External - Commercial Device/Product Winner
BoneDry – A Novel and Improved Sternal Closure System
Gardner Yost, MD, MS; Jeff Plott, PhD; Jonathan Haft, MD; Gorav Ailawadi, MD
Internal - Quality Improvement/Clinical Process Track Winner
Building a Billable and Sustainable Remote Patient Monitoring Program for Hypertension Patients
Jeff Kullgren, MD, MPH; Paul Schenk, MSN, RN; Matt Konerman, MD, MS; Monika Leja, MD; Valerie Gavrila, MPH
Say My Name: Understanding the Impact of and Improving Patient Name Pronunciation in Medical Encounters; Submitted by: Zain El-amir, MD, House Officer, Internal Medicine
Mobility in Place: Elevating Nurse-Led Ambulation via Portable Treadmill Training in CVICU; Submitted by: Regi Freeman, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist
Neurodevelopmental Progression in the Congenital Heart Population; Submitted by: Amanda Otis, DPT, Physical Therapist
Rolling Refreshers: A Just-In-Time Resuscitation Skill Simulation Program; Submitted by: Kimberly DiMaria, DNP, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Vice President, Quality and Safety
University of Michigan Health- West
Associate Professor, Surgery
Emory University
Executive Director for Innovation and New Ventures
Massachusetts Medical Device Development (M2D2)
Professor of Medicine
Harvard University
The entries below were submitted by teams in early 2024 competing for up to $100,000 in funding from the FCVC Innovation Challenge or a lower-complexity Just Do It Award. If you would like to submit a question or comment, email a team member directly or through FCVCInnovation@umich.edu. If posting about the Innovation Challenge on Twitter, please use the tag #FCVCInnovationChallenge.
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