The purpose of the multidisciplinary collaborative RIPCHD.OR project is to develop ergonomic and safe operating room designs that help improve patient safety outcomes such as surgical site infections and medical errors. The goal of the learning lab is to develop, test and implement innovative strategies to improve patient and staff safety outcomes in the operating room environment. The learning lab includes the development of a high-fidelity mock-up OR and iterative testing of components. Some of the concepts developed as part of this learning lab are being implemented in two new ambulatory surgery centers built at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston. Project PI: Anjali Joseph (Clemson University), Co-PI: Scott Reeves (MUSC). Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research Quality - Project period: 2015 to 2020
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The collaborative project, funded by a gift from Haworth through the Watt Family Innovation Centre, explores key concepts driving pre-operative and post-operative design in the ambulatory settings within the context of emerging technologies. Project PI: Anjali Joseph (Clemson University)
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Care partners of patients undergoing surgery in an outpatient setting are expected to spend long hours in the waiting room. However, there is a paucity of research regarding the factors impacting care partners’ seating choices in outpatient surgery waiting rooms. This study utilizes virtual reality as a platform to examine the factors impacting care partners’ seating choices while enacting common tasks. Project PI: Anjali Joseph (Clemson University). Sponsor: Gift through the Watt Family Innovation Center from Haworth - Project period: 2018 to 2020
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The purpose of CU@Home is to understand the feasibility of using a technology-based intervention to proactively assess the home and community environment of older adults scheduled for joint replacement surgeries. Project Project PI: Anjali Joseph (Clemson University). Sponsor: Clemson Faculty Research Development Program - Project period: 2019 to 2020
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The major goal of the OR SMART project is to engineer reductions in anesthesia medication errors in operating rooms. This study uses a systems’ engineering approach to improve decision making, reduce procedural and technological vulnerabilities, and improve the work environment and culture. A highly experienced multi-disciplinary team of clinicians, scientists and engineers is using a combination of innovative techniques to address this threat to patient safety in the most comprehensive study of anesthesia medication safety systems ever conducted. Project PI: Ken Catchpole (MUSC), PI: Jake Abernathy (Johns Hopkins University), PI: David Neyens (Clemson University). Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research Quality - Project period: 2018 to 2021
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This collaborative project examines the process flow, workload and usability issues associated with ambulance-based telemedicine to evaluate and provide the requisite treatment to stroke patients in transit to the hospital. Project PI: Kapil Madathil (Clemson University). Sponsor: Agency for Healthcare Research Quality - Project period: 2019 to 2020
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