Aspirus Alliance

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Aspirus Alliance
Multi-Departmental Team Dr. Kris Lahren MD,
Pulmonologist, Forward Focus Faculty
Member Sandy McCrory ICU RN, MSN, Donation
Liaison, Forward Focus Co-Lead Barb Heilmann ICU
RN Pam Mootz ER RN Susan Tobin RN, BSN, NE-BC,
Manager Surgical Services Denise Falkowski OR RN
Christine Sullivan AIM, Chaplain
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Starting the Expedition (The start of the
journey)

• We joined the collaborative.
• We completed our first improvement project.

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Casting a Wider Net (Shifting our Focus)

• We attended Learning Session 2 and were
  introduced to a new tool to help guide teams on
  case review.
• We adapted the tool based on the data review. We
  added, deleted and modified the categories in the
  tool to better fit our historical data set and
  known trouble spots.

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Catch of the Day (Current State)

• Then we started using the tool promptly after
  every donor and potential donor case.
• Now we are using the tool to discuss and reflect
  on each donor and potential donor case as a
  standard part of our donation process.

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Trophies (Takeaways)

• Not every change has to be big.
• If something isn't working then try something
  else it is not a failure to try multiple things
  until something works.
• Having a structured way to review donor and
  potential donor cases can help the team better
  identify areas of improvement.
• Study every potential and donor case for both
  what worked and didnt work.