Projects

Our Method

Project selection prioritizes feasibility and impact to patient-care.

Potential areas of improvement are identified from multiple inputs: retrospective data from the department’s quality assurance analysis, the health system’s mission and goals, and QSIG members themselves, based on their work as on-the-ground clinicians.

QSIG’s work is informed by Lean Methodology and Penn Medicine’s Foundations in Performance Improvement.

A graphical depiction of QSIG's phase-based methodology that spells out "focus pd sa." Phase 1: Focus; Phase 2: Organize, Clarify; Phase 3: Understand, Select; Phase 4: Plan, Do; Phase 5: Study; Phase 6: Act
Credit: Penn Foundations in Performance Improvement

Recent Projects

  • Anesthesia stats and codes in PCUs: standardize resources and processes in perioperative care units across HUP
  • Pre-operative huddles: expand the use of preoperative huddles prior to case-start
  • Helpful inductions: promoting a quiet and attentive environment during the induction of anesthesia

  • DACC Teams: creating and disseminating an updated, secure repository of departmental policies and protocols that is accessible via anesthesia workstations, desktop, and mobile devices

  • Intraoperative Methadone: working with OR Pharmacy to streamline the process of administering methadone intraoperatively

  • IVs in Inpatients coming to OR: promote the presence of functioning IVs and communication/handoff about difficult IVs in inpatients coming to the OR