Regardless of where we practice medicine, it is up to us as individual physicians to ensure the highest quality of care that we can deliver to our patients. At each location, the demography and cultural composition of our patients have revealed different approaches to language barriers, self-understanding of disease, and even the perception of pain.
As a physician, I wrote a recent essay that describes the obstacles I believe most significantly impede the adoption of standards of healthcare delivery in these diverse settings.
I have obtained Six Sigma and LEAN certification and patient safety curricula, and published work on outcomes-based research studies and clinical trials on informatics tools in peer-reviewed journals.
Perioperative Workflow Optimization with Lean management system
Continuous Practice Improvement with Six Sigma DMAIC
Checklists and similar structured reporting tools provide the anesthesiologist and surgeons a cognitive aid when it comes to communicating all of the operating details after surgery.
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Wirh increases patient complexity and advances in medicine, information has become quite a burden on the physician, who is tasked with reporting mini sensitive details with much room for error
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We explore the role of a transfer template (T2)that is printed and ready for the physicians to use when handing over their patients in the ICU.
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👉📞📧Contact me @aalapshahmd or aalap.c.shah@gmail.com to discuss how to improve best practices at your hospital or clinic
Aalap Shah, MD, is a board certified anesthesiologist, specializing in general adult and pediatric anesthesiology.
