Enhancing Newborn Resuscitation Spaces: A Quality Improvement Project for Safety in the OR

March 21, 2024 00:46:07
Enhancing Newborn Resuscitation Spaces: A Quality Improvement Project for Safety in the OR
PEMBA ON-DEMAND
Enhancing Newborn Resuscitation Spaces: A Quality Improvement Project for Safety in the OR

Mar 21 2024 | 00:46:07

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Hosted By

Norm Chapin, MD, MBA

Show Notes

On today's episode, we have Dr. Nicholas Wells and Dr. Monica Jones, physician leaders from the Erlanger health system in Chattanooga, Tennessee, joining us today. 

Dr. Jones is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Erlanger East Hospital, and Dr. Wells is the Associate Medical Director of the NICU at the Children's Hospital within the Erlanger system.

Dr. Wells earned his MD degree from the Uniformed Services University in 2006. Alongside his work as a neonatologist, he held the position of Chief Medical Officer for the Education Research Training Directorate at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for nearly two years. He is also a certified Epic Builder, responsible for the order set to build and EMR implementation in the NICU since 2021. He took on his current role as the Associate Medical Director for the NICU in 2019. Dr. Wells is currently in the Pemba MBA program of 2024. 

Dr. Jones earned her MD from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1980. Following that, she underwent training in anesthesia and completed a fellowship specializing in obstetrical anesthesia. While Dr. Jones was practicing as an anesthesiologist between 1984 and 2019, she also spent six years as the assistant professor of anesthesia at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2019, she transitioned to become the Chief Medical Officer at Erlanger East Hospital in Chattanooga. Dr. Jones obtained her MBA from Pemba in 2011.

Nick Wells and Monica Jones join us today to discuss a project they initiated to improve neonatal and newborn resuscitation in the early stages, focused on enhancing safety in the OR for infants born through C-section.

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Erlanger East Hospital

The Children’s Hospital at Erlanger

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