2024 FCVC Innovation Challenge

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 

All 2024 Innovation Challenge and Just Do It Award Submissions

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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