A Health System's Pilot Experience with Using Mobile Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) Technology to Enable Meaningful Use of EHR Medication Reconciliation Technology.

In fall 2016, a two-year grant was secured from AHRQ, to pilot a mobile Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) system on Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medication Reconciliation (MedRec), to enable Augusta University (AU) Health System, to progress from "limited-use" of EHR-MedRec technology, to "meaningful-use." The rationale is that an SKN system would enable knowledge exchange on practice issues related to EHR-MedRec, across diverse provider subgroups and settings-of-care, which, in turn, is expected to increase provider engagement, promote inter-professional learning of best-practices, and provide a foundation for practice change (e.g.

Implementation of an interdisciplinary tracheostomy care protocol to decrease rates of tracheostomy-related pressure ulcers and injuries.

Objectives: Tracheostomy-related pressure injuries (TRPI) have been demonstrated to occur in approximately 10% of tracheostomy patients. In this study, we present TRPI outcomes after implementation of a standardized tracheostomy care protocol.

Methods: A tracheostomy care protocol was developed by an interdisciplinary quality improvement program and implemented on July 1, 2016.

A Health System's Pilot Experience with Using Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) Technology to Enable Meaningful Use of EHR Medication Reconciliation Technology.

Similar to issues faced in health systems across USA, AU Health, based in Augusta, Georgia, faced a scenario of low physician engagement in, and limited-use of its Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medication Reconciliation (MedRec) technology, which translated to high rates of medication discrepancies and low accuracy of the patient's active medication list, during transitions of care. In fall 2016, a two-year grant was secured from the U.S.

Team-Based Intervention to Reduce the Impact of Nonactionable Alarms in an Adult Intensive Care Unit.

Background: Nonactionable alarms comprise over 70% of alarms and contribute a threat to patient safety. Few studies have reported approaches to translate and sustain these interventions in clinical settings.

Purpose: This study tested whether an interprofessional team-based approach can translate and implement effective alarm reduction interventions in the adult intensive care unit.

Network analysis of the structure of inter-professional knowledge exchange related to Electronic Health Record Medication Reconciliation within a Social Knowledge Networking system.

Background: In fall 2016, a 2-year grant was secured to pilot a Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) system pertaining to Electronic Health Record (EHR) Medication Reconciliation (MedRec), to enable Augusta University Health System to progress from "limited use" of EHR MedRec technology, to "meaningful use" (MU). A total of 50 "SKN users" (practitioners), participated in discussing practice issues related to EHR MedRec, over a 1-year period. These discussions were moderated by five "SKN moderators" (senior administrators).