IT Innovation Contest

A team-based contest for creative IT solutions

Most Commented Proposals

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Adding convenience to parking with ParkClip UCSF

Submitted by Annette Carley on July 27, 2012 - 2:50pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:07am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Background: Convenience in accessing peripherals such as on-site parking may contribute to user satisfaction. Hospitals offering a parking program that suits patient, family and staff needs for convenience may have advantages in a competitive healthcare marketplace (Rich & Burr, 2003). Many UCSF campus initiatives target green/sustainable practices (UCSF Office of Sustainability, 2010), including decreased use of personal vehicles.

Track your water intake

Submitted by Annette Carley on July 27, 2012 - 2:37pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:07am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Background: Sufficient water intake is important to health across the lifespan. It has been recommended that adults consume 2.2-3 liters per day of fluids, with “eight glasses per day” considered an acceptable minimal goal for most (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Certain groups have enhanced water intake needs, such as pregnant or breastfeeding women (UCSF Medical Center, 2012), those participating in active exercise (Mayo Clinic, 2012) and those on weight management programs (WebMD, 2012).

UCSF Room Maps/ Locator

Submitted by Lisa Dong on July 27, 2012 - 1:47pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:07am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Description
New to the campus? Or maybe even been here a while, but still get lost? Students, staff, faculty and visitors to UCSF, with its many campuses, can easily lose their way, especially when looking for a particular room. Google Maps or other map applications may get you to the right building…but where in the building is RM# ___?

UCSF Document Library for Administrative Forms

Submitted by Jennifer Lo on July 27, 2012 - 12:32pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:06am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

How many times does an action get delayed because you couldn’t locate the right form in order to initiate the process?  How many multiple websites must you sometimes go to (and search for those before that) in order to locate the form that you need?  Rather than searching through google.com or looking through your emails, hoping to remember the person who might have sent it to you, or worse yet, getting rejected for a request because of using an outdated form, look no further!  A solution is just weeks away!

 

SFGH Patient Handoff System

Submitted by Michael Hodges on July 27, 2012 - 11:20am Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:06am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

SFGH Patient Handoff System

Each year, approximately 180 residents rotate through the Department of Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, servicing over 3700 patients and generating over 60 records each day for the patient handoff procedure that residents carry out during shift change. The current procedure relies on each resident manually transcribing and entering data for every patient (e.g., name, MRN, location, medications, lab results), updating the data daily, and verbally communicating action items and anticipated problems to the other residents.

Research Collaboration Social Networking Pilot

Submitted by Caroline Prioleau on July 23, 2012 - 12:09pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:06am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Many promising efforts to discover cures for disease involve collaborations span departmental, organizational, and disciplinary boundaries. These collaborations typically bring together researchers and assets from across academic research institutions, private institutes, industry partners, and medical centers. In the current economic climate, this increased focus on “partnering” is recognized as a winning business strategy for many companies and universities.

 

Where's the Shuttle

Submitted by Richard Tabor on August 3, 2012 - 9:30pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:06am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

While there are apps to show the shuttle schedule and maps to show where a few
of the shuttles are on maps, there is no useful resource that allows someone
waiting in front of a shuttle stop to really know when the next shuttle will
come or will come at all (just kidding).

Current technology has proven that this is a solvable problem and this app
will allow thousands of shuttle users to gain extra time and not have to
wait for the shuttle and even more importantly, not miss an early shuttle.

Mobile training to enhance human attention

Submitted by Bradley Voytek on August 3, 2012 - 10:02am Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:06am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

Description:

Attention is a fundamental component process of virtually all aspects of human cognition. The ability to manage the barrage of sensory inputs that we encounter in the world is what allows us to engage in complex, goal-directed behavior. Deficits in attentional control are a core aspect of almost all neurological disorders and are increasingly prevalent in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury.

Videos of Surgical Procedures for Medical Student and Resident Training

Submitted by Paul Mittermiller on August 2, 2012 - 9:11pm Last revised by Web Producer on August 25, 2014 - 10:07am.
Proposal Status: 
Review Complete

We propose the production of a few high quality videos of high-volume procedures in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery. We plan to use three GoPro HD Hero2 Professional (www.gopro.com) with the included head straps for recording 5 surgical procedures from three different points of views, the primary surgeon, assisting surgeon, and medical student. The videos will then be edited and dialogue added to walk the viewer through these procedures.

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