Resident Corner Fall ’19
STARS Candy Rounds by Swetha Ramachandran, MD and the QIPS Residents As part of the internal medicine residency program at BMC, there is a Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) pathway for residents who are interested in identifying patient safety issues and improving outcomes using quality improvement methodologies. This year the residents in the QIPS pathway are […]
BMC Joins the Age-Friendly Health System Community
To better support older adults and improve their health outcomes, health systems must put in place comprehensive, coordinated evidenced-based models that better deliver care to the growing aging population. In September 2018, BMC joined John A. Hartford Foundation-Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Age-Friendly Health System Community in spreading age-friendly care with the goal of reaching […]
Success of New Hyperglycemia Crisis Management Guideline
In AY2018 the Endocrine Subcommittee of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee rolled out changes to the longstanding BMC Hyperglycemic Crisis Management Guideline, which had been in use for more than a decade. A QI project done the prior year had shown higher rates of hypoglycemia (blood glucose (BG) <70) in patients after up-titration of the […]
BMC Quality Goals for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20)
Reducing Preventable Harm Index (PHI) PHI is comprised of the 4 major Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs) with a goal of 1.0 (YTD 0.84): Catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLASBI) Hospital acquired Clostridium difficile infections (CDIFF) and Methacillin-Resistant Staph aureus bacteremia The PHI also contains several perioperative/periprocedural complications and “never […]
BMC Physician Quality Leaders
In July 2016, BMC reorganized the Physician Quality Leaders, funding fewer quality leaders but giving each more responsibility and time to actually get things done. They report to Dr. James Moses, BMC Chief Quality Officer, and address patient safety events as well as promote hospital quality initiatives. They are also tasked specifically to work with […]
Angelique Harris, PhD, New Director of Faculty Development & Diversity
We are delighted to announce that Angelique Harris, PhD will begin as our new Director of Faculty Development and Diversity in the Department of Medicine, and Director of Faculty Development for the BU Medical Campus, starting on Tuesday, November 12th. She joins our faculty, having previously served as an Associate Professor of Sociology with tenure […]
Geriatrics Patient Tea Party
Our geriatrics patients really know how to have a good time! The Geriatrics Section hosted their 2nd Patient Tea Party for on November 1st in the Geriatrics clinic on Shapiro 9. About 20-25 patients, many of them 95-100 years old, and family members mingled with Geriatric physicians, nurses, and support staff. We were very proud […]
David Felson Awarded NIH Grant to Study Osteoarthritis
David Felson, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, was awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) P30 Center Grant. As a member of the section of Rheumatology and the Boston University Core Center for Clinical Research, Dr. Felson’s five-year $3.6 million award will provide broad […]
2019 Evans Clinician Designees
The Evans Clinician Designation was established in 2017 to recognize and celebrate outstanding clinicians who possess clinical skills, attributes and professionalism that define excellence and to establish a home for such individuals to share experiences and grow their membership. The following faculty have been designated as Evans Clinicians at the 2019 Evans Research Days: Gary […]
Evans Research Days- Oct 3 & 4, 2019
View Photos The 34th Annual Evans Department of Medicine Research Days celebrated and showcased the research activities of the department’s faculty, trainees and researchers. This year’s event featured the 2nd year of the Poster Blitz, 24 3-minute oral presentations of some of this year’s most exciting submissions. The poster session featured 97 presentations, […]