabetes Clinic
Resident Knowledge and Perspectives on Blood Pressure Classification, Monitoring,
and Management in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic (Suite D) at SUNY Downstate Health
Sciences University
Lead Presenter: Denise Nicole Villanueva, MD
Affiliation: Pediatrics
Optimizing Surgical Operations: Analyzing Contributors, Incidence, and Reasons of
Surgical Case Cancellations at Downstate Hospital
Lead Presenter: Razan Eltilib, MS
Affiliation: Anesthesiology
Oral Presentations
The Use of a Social Determinants of Health Screening Tool in Assessing and Addressing
Social Needs and Disparities in Inner City Brooklyn Patients
Presenter: Rebecca Varghese
Affiliation: College of Medicine, Brooklyn Free Clinic
Benefits of Outreach in Colon Cancer Screening through Cologuard®
Presenter: Thaif Laskar
Affiliation: College of Medicine
How Safe is Your Hospital? Analysis of Hospital Staff’s Perception of Safety
Presenter: Gabriela García Dolagaray, MD
Affiliation: Emergency Medicine
A Quality Improvement Study: Investigating the Use of a Pre-Admission Testing (PAT)
Triage Form to Decrease Wait Times Among Multi-Morbidity Adult Patients
Presenter: Marjorie Lamarque, DNP, FNP-C
Affiliation: Perioperative Services & Nursing Clinical Practice Council
Photo Highlights
(Photos courtesy of Drs. Mohamed Nakeshbandi and LilyAnn Jeu)
