From the participants, attendees, speakers, venue, and numerous other aspects, we could say that the 2nd Annual McLaren Health Care Scholarly Inquiry Forum was a major success! You could sense accomplishment, pride, and camaraderie among the participants for a job well done. It demonstrated that if everyone contributes and collaborates towards the same goal, we can accomplish great things. Our system is uniquely positioned to become a national leader in the area of interdisciplinary scholarly activity and to serve as an example for other community-based teaching hospitals.
We were delighted to present 17 awards to our presenters for their exceptional work in quality improvement and research.
Oral Presentations – Quality Improvement
1st Place
Sarah LaSalle, MT(ASCP)SM, CIC – McLaren Greater Lansing, Infection Prevention Specialist
Operating Room Suite Environmental Sanitation and the Reduction of Surgical Site Infection
2nd Place
Mrinal Sinha, MD – McLaren Oakland, Emergency Medicine Resident
Improving Sepsis Compliance with Additional Documentation
3rd Place
Sumeet Aujla, MD – McLaren Macomb, Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
Encouraging Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance: A McLaren Macomb Hospital Quality Improvement Project
Honorable Mention
Chelsi Linzner, BSN, RN – McLaren Caro, Clinical Education/Trauma Program Coordinator
The Impact of Interdisciplinary Rounding on Patient Satisfaction in a Critical Access Hospital
Honorable Mention
Emily Kenyon, DO – McLaren Macomb, OB/GYN Resident
Evaluation of Obstetrics Initiative Labor Dystocia Criteria Compliance at McLaren Macomb Hospital
E-Poster Presentations – Quality Improvement
1st Place
Karthik Padmanabhan, MD – McLaren Oakland, Diagnostic Radiology Resident
Radiation Safety: Improving dosimetry badge compliance through education
2nd Place
Huanchun Lai, MD – McLaren Macomb, Internal Medicine Resident
Reducing Catheter- Associated Urinary Tract Infection in ICU with a Sticker System
3rd Place (tie, listed in alphabetical order of presenter)
Sai Swetha Alladi, MD – McLaren Flint, Internal Medicine Resident
The Quality improvement initiative aimed at enhancing iron deficiency screening in patients hospitalized with systolic heart failure.
Fahimeh Talaei, MD – McLaren Flint, Internal Medicine Resident
Integrating Residents – Organizational Quality Metric of reducing 30-day readmission of patients with acute decompensated heart failure
Oral Presentations – Research
1st Place
Mustafa Turkmani, MD – McLaren Oakland, Internal Medicine Resident
Intensive versus standard blood-pressure control in patients with high cardiovascular risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
2nd Place (tie, listed in alphabetical order of presenter)
Dheeraj Alexander, MD – McLaren Flint, Internal Medicine Resident
Smoking and the Bleeding Gut: Impact on 30-Day Readmission with Recurrent Non-Variceal Upper GI Hemorrhage
Kursat Gurel, MD – McLaren Oakland, Internal Medicine Resident
Predictors of Transthoracic Impedance in Patients Who Underwent Elective Electrical Cardioversion
Honorable Mention
William Lim, MD – McLaren Flint, Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
Utilizing Risk Scoring For Prescribing Statins To Hospitalized Patients To Primarily Prevent Coronary Artery Disease (PDCA 2)
E-Poster Presentations – Research
1st Place
Brandon Knight, DO – McLaren Oakland, Otolaryngology Resident
Newborn Auditory Screening with Tympanometry, Otoacoustic Emissions, and Acoustic Stapedial Reflex Testing: A Pilot Study
2nd Place
Jerry Kenmoe, MD – McLaren Flint, Internal Medicine Resident
Income and Location Divide in Myeloma Outcomes: A Call for Equitable Care
3rd Place
Alex Malloy, DO – McLaren Macomb, General Surgery Resident
Retrospective Study Comparing Small Bore vs. Large Bore Chest Tube Placement after Traumatic Hemothorax and Pneumothorax
Honorable Mention
Mustafa Turkmani, MD – McLaren Oakland, Internal Medicine Resident
Trends in cancer and pulmonary embolism related mortality in adult US population: A CDC WONDER database analysis from 1999 to 2020