2024 Healthcare Transformation IDEATOR

The 2024 Healthcare Transformation IDEATOR focused on the critical perspective of caregivers in Northeast Ohio hospitals, delving into their daily multifaceted challenges. Our theme highlighted the intersection of healthcare and community issues, emphasizing the pressing concerns of workforce shortages, hypertension, gun violence, and caregiver violence. Northeast Ohio serves as our microcosm, reflecting broader societal challenges. As we explored innovative solutions, our aim was to catalyze discussions and initiatives that enhance patient care and address the broader determinants of health in the community.

2024 Winners:

1st Place – ButlerRx (Coaches: Sara Battles & Brian Nelson)

• Elyse Mulligan, Manager, Public Policy & Community Health Engagement, UH
• Tracy Plank, , RN, BSN NE-BC, Clinical Market Manager- Eastern Market, UH
• Nathaniel McQuay, Trauma Surgeon, UH  
• Cynthia Deokarran,College of Pharmacy, NEOMED
• Brian Zahn,Senior Programmer Analyst, NEOMED

2nd Place – Code Well-Being (Coaches: Sara Edwards & Vish Pasumarthy)

• Stacy Smith, RN, Women’s Health East Region, UH
• Deborah Prusak, RN, Nurse Manager, UH
• Sara O’Brien, Patient Liason, GI, Cutler Center, UH
• Elizabeth Backus,Operational Excellence Analyst, NEOMED
• Lisa Tavallali, Senior Practice Administrator, NEOMED

2024 IDEATOR Resources

• How Health Care Providers Can Respond to Gun Violence | Commonwealth Fund
  • Nationally, people seriously injured in an assault are at high risk of experiencing another violent injury, with one review finding reinjury rates of up to 37% in the two years following an initial assault, and rates of up to 62% across a lifetime. 
• Healthcare Workplace Violence and Safety Response | NSO 
  • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data show that healthcare and social assistance workers were victims of assaults and violent acts approximately 11,370 times in 2010.4 In 2013 and 2014, rates of workplace violence per 10,000 healthcare and social assistance workers in the private sector, state government, and local government were, respectively, 16.2, 146.0, and 19.3, and 14.4, 135.2, and 19.3.5,6 
• The Shortage of Healthcare Workers in the U.S. | Duquesne University School of Nursing 
  • The American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortage of as many as 122,000 physicians by 2032. The report that made this dire prediction also pointed out that the over-65 population will grow by 48% by 2032. 
• Center for Gun Violence Solutions | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (jhu.edu) 
  • An analysis of 11 states that removed concealed carry licensing that mandated firearm training or proficiency requirements suggests that rates of violent gun assaults increase 32 percent 
  • 69% of Americans support funding community-based gun violence prevention programs that provide outreach, conflict mediation, and social support for people at high risk of gun violence. 
• Healthcare Provider Shortages-Resources and Strategies for Meeting Demand (hhs.gov) 
  • A 2022 article discussing the “great resignation” of health care workers after the start of the pandemic points out that due to systematic factors and pre-existing disparities, the odds of burnout among female clinicians are over 50% higher than in men and health care staff of color are 30% more likely to intend to leave jobs. This comes with a financial burden with the cost of leaving due to burnout in the US estimated at $4 billion annually. Ongoing and close coordination with local, county, state, territorial, and tribal public health agencies, and among health care facilities to ensure staffing remains at functional levels is vital.