Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 4

Wednesday, December 26, 2012


The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 4

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 4
From Dr. Mike & Infinity Health Solutions
www.ihealsolutions.com
December 26, 2012 PGY 40 Day #179

BLUEBERRIES ARE GOOD FOR YOU TOO!











Take the Best Care™© of YOURSELF ...

What Can You Do To REDUCE Your Risk of a Motor Vehicle Crash?
Take Ownership for Self, Family Members, Passengers & Others on the Road: Be Responsible

In The Daily Apple™© we “use The Stress Management Workbook, to help maintain order and perspective in what has become an extraordinarily complex and fragmented “business of medicine”. Recently, I have been asked to create a blog post on safe travel tips. So, that leads me to this
StepWisely​®™© Check List:
Step One: Take the Best Care™© of YOURSELF
Top 10n Targets™©: To Promote Motor Vehicle Safety & Prevention of Motor Vehicle Crash
1.   DO Take this check list with you. O
2.   DO NOT drive if impaired in any way. O
3.   DO Take a Co-Pilot if possible.  O
4.   DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL/TAKE ANY DRUGS and drive.  O
5.   DO BUCKLE SEATBELT & USE CHILD SAFETY SEAT BEFORE YOU GO. O
6.   DO NOT TEXT and drive. O
7.   DO NOT drive if SLEEPY.  Pull over and NAP  O
8.   DO GET an IGNITION INTERLOCK, if FAMILY MEMBER has an ALCOHOL Problem O
9.   DO have a SOBER BUDDY at all times if U Plan to PARTY O
10. DO TAKE the KEYS from any IMPAIRED PERSON & NEVER LEAVE HIM/HER ALONE O
This link has more use ful facts from CDC.
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html
Wishing you Safe and Peaceful Holidays.
Dr. Mike
PS. Email dr.mike@ihealsolutions.com or comment on this blog, if you have any suggestions, or questions.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 3

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 3
From Dr. Mike & Infinity Health Solutions
www.ihealsolutions.com
December 12, 2012 PGY 40 Day #165

BLUEBERRIES ARE GOOD FOR YOU TOO!
















What Can You Do To Optimize Your Acute Care?
Take Ownership for Self or Family Member in Conjunction with YOUR Trusted Physician


In The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 1, I promised to “use The Stress Management Workbook, to help maintain order and perspective in what has become an extraordinarily complex and fragmented “business of medicine”. Recently, I have been contacted by Friends and Family who have required acute care for one reason or another. That leads me to fast forward to Acute and Hospital care for this edition.  Specifically, let’s look at what you can do to optimize your care, or your family member’s care, if acute, or hospital care is necessary.  For this purpose; to get family on the same page with Doctors, Nurses and other Caregivers, I have developed the Stompp™*IT** daily rounds checklist.  This comprehensive checklist will help you to help yourself or your loved one get the best possible care from 3rd parties.  If you wish to use it, contact me via dr.mike@ihealsolutions.com so terms and conditions of use can be clarified.  Without a condition of use agreement, you do NOT have permission to use the form for any reason.  I will respond to email requests for use ASAP.  If you have comments about the form, please feel free to contact me through this blog, or email.
STOMPPIT™© V122012: StepWisely®™© Infinity Health Solutions & MFM
MFM@IHS part of the StepWisely® System for Mission Adhesion & Team Development   WWW.IHEALSOLUTIONS.COM
Stompp™*IT** daily rounds checklist PILOT #6 December 2012 Patient-Family V1: Patients & Families are Part of the Team!
STRATEGIC TARGETED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT for patient protection*
daily rounds checklist: care coordination and integration tool**
goal: OPTIMAL PATIENT CARE through teamwork (“get everybody on the same page”)
Base data
patient name: sticker
admit date:                                                            today’s date:
admit service:                                           consulting serviceS:
Primary Diagnosis/problem:              reason for admission:                                                                                                              reason in ICU:
Primary service:                                      referring physician:
primary family contact:                    power of attorney:
             CODE STATUS:                                             ADVANCED DIRECTIVES ON THE CHART:
        updated problem list to include:1.  ____________ 2.  __________  3. __________
4.  __________  5.  __________  6.  __________  7.  __________  8.  __________  9.  _______________
              meets admission/discharge criteria for ICU
TARGETS:  SEE SEPARATE GUIDELINES, PROTOCOLS, BUNDLES, INITIATIVES & PACKS** FOR DETAILS & use qi/pi data sheet to list need for new guidelines.
                FAMILY INTEGRITY PROTECTION & PRESERVATION GUIDELINES
1.        ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO HELP THE FAMILY DEAL WITH THE PATIENT’S ILLNESS?
COMFORTABLE? PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, FINANCIAL, ISSUES, ETC., FAMILY LEADER, CONFERENCES? DISCHARGE PLANNING? LONG TERM CARE CONSIDERATIONS?  OPTIMAL PATIENT SUPPORT NETWORK ESTABLISHED?
PATIENT INTEGRITY PROTECTION & PRESERVATION GUIDELINES
POPS™ (Patient + Organ Specific Preservation Strategies)
1. ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO OPTIMIZE THE PATIENT’S OUTCOME?
2. ARE WE PROVIDING CARE ACCORDING TO PATIENT’S WISHES?
3. DO WE KNOW/HAVE PATIENT WISHES IN WRITING?  (When in doubt err on the side of life!)
4. ADVANCED DIRECTIVES?
ALL GENERAL PATIENT PROPHYLAXIS GUIDELINES: NOSOCOMIAL COMPLICATION PROPHYLAXIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
1.        ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT HOSPITAL, ILLNESS AND TREATMENT ASSOCIATED COMPLICATIONS?
                ID: SEPSIS, LINES, HARDWARE, VAP, UTI, GEN IMMUNIZATION & IMMUNE BOOST.   SPECIFIC: Line Holidays? Line Changes? Dental Care & Oral Hygeine? Abx & prophylaxis end points? Handwashing? Pro Biotics for CDAD prophylaxis?
                NON INFECTIOUS: DVT-PE, ASHD. EYE, SKIN, DELERIUM, GLUCOSE, FALL,                                  MALNUTRITION, DECUBITUS ULCER, GI BLEEDING, GENERAL DEBILITY
SPECIFIC: RESTRAINTS, INSULIN, KINETICS, ROOM (LIGHT, NOISE, TEMP CONTROL), ALCOHOL & WERNICKE- KORSAKOFF ENCEPHALOPATHY
SPECIFIC ORGAN PROTECTION & PRESERVATION AND TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION GUIDELINES: (GENERIC AND DISEASE SPECIFIC)
TOPS™ = Tartets for Specific Organ Preservation
1.       ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO OPTIMIZE PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY DISEASE PREVENTION?
                             (DETAILS ON NEXT PAGE)


SPECIFIC ORGAN PROTECTION & PRESERVATION AND TREATMENT OPTIMIZATION GUIDELINES: (GENERIC AND DISEASE SPECIFIC)
ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO OPTIMIZE PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY DISEASE PREVENTION?
       
   CNS (BRAIN & SPINAL CORD):  PERFUSION & BP CONTROL? ^Na+?
      ^ Mg++? TEMP CONTROL?  H/H = 10/30? EUGLYCEMIA? EUVOLEMIA?
      □EYE PROTECTION
   HEART: PERFUSION? BETA BLOCKER?  HEART RATE CONTROL? ASPIRIN? OTHER ANTICOAGULATION? CATH? H/H = 10/30?
   LUNG: PERFUSION? ASNJMB Guidelines?  VENT: Smallest tidal volume and lowest pressures? Weaning vent? Minimize ABG draws? Sedation Holiday? VAP prophylaxis? TOF?
   KIDNEY: PERFUSION? High Cardiac Filling Pressures?  Euvolemia +?
   GUT:  PERFUSION? Abdominal hypertension?
   LIVER: PERFUSION?
   MUSCULOSKELETAL: PERFUSION? KINETICS?
   SKIN:  PERFUSION? KINETICS
   ENDOCRINE:
            
DOCUMENTATION IN RECORD: Diagnoses and Problems listed in PRIORITY order?  PROGRESS NOTES? Procedure notes include DX?  Separate Procedure note for each procedure?  ORDERS?  BILLING: Proper documentation to reflect charges?

QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ISSUES:  Q & PI Documentation on separate encounter form?                     

TODAY’S TARGETS & PLANS:                                       today’s date:









NAMES/SIGNATURES:
SICU RESIDENT:  _________________________  SICU ATTENDING:  _________________

PATIENT, or FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE/MPOA:  _________________________________

PRIMARY NURSE:  __________________  CHARGE NURSE:  ________________________

DIETICIAN: __________  OCCUPATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SPEECH THERAPISTS:

TEAM PHARMACIST:  ___________________________TEAM RT: ____________________

PRIMARY ATTENDING:  _______________  CONSULTANT ATTENDING:  ____________

NOTES:












STOMPPIT™© V122012: StepWisely®™© Infinity Health Solutions & MFM
MFM@IHS part of the StepWisely® System for Mission Adhesion & Team Development   WWW.IHEALSOLUTIONS.COM

Sunday, December 2, 2012

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 2

The Daily Apple™© Volume 1, Number 2
From Dr. Mike & Infinity Health Solutions
www.ihealsolutions.com
   
December 2, 2012 PGY 40 Day #155
Yes, in Volume 1, Number 1, I promised to “use The Stress Management Workbook, to help maintain order and perspective in what has become an extraordinarily complex and fragmented “business of medicine”.  So, let’s do it.  Here you go … the first few pages of The “Original” Stress Management Workbook, with exception of format & tweaking to fit the blog, unchanged.  If you want a copy, contact me directly by email at Dr.Mike@ihealsolutions.com.








 

























































































                             


                               To our families

Preface
The twentieth century has been marked by tremendous advances in
the theory and practice of medicine. Phenomenal scientific and technological
discoveries have found their way into medical practice. People have grown
to expect certain seemingly miraculous results from the institutions and providers
of medical care, and often, the expectation is that the "impossible" can be achieved.
There is, however, increasing popular awareness that modern medicine
cannot perform miracles despite the available science and technology. Professionals
and laymen alike are learning that advances in medicine, however dazzling, cannot
make up for life styles that breed pathology. Life ·style is now being recognized as
a major factor in the development of many of our modern medical problems. General
attitude and behavior are clearly linked to the individual's health status. Moreover,
most medical problems seem to occur more frequently with increasing stress, and
environmental exposure appears to be a factor in most illnesses. Expectations
appear to have an effect on health and well-being. Such varied problems as cancer,
cirrhosis of the liver, malnutrition, pancreatitis, ulcers, high blood pressure,
headache, food poisoning, voodoo deaths, and others appear to be influenced by both
internal and environmental factors, both emotional and physical.
Professionals and laymen are beginning to realize and teach that the
individual has a great responsibility in the promotion of his own health and the
prevention of his own disease. The concept of self-care is steadily gaining acceptance.
People are beginning to realize that they have control over certain factors that affect
their health and wellbeing. But although these concepts are being accepted more
readily, the methods for their application and general use have not been widely available.
THE STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKBOOK is designed for the
individual who takes the concept of self-care seriously and wants to do whatever
he* can to promote his own health and well-being, as well as take advantage of the
best that modern medicine has to offer. Although the book can be read rather quickly,
the material is designed to be implemented gradually and thoughtfully in conjunction
with advice from your personal physician. It is expected that your initial planned
changes may take up to two years or more to institute.
_________________________________________________________________________
*Throughout the book we have used such constructions as "the individual ... he" solely for the economy of language.
Our usage of personal pronouns is not, in any way, intended to imply any connotation of sexual role discrimination.















December 2, 2012 Addendum:
NB: Please read this book carefully and use in conjunction with your trusted Family Doctor.  This book is not intended to treat any medical emergencies and is not a substitute for your doctor or any other healthcare provider.  The Stress Management Workbook is designed to help you take The Best Possible Care™© of yourself, and to help you achieve optimal health & wellness.  It takes time to reprogram; to bust a lifestyle that breeds pathology and to build a lifestyle that breeds health, wellbeing and wellness.  Be patient. Be strong. You can do it.  We are here to help.
Join us.  StepWisely® & Go to Health™© Michael F. Mascia, MD, MPH