News & Updates
Dr. Weining Lu Named BU Innovator of the Year
Dr. Weining Lu, associate professor in the section of Nephrology, has been named 2019 BU Innovator of the Year. Dr. Lu's research focuses on the gene ROBO2 as it relates to a kidney’s filtering ability, and has led to a collaboration with Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) since November 2012. This unique... More
Removing Unnecessary Contact Isolation Precautions
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium that can be transmitted via skin-to-skin contact and may cause severe infections. BMC has a policy to place MRSA-colonized patients on contact isolation precautions. An estimated 15-30% of colonized patients clear within 90 days giving us the opportunity to reduce the need for... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More