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