2014-2015 Resident Safety Council Task Forces

The Resident Safety Council (RSC) is an institutional wide council of residents engaged in patient safety and quality improvement projects.

Co-Chairs

Kirsten Brandt, MD

Co-Chair of Resident Safety Council
Internal Medicine Resident

Ian Chong, MD

Co-Chair of Resident Safety Council
Emergency Medicine Resident

Chairs, Elect

Jessie Kittle, MD

Chair, Elect of Resident Safety Council
Internal Medicine Resident

Ryan Ribeira, MD

Co-Chair of Resident Safety Council
Emergency Medicine Resident

Consult Note Task Force

Identified Problem

The consult team is working on improving the way consultations are performed in the hospital. One gap the team identified is the lack of standardization of consults. By standardizing consults, there will be improved communication between the services and improved satisfaction among residents.

Goal of Project

We chose to focus on consults in the ED for the ease of gathering data and tracking workflow. In order to standardize consults, we devised an “ED quick consult note” so that relevant information including assessment and recommendations could be available in the chart for all services to see and act on. Currently, we are trialing the quick consult note in the ED with the Neurology consult team. 

Members

Danielle Goodrich, MD

Task Force Chair
Emergency Medicine Resident

Kirsten Brandt, MD

Member
Internal Medicine Resident

Maria Ortega, MD, MBA

Member
Emergency Medicine Resident

Andrea Smeraglio, MD

Member
Internal Medicine Resident


Sanaa Suharwardy, MD

Member
Obstetrics/Gynecology Resident

Greg Wallingford, MD

Member
Emergency Medicine Resident

Linda Xu, MD

Member
Neurosurgery Resident