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Weinger's Patient Safety Achievements Recognized AM ANESTHESIA MONITOR Department News | FALL 2020 Obstetric Division designated a Weinger's Center of Excellence by SOAP patient safety She said the designation reflects the Obstetric achievements Anesthesiology Division’s commitment to staying recognized current on knowledge, skills and best practices Matthew B. Weinger, MD, was recently The Obstetric for the designation cover and bringing them to named the recipient of the 2020 A. R. Lauer Safety Award by the Human Anesthesiology Division personnel and staffing; VUMC. “Best practices Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). was designated as a equipment, protocols, sometimes get reported Center of Excellence and policies; cesarean This award recognizes a person for then lost in the literature. outstanding contributions to human (COE) by the Society for delivery management; This designation is a good factors aspects in the broad area of safety. Obstetric Anesthesia and labor analgesia; way to bridge that gap. Perinatology (SOAP). recommendations It pushes institutions to “I am truly honored to be recognized A Center of Excellence and guidelines implement best practices.” by the Human Factors and Ergonomics implementation; and designation is for Society for this award,” Weinger said. institutions and programs quality assurance and Bauchat said being that demonstrate excellence patient follow-up. designated a COE is Weinger earned this award through in obstetric anesthesia a 30-year effort to improve clinical care and sets a benchmark “This designation shows the important because it shows patients that an practices to reduce medical errors by of superior care that department’s dedication to applying HFE theory and methods to adheres to evidence-based quality patient care,” said institution is providing practices and national and Anesthesiology Department the highest quality of Continued on page 2 international guidelines for Chair Warren Sandberg, obstetric care. This quality maternal care. MD, PhD. He said it is care includes expertise Department of Anesthesiology at important for the Obstetric of the anesthesia faculty, Vanderbilt University Medical Center According to “Centers of Division to keep up with implementations of Office of the Chair Excellence for Anesthesia the criteria set by SOAP. evidence-based practices 1211 21st Avenue South, 722 MAB Nashville, TN 37212 | 615-936-1595 Care of Obstetric Patients” within the Obstetric published in Anesthesia Obstetric Anesthesiology Anesthesiology Division SOAP| 1 Weinger | 1 & Analgesia, maternal Division Chief Jeanette and working within the mortality is the sixth Bauchat, MD, MS, said multidisciplinary team Chair's Message | 2 ASA Recap | 3 most common cause of being designated a on labor and delivery to eStar | 4 death among women COE was a team effort design safe practices and Aliquots | 4 ages 20-34 years old between the obstetric quality initiatives. in the United States. anesthesiologists and their VUMC Growth | 5 SOAP's determination multidisciplinary partners Wellness Resources | 6 This designation needs Freundlich Study | 7 that provision of optimal on labor and delivery. She to be renewed every Department Achievements | 8 hospital care during labor said the division looked at and delivery is essential where they were meeting four years. “There are New Hires | 8 Recent Publications | 14 to reducing maternal criteria and where they ongoing, continued and morbidity and mortality could improve. “Faculty and ever-changing practices eventually led to the CRNAs took on a multitude and national guidelines, creation of the designation. of systems improvement and we intend to be at Send us your news for inclusion in depart- the leading edge of those ment publications: and quality initiatives to Weekly Update, Anesthesia Monitor & Blog On SOAP’s COE ensure a solid application on Vanderbilt’s labor and [email protected] application, the criteria for COE,” she said. delivery unit,” Bauchat said. Message from and are here to stay. I am Division. The division was With the COVID-19 the Chair proud to say that VUMC designated as a Center of pandemic, our focus needs has become a leader in our Excellence by the Society to be on safety and self-care. response to the pandemic. for Obstetric Anesthesia We need to keep wearing and Perinatology. This masks, practicing social To exemplify the strength designation shows the distancing, washing hands of the VUMC brand in department’s dedication to and complying with other Middle Tennessee, VUMC is quality patient care. suggested safety guidelines. actually expanding. Leaders announced the purchase COVID-19 has changed Safety and self-care go hand of Tennova Healthcare- the way we do many things, in hand, so we should not Shelbyville and Tennova including annual meetings. feel pressured to work when Healthcare-Harton hospitals The American Society of sick. Working when sick Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Anesthesiology from subsidiaries of Anesthesiologists Annual puts not only you but also Community Health Systems Meeting was held virtually your colleagues at risk. We The weather is changing but Inc. VUMC will also acquire this year. That did not stop our are a big, robust and caring the precautions Vanderbilt minority ownership in department from participating department, and we want University Medical Center CHS’s Tennova Healthcare- in over 60 activities. Our people to feel comfortable and the Department of Clarksville hospital. very own Matt Weinger, taking care of themselves. Anesthesiology are taking MD, presented the Ellison C. We are in this for long haul, in light of the COVID-19 A congratulations to the Pierce Jr., MD, Patient Safety so make sure you take care of pandemic have not changed Obstetric Anesthesiology Memorial Lecture. yourself and others. WEINGER affect clinician and patient safety. The designs, especially in the high-risk, high- continued from front page lecture concluded with a discussion acuity procedural environment. “Matt about how anesthesiologists can play a appreciates that engineered and healthcare. His work includes methods role in the future of safety and quality. humanistic systems to enhance patient and practices to enhance patient “We were the first specialty to embrace safety work best together. Moreover, as monitoring and medication delivery, patient safety," he said during his lecture. a scientist, Matt is unafraid to follow “We are still leaders in patient safety.” to understand clinician performance the empiric conclusions driven by his and the factors that can affect it like data, and then challenge intuitions and fatigue and burnout, to improve clinician Department of Anesthesiology Chair dogma that turn out to be appealing training through medical simulation Warren Sandberg, MD, PhD, said training and assessment, and to apply Weinger and his team of experts have but wrong. For all these reasons, the human-centered design to develop better developed over the course of a couple anesthesia patient safety community is work processes, alarms, and clinical decades into one of a few “go to” rightly proud to see Matt receive this decision support systems. resources in the country for patient safety award,” he said. “Dr. Weinger was selected from a very competitive group of applicants who are all doing incredible work in many industries to make the world safer,” stated Valerie Gawron, PhD, of the MITRE Corporation, who served as Chair of the award committee. Weinger took his expertise on patient safety to the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. He presented the 2020 Ellison C. Pierce Jr., MD, Patient Safety Memorial Lecture on Saturday, Oct. 3. His lecture was entitled “Is Safety Becoming the Poor Stepchild of Quality?” In his lecture, he explained the importance of safety and quality, with a key aspect being Matt Weinger, MD, presenting the Ellison C. Pierce Jr., MD, Patient Safety Memorial Lecture understanding how excessive zeal to on Saturday, Oct. 3, during the virtual 2020 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual achieve quality goals can negatively Meeting. His lecture was entitled "Is Safety Becoming the Poor Stepchild of Quality?" 2 Annual Meeting Recap: American Society of Anesthesiologists “We are here to save lives,” said American during the session “Ten Safety Issues We’ve For the final topic, Conway circled back Society of Anesthesiologists President Learned From COVID.” His lecture was to patient safety, revisiting the idea of Mary Dale Peterson, MD, MSHCA, titled “Staff Safety and Burnout Risk,” which anesthesiologists taking a broader role FACHE, FASA, during the opening focused on the new duties and expectations in patient safety, much like Weinger did session of the society's annual meeting, associated with COVID-19, along with new with his lecture. “It is time for us to swim which due to the COVID-19 pandemic stressors such as personal safety concerns, outside our lane and take leadership roles was held virtually. The annual meeting inadequate resources for new needs, outside our specialty,” she said, stating covered numerous topics, but patient degraded autonomy and mastery, and a that it is important to focus on patient safety, COVID-19, the opioid crisis and degraded sense of community. safety even outside the operating room. the importance of anesthesiologists in healthcare were the focus of many The Emery A. Rovenstine Lecture focused Due to the conference being online, presentations. The takeaway point at the on many topics, including COVID-19 and presentations and lectures
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