UCSF Center for Healthcare Value - Caring Wisely 2.0

Crowd-sourcing innovative cost savings ideas from the front lines of care delivery systems

Ideas selected as Phase 2 "Hot Spots"

The UCSF Center for Healthcare Value (CHV) called for the best ideas to reduce inefficiencies and health care costs as Phase 1 of the Caring Wisely initiative. The top 10 ideas at each site were selected as "Hot Spots" for Phase 2, which will be a call for proposals from within the UCSF and SFGH communities to address the areas of interest identified from the winning ideas in Phase 1.

Author Proposal Title Number of Comments Number of Revisions
Sarah Colvario Texting for Show Rates 0 5
Elena Tinloy Eye drops during surgery will be used post-op and for discharge as appropriate 1 5
Michael Cabana Judicious Use of Blood Bank Tests in the Newborn Nursery 3 5
Ellen Weber Radiation and Past Imaging Information in Order 0 5
John Davis Reducing Unnecessary Respiratory Isolation through Point-of-Care TB Testing 0 5
Lindsay Hampson Update Attending Surgeon Operating Room Preference Lists 0 5
Lindsay Hampson Reducing Turnover Times in the Operating Room 0 6
Alvin Rajkomar Reduction of Low-value Laboratory Testing for Inpatients 0 5
Nader Najafi Reduce Wasteful Telemetry Monitoring 2 5
Paul Pratt Eliminate the requirement for non scrubbed staff in the OR to wear masks 0 6
David Margolius Oral repletion of electrolytes instead of IV 0 3
Lindsey Wu Decrease Electrolyte Labs and Supplementation 0 3
Lisa Winston Reduce unnecessary blood cultures 0 3
Lawrence Haber Decreasing Overuse of Continuous Pulse Oximetry 0 3
Jordan Chase Ordering Wisely at SFGH 0 3
Kent Soo Hoo Preference Card Review in Surgery 0 3
Shannon Thyne Eliminating or Reducing Albuterol Nebs in PUC and Asthma Clinic 0 4
Winnie Tan Waste disposal 0 2
Bryanna Lamberjack PT position to save on ICU stays 0 2
Erika Gray Transferring medications with floor/unit transfers 0 2