CROW NOTES 4/26/18

CROW 4/26/18

Attendees: Marianne, Levi, Kairn, Dr. Littenberg, Koela, Justine

Presenter:  Kairn

·        Research on process markers is okay in the eyes of Dr. Littenberg and CTS but DON’T Forget about the outcomes.

o   Medication can have unintended effects, good or bad.

§  Statins -> improve longevity in patients with low cholesterol through unintended and not fully understood anti-inflammatory pathway.

§  Drug for PVC -> increased in death rates. Not fully studied before being approved.

·         DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE OUTCOMES!!!

·         Process marker: Communication

·         Why solve communication problem -> stop bad things from happening?

·         What are the possible adverse outcomes

o   Mortality

o   Morbidity

§  Function

§  Symptoms

o   Costs

o   Non-adherence

o   Mis-adventures or medical errors

o   Patient engagement or lack thereof

FINER Research question:

Solving communication problems between providers and patients who are hard of hearing: Do personal amplifiers help improve patient/provider communication and patient comprehension?

UVMMC

·         Settlement with deaf patient that didn’t have the proper services at UVMMC

·         Tasked with improving services for patient communication among hearing impaired patients  

o   Roll out of personal amplifiers

o   Kairn has the option to help. Should she?

§  Clean slate but research + make hospital happy == not likely.  

American speech and hearing grant $10k

·         Should she apply? Due in a week.

o   Probably not but maybe in the near future.

Next workshop meetings: Thursdays @ 11 AM. Given Courtyard South Level 4

·        May 3: Hendrika Maltby, Qualitative methods