Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center received a total of $80,000 from the Mary K. Logan Research Awards Program to support research and initiatives to improve patient safety and reduce mortality associated with healthcare technology.
Amanda Schondelmeyer, MD, assistant professor in pediatrics at the children's hospital, was awarded $45,000 to develop guidelines for pulse oximetry and cardiorespiratory monitoring in hospitalized children.
"Our team is excited by the prospect of providing guidelines that will help standardize and improve pediatric care on a national level, which was made possible with the resources provided by this award," Dr. Schondelmeyer said.
Melanie Wright, PhD, program director of patient safety research at Saint Alphonsus, received $35,000 to reduce non-actionable clinical alarms by making them more meaningful.
"The outcome of our research will be a more consistent and understandable environment of sounds across the many devices in hospitals," Dr. Wright said. "Clinicians will be able to more easily interpret the meaning of sounds in order to respond with the right people and equipment at the right time, which will ultimately result in improved outcomes for patients."