Duke Health leaders have selected five high-potential innovation projects to be implemented as part of the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI)’s annual call for project ideas in the areas of novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, advance health equity, grow digital solutions for care and monitoring, strengthen care team experience and well-being and enhance patient engagement and experience. In addition to providing funding for these projects, the DIHI team will work with various Duke Health and Duke University partners to provide access to data, analytics, statistical analysis, machine learning and AI resources, while driving project and implementation management.
“This year, we had an impressive slate of innovation projects,” said Craig Albanese, MD, MBA, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Duke University Health System (DUHS) and Executive Director for DIHI. “While the high quality of finalists made it challenging to short-list a few that would move forward to implementation and scaling, we are confident that the selected projects will greatly improve care of our patients, while also re-imagining our approach to health equity and improvement of community health,” he added.
2022 DIHI Innovation Projects: Principal Investigators and team
Enhanced Decision Support for Periop Care
Jeanna Blitz, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical Director, Duke PASS Clinic Michael Lipkin, MD, MBA, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Dept. of Surgery
Michael Kent, MD, Associate Vice Chair, Perioperative Informatics, Dept. of Anesthesiology
Wendy Webster, MBA, Director of Clinical Operations, Duke Surgery & Duke Neurosurgery
Padma Gulur, MD, Exec. Vice Chair for Performance & Operations, Duke Anesthesiology
Allan Kirk, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Surgery
Predict Behavioral Emergencies in the Hospital
Cara O’Brien, MD, Associate Vice Chair of Inpatient Services, Dept, of Medicine
Dustin Tart, RN, Duke University Hospital
Kelly Kester, RN, Clinical Operations Director at Duke University Health System
Kristen Shirey, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
eProvider within the EHR
Maribeth Kuntz, PA-C, Physician Assistant at Duke Family Medicine Center
John Ragsdale MD, Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Brian Halstater MD, Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Anthony Viera MD MPH, Chair in Family Medicine and Community Health
Prescriptions for Repair: Address Gun Violence
Henry Rice, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric General Surgery
Marcia Owen, Leadership Council, Restorative Justice Durham
Ryan Smith, Director, Community Safety Department for City of Durham
Patient Initiated Note about Goals (PING)
David Casarett, MD, MA, Professor of Medicine, Section Chief of Palliative Care
Kristen Lakis, MSW, Clinical social work team lead for palliative care
Devon Check, PhD, Assistant Professor in Department of Population Health Sciences
DIHI will begin working with the project teams on design and development of ideas into implementable solutions. For an update on projects funded and implemented through the previous RFAs, please refer to the DIHI Annual Report Issue 22. For further information, please contact Suresh Balu.