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Reminder: Physician Survey |
To date, physician satisfaction survey responses remain below past years for our hospital. MUSC places significant importance on the responses from the physician survey, and results are analyzed with intent to improve physician, patient and employed staff service.
As this is the final week of the survey, please complete the survey by this Sunday, May 19.
Links to the survey:
For password help, please contact Julie Floyd at floyj@musc.edu or 792-1839. |
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Let us know what you think about Clinical Connections! |
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The Red Coats are Coming! |
Also known as The Redcoats, the Nursing Informatics Team is the Nurse Informatics partnership with the Epic Program. The Redcoats are often the face of Epic for end users on the floor and can assist with the following:
- Workflow analysis, process optimization and data gathering
- Build opportunities and support for Epic Instructional Designers
- Nursing education and rollout
- CPM (evidence-based clinical content tool) understanding and implementation
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P&T Committee: Formulary Updates
The recent items from the April committee meeting have been posted on the MUSC Formulary and Drug Information Resources webpage or directly here.
Of note: significant formulary changes for linezoid and vancomycin have been approved for Monday, May 20th - see details here. |
If you have questions or comments, let us know!
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Quality Updates: Infection Prevention & Culture of Safety
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Dear MUSC Medical Staff,
Congratulations to all of our medical staff receiving degrees today!
The MUSC Board of Trustees met yesterday. Dr. Cassandra Salgado, MUSC's medical director for infection control and hospital epidemiology, gave the annual update to the board on infection control and prevention. There are many great stories in this presentation, including an award MUSC will receive this month from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Critical Care Societies Collaborative for MUSC's sustained low infection rates in central line associated blood stream infections.
Dr. Salgado pointed out two opportunities for improvement including catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), as well as infections after colon surgery. She noted ongoing improvement efforts in both areas. For the colon surgery efforts, there have been no infections in the current calendar year! In the CAUTI efforts, the STICU has significantly improved to benchmark rates and their model of improvement is being rolled out to the other ICUs. Thank you to the teams working on those efforts!
In the second half of the quality presentation, Dr. Barton Sachs, MUSC's interim executive medical director, gave an update on our recent Culture of Safety survey. This was for the institution results. Each service line and hospital department will be receiving its individual results in the next few weeks. All hospital leaders and staff should take a moment to review those results.
Infection Prevention Update - Dr. Cassandra Salgado
Culture of Safety Update - Dr. Barton Sachs
Thank you for the great care you provide everyday!
Sincerely,
Patrick J. Cawley, MD
Executive Director/CEO, Medical Center
Vice President for Clinical Operations, University |
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Our Values (What we stand for)
Integrity, Trust, Respect, Social Responsibility,
Fiscal Responsibility, Cultural Competence, Adaptability, Sustainability
MUSC Health Strategic Plan |
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Head's Up: Testing for Trichomonas Vaginalis
Starting on May 13th we will change from culture to a nucleic acid amplification test to detect Trichomonas vaginalis (APTIMA T. vaginalis Assay, Hologic/Gen-Probe) in endocervical, vaginal and urine specimens. The nucleic acid amplification test is as sensitive as culture, but requires only hours rather than days to complete the analysis.
See ordering and testing information below:
Test name: Trichomonas vaginalis NA amplified
Epic lab number: Lab2613
Testing location: Molecular Pathology Laboratory
Testing schedule: Specimens will be initially batch processed on Tuesdays with results available the same day. Future testing schedule will be driven by demand.
Questions? Contact information can be found by clicking "Read More" below.
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Seasons
Seasons is an intensive Institute of Psychiatry outpatient group therapy program that helps adults age 40 and older to improve their level of functioning. Patients work on managing mental health through education and therapy, and this program is an excellent resource for patients who are not psychiatrically ill enough to require hospitalization, but need more than weekly visits with their providers. Seasons accepts Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance.
Patients must:
- be able to participate in group therapy
- be able to use the bathroom independently
- not be acutely suicidal/homicidal
- not have a primary diagnosis of substance abuse or dementia
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Please call Cheryl Solesbee, Program Coordinator, at 792-1530 for questions or 792-0500 for referrals. Additional Information is available on the Institute of Psychiatry website.
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