See.. I'm Kind of a Big Deal

As you can see under "about me" I'm the project coordinator, so I...coordinate... things:

There are a couple of cohorts piloting PD for MRSA prevention: the RWJF funded cohort with 6 main sites [what we are calling beta sites] implementing PD and receiving coaching support and about 20 sites [what we are calling partner sites] in the learning phase and doing ad hoc PD, the Veterans Health Administration cohort with 5 VA hospitals, and the Merck Latin America Division cohort in Colombia with 2 main sites. There is also a Maryland cohort [that I do not coordinate but is in partnership with us] with multiple beta sites and partner sites sponsored by the Maryland Patient Safety Center (a collaboration between Delmarva Foundation and The Maryland Hospital Association).
And supporting PD in all the sites are the PD coaches.

And throughout the rest of the blog, you will hear from most of these voices, who are doing the work on the ground level, sharing exciting stories and news, challenges and lessons learned and ultimately how they're changing health care in the US.

Ok so now that is out of the way... here are some pictures of the network


Well here is the fabulous bunch of PD coaches who are providing support to the sites using PD, you can't see them all too well here and we're also missing Kevin and Henri, but good enough for this purpose. If you see them out and about please give them a high-five or a hug, they are working [and often donating alot of their own time] hard alongside the hospital teams to work on MRSA prevention.



This is the group picture of the PD coaches and the teams from the RWJF cohort beta sites, plus CDC epidemiologists, and two physicians from the PD hospital in Bogota, Colombia. Again, if you see or know any of these people, give them a high-five and or a hug, they are working hard and really long hours to prevent MRSA transmission and improve patient care.




So this is my boss, Curt Lindberg
he oversees well pretty much everything and facilitates learning conversations that happen weekly with the PD coaches and every-other-weekly calls with the PD sites. He also reaches out to other organizations, groups, and collaboratives to engage them in our PD/MRSA work. And this is only one of the million of other things he does, like running Plexus.