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2005 Innovation Award Winners

The following are the 14 “best of the best" Innovation Award submissions for 2005 listed by PRIMARY AUTHOR, FACILITY, and TITLE of the BEST PRACTICE innovation:

Primary Author

VHA Facility

Title of Best Practice

Sandra K. Janzen Tampa VAMC Transforming Care at the Bedside in a Medical-Surgical Unit
B. Sue Kancir VA Connecticut HCS Advanced Data Management Innovation
Lisa Tinch Greater Los Angeles HCS  Compressive Mental Health Treatment Center
Norma Figueroa Tampa VAMC Primary Care Chronic Pain Opioid Case Management
Leah Grove Dayton VA Medical Center Hypoglycemia Protocol: A team Approach to Patient  Safety
Michele Biscossi Stratton VAMC Reducing Deep Vein Thrombosis Incidence Amongst Hospitalized Patients
Victoria Church Portland  VAMC Improving Outcomes with Telemetry Monitoring Performance Improvement  Initiatives
Norma Humphrey Atlanta VAMC Huddle Team Meeting
Paula Flemming John J. Pershing VAMC Tele-Dermatology Meets Technology
Christine Gregory VA Central Iowa HCS Clinical Team Communication Collaborative
Voncyle Mahone Birmingham VAMC Nurse/Physician Collaboration  for End of Life Care in an Acute Care Setting 
Patricia Dzandu Hampton VAMC Improving Patient Care by Integrating the Nursing Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (NAWS) With Standard Physician Orders (SPO)
Brenda Flanigan-Tyson Charleston VAMC Nurse Driven Heparin Management: A Successful Nurse/Physician Collaborative Effort
Sandra A. Parkes VA Palo Alto HCS 24 Hour Emergency Department Observation Unit (EDOU)