Selected Long Abstracts from the St. Luke's University Health Network Quality Awards Program (2018)

The St. Luke’s Annual Quality Awards Program was created in 2008 to promote innovation and quality improvement throughout the network. The awards ceremony is held annually in conjunction with National Healthcare Quality Week in October. The program is open to all nine campuses in our network and other entities including inpatient and outpatient units, and both clinical and nonclinical areas that contribute to our high-quality care and excellent patient outcomes. Here we include selected long abstracts representing some of the most meritorious quality project submissions for the past two academic years. THE FOLLOWING CORE COMPETENCIES ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS ARTICLE: Interpersonal and communication skills, Medical knowledge, Patient care, Practice-based learning and improvement, Professionalism, Systems-based practice.