2023 Gold Touchstone Award Winners
ECC Arrival to Troponin Resulted
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Bubble Gum to Bifocals - Increasing Technological Literacy to Enhance Patient Experience
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Asking the Tough Questions to Mitigate Child Hunger: Food Insecurity Screening in Pediatric Primary Care
Atrium Health Myers Park Pediatrics
Sustained Reduction in Prolonged Ventilation After Isolated CABG Following Multidisciplinary Improvements Across All Phases of Care
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health Cabarrus, Carolinas Medical Center, & Atrium Health Pineville
Increasing Patient Obtention Rate of Insulin Following Hospital Discharge
Atrium Health Union
Avoid the Wait: ED Direct to Hospice
Atrium Health Union; Hospice of Union County
Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
There’s No Place Like Home: Developing Code Chemo as an Efficient Process for our High-Risk Cancer/BMT Patients to Avoid Hospitalization and Provide Cost Savings for Families
Levine Children's Hospital
Implementation of a Standardized Inpatient Virtual Consult Platform within the Atrium Health North Central and Western Market
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Waiting Room Medicine: Maximizing Clinical Space and Patient Flow in the Emergency Department of a Community Hospital by Implementing a Virtual First Look (VFL) Program
Wilkes Medical Center
2023 Silver Touchstone Award Winners
Improving Documentation and Assessment of Beta-Lactam Allergies with Implementation of a Beta-Lactam Allergy Questionnaire and Assessment (Risk Stratification) Tool in Epic
All Greater Charlotte Market - Inpatient Facilities
Defending the Heart of the Organization: Rebuilding Atrium Health’s Highly Infectious Disease Teammate Education Program in Order to Safeguard Our Patients and Greater Community
Atrium Health
Innovations in Diabetes Care
Atrium Health Anson
Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Beds by Streamlining Communication Methodologies
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Service Line
Sustainment of Trauma Documentation Compliance During Epic Trauma Narrator Implementation
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Toyota KATA - An Approach to Problem Solving to Improve Performance and Engage the Team
Atrium Health Core Laboratory
Innovation to Excellence: Developing a Harm Risk Assessment Tool to Drive Reduction in Safety Risks across a Market
Atrium Health Floyd
Making the Connection between Hand Hygiene Monitoring and Compliance
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
Reducing Length of Stay Through the Implementation of Anticipated Date of Discharge Huddles
Atrium Health Mercy
Improving Patient Throughput through the application of PDSA Process Improvement Methodology
Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center
Sustaining the Elimination of Device-Associated Infections at Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
Movement is Medicine- AH Pineville Mobility Journey
Atrium Health Pineville
Prescription Drug Monitoring Among Primary Sports Medicine Physicians: Implementation and Quality Improvement
Atrium Health Quality
Transition to Tenecteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Regional Experience
Atrium Health SouthEast Region
PSIs and HACs: We Are Stronger Together as a Team
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
An Evaluation of Virtual Psychiatric Transition of Care Offered in Behavioral Health Settings
Behavioral Health Charlotte
Transition to Safe Sleep Practices for Infants Born Before 32 Weeks Gestation in a Level IV NICU
Brenner Children's Hospital at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Implementing a Targeted Testing and Referral Process for Congenital Hearing Loss
Carolinas Medical Center
Whose Line is it Anyway? Implementing a Line Stewardship Program to Decrease Unnecessary Devices
Carolinas Medical Center
Implementation of a 72-hour outpatient cardiology follow-up pathway for moderate-risk chest pain patients presenting to the ED
Greater Charlotte Market Emergency Departments
The Effectiveness of Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) to Reduce Re-Imaging Rates for Prostate Patients
High Point Medical Center
We Care: Patient Experience Transformation at HPMC
High Point Medical Center
Children’s Service Line Social Determinants of Health Screening – Accelerate Learning and Discovery, “For All”!
Levine Children's Hospital
Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infection Reduction
Wake Forest Baptist High Point Medical Center
2023 Bronze Touchstone Award Winners
Implementation of a Discharge Medication Reconciliation Review and Targeted Medication Education Pharmacy Service
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Does the Use of a Blunt Thoracic Splinting Pillow in Patients Diagnosed with Rib Fractures Improve IS Volume and Narcotic Usage?
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Implementation of the “STAMP” Assessment at Triage to Predict Emergency Department Violence
Atrium Health Central Market
A Rising Tide Lifts All Alabama Boats: Implementing a Wellness Committee and Wellness Initiatives
Atrium Health Floyd Cherokee Medical Center
Reducing Readmissions and Improving Patient Experience with the AMI Navigation Team
Atrium Health Greater Charlotte Market
Lexington Medical Center Pulmonary and Critical Care Team
Atrium Health Lexington Medical Center
Improving Breast Cancer Screening Rates in Primary Care
Atrium Health Medical Group - Family Medicine and Internal Medicine
Preventing VTE
Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center
Implementing a Falls Program Across an Organization: An Innovative Strategic Approach
Atrium Health Nursing Administration
Transforming Atrium Health: Union West For All Plan
Atrium Health Union West
Calling an Audible: How the ICU Quarterback Nurse Impacts the Clinical Efficiency of Critical Care Transfers at Atrium Health and Beyond
Atrium Health Virtual Critical Care
Virtual Critical Care Nursing Impact on Central Line Stewardship
Atrium Health Virtual Critical Care & Atrium Health Union Critical Care Unit
Surgical Airway Rounding Team Pilot
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Safety Coaches Leading the Wat to Zero Harm, for All
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Bringing Medical Home Back to Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Increasing Equity in Virtual Care Using Patient Technology Navigators: The Atrium Health Super-Supporter Program
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist & Atrium Health Charlotte
It's In the Bag: A Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection Quality Improvement Project in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Children Do Well When They Can, Not Simply When They Want To: Implementing Strength-Based, Trauma Informed, Skill Building Programming on the Child and Adolescent
Behavioral Health Charlotte
Using and Interdisciplinary Leadership Team to Improve and Maintain Code Sepsis Antibiotic Compliance
Carolinas Medical Center
The Quest for Gold: Collaborating for Excellence in Spine Care
Carolinas Medical Center
Standardizing the Management of Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia
Carolinas Medical Center - Newborn Nursery
HOMe- Increasing Human Milk Usage in the NICU
Levine Children's Hospital
Improving Sweat test availability and Quantity Non Sufficient Rates 2017-2022
Levine Children's Specialty Clinic Pulmonary
Central Line Reduction: Infection Prevention Integration Project
Wake Forest Baptist Health
2022 Gold Touchstone Award Winners
Perfect Care. Perfecting Care. Transforming the Peri-Procedural Home in Adult Cardiac SurgeryAtrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Atrium Health Pineville, and Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Optimizing Primary Care Wellness Visits
Atrium Health Floyd
Implementation of an Innovative Approach to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes and Eliminate Health Care Disparities
Atrium Health Greater Charlotte Facilities - Women's Service Line
Hospice Not Taken Under Care (NTUC) Program: Increasing Hospice Enrollment for Patients That Were Referred but Not Admitted to Hospice Care
Atrium Health Hospice
Improving Cytogenetic Testing Utilization in a Tertiary Care NICU
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Reducing the AKI Risk: Mitigation Strategies to Prevent AKI from Nephrotoxic Medication Exposure and Volume Overload
Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital
Reducing Patient Blood Pressure Using the Hypertension Bootcamp Approach with Remote Patient Monitoring
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Reducing the Risks: A Quality Improvement Project for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic, Improving Access and Experience
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist - Comprehensive Cancer Center
2022 Silver Touchstone Award Winners
Improving Growth Rates of Very Low Birth Weight Infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care UnitsAtrium Health Cabarrus and Atrium Health University City
Adjusting the Cuff to Focus on Equity for Treating Hypertension in Pregnancy
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Optimizing Opioid Use in the ED
Atrium Health Floyd
Reducing Level 1 & 2 Trauma Patient Turnaround Time
Atrium Health Floyd
Magnesium Sulfate Level Accuracy and Efficiency
Atrium Health Floyd
Implementing Enhanced Recovery after Cesarean Delivery (ERAC)
Atrium Health Floyd
“Right-Sizing” to “Up-Size” Outcomes: Transitioning Low-risk NSICU Patients to a Neuro-Specific Intermediate Unit
Atrium Health Greater Charlotte Region
Hope Adjusting: Maximizing COVID-19 Vaccine Access in the Communities We Serve
Atrium Health Greater Charlotte Region
The Road to Equity: Navigating the Path to Rheumatologic Care for Children from Safety-Net Clinics
Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital - Specialty Center Rheumatology Clinic
Capture If You Can: A Quality Improvement Project to Improve Documentation and Coding Accuracy in a Large Multisite Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital
Choosing Wisely for Bronchiolitis
Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital
Toileting Pilot Project- Keeping Buttocks Off of the Floor
Atrium Health Mercy
Application of Process Improvement in Lab Operations to Reduce Length of Hospitalization
Atrium Health Navicent
Reducing Inappropriate Virtual STAT Neurology Consults by Improving Communication with the Atrium Health Inpatient Neurology Team
Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute Neurology
Disability Assistance
Atrium Health Pineville
Impact of Pharmacist-led Hypertension Management on Quality Outcomes
Atrium Health Primary Care Concord Internal Medicine
Multidisciplinary Approach to Optimize the Health of Children with Medical Complexity Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Implementation of a Standardized Inpatient Procedure Round Trip Process within the Atrium Health North Central and Western Region
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Pediatric Compassionate Extubation and Ventilator Discontinuation at Home
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and Brenner Children's Hospital
Better Nutrition, Better Care: An initiative to improve early identification and intervention of malnutrition in pediatric oncology and BMT patients
Atrium Health’s Levine Children’s Hospital
Improved Access to Care for Rural Students Utilizing Virtual Therapy
Behavioral Health Charlotte
Reductions in Restrictive Interventions-Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization
Behavioral Health Charlotte
Taking Suicidal Thoughts to Zero: Showing the Importance of Outpatient Connection After Inpatient Psychiatric Care
Behavioral Health Service Line
Implementation of an Emergency Department Communication Tool to Assist in the Prevention of Acute Care Readmissions
Carolinas Rehabilitation and Emergency Departments
Improving Access to COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Healthcare Using an Equity-Focused Mobile Care Unit Strategy
Atrium Health Community Health
The Atrium Health Hospice Advantage: Supporting Patients Requiring High Acuity Care Needs
Hospice of Union County, Hospice of Anson County, and Hospice of Cabarrus County
2021 Gold Touchstone Award Winners
Transforming Total Joint Care
Atrium Health Cabarrus
Eat|Sleep|Console: a holistic and value-driven care model for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
Atrium Health Cabarrus Jeff Gordon's Children's Center, Atrium Health Cleveland, and Atrium Health Lincoln
Spots & Dots: Clinical Efficiency Initiative to Manage ICH & TBI Patients Locally
Atrium Health Greater Charlotte Region
Bridging the Gap between Current Practice and Best Practice: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Reduce Post-Operative Venous Thromboembolism (VTE)
Atrium Health Union
Pain Is Real, Please Believe Me
Levine Children’s Hospital - Children's Specialty Center Rheumatology Clinic
Improving Outcomes and Reducing Avoidable Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Utilization and Risk through Evidence-Based Feeding Strategies in Very Low Birthweight Infants
Levine Children's Hospital
Are you Okay? Integrating Mental Health Screening into a Pediatric Nephrology Clinic
Levine Children's Hospital - Children's Specialty Center
Boosting Primary Care Awareness and Treatment for Childhood Hypertension (BP CATCH)
Levine Children's Hospital - Children's Specialty Center
Project Phoenix: Surgical Pandemic Response and Re-Integration
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Implementation of Individualized Pain Care Plans Decreases Length of Stay and Hospital Admission Rates for High Utilizing Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Wake Forest Baptist Health
2021 Silver Touchstone Award Winners
Improving Provider Compliance with Outpatient Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction Prescribing
Atrium Health Cabarrus and Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Wiping Out Hospital Acquired C. difficile
Atrium Health Stanly
2020 Liberation Celebration – Improving ICU Liberation through Standard Workflows
Atrium Health Stanly
Care Close to Home: A Community Hospital’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Atrium Health University City
Implementing Evidence-Based Suicide Risk Algorithm to Automate and Standardize Patient Care and Improve Visibility of Patient's Suicide Risk Level
Behavioral Health Service Line and Information Analytics Services Collaboration
Declan Donoghue Collaborative Care Program: An Innovative Model of Care for Children with Undiagnosed Complex Conditions
Brenner Children's Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Health
A Journey to Sustainment: Improving Quality Care for Cardiac Patients
Carolinas Medical Center
The Effectiveness of Early Mobility on Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients After Thrombolytic Therapy
Carolinas Medical Center
Routine Early Application of an Autologous Blood Patch as a Strategy to Reduce Chest Tube Duration and Length of Stay after Robotic Lung Resection
Carolinas Medical Center
Improvements in Patient Experience: Consumer Experience Focus
Carolinas Medical Center and Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
Reduction of Prostate Radiation Therapy Simulation Cancellations
Levine Cancer Institute Morehead Radiation Oncology
Exceeding Patient Experience Goals through the Implementation of a Pediatric Emergency Care Experience Bundle... Even Through a Pandemic
Levine Children's Hospital
A Novel Way to Improve Satisfaction, Comprehension, and Anxiety in Caregivers: The Use of Comprehensive, Illustrated Children’s Books for Pediatric Surgical Populations
Levine Children's Hospital
Engaging Virtually in CF Nutritional Health
Levine Children’s Hospital - Children's Specialty Center: Cystic Fibrosis Center
Antibiotic Timeliness Through Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) at Levine Children's Hospital
Levine Children's Hospital
Utilizing a Pediatric Vascular Access Team to Improve Central Line Bundle Compliance and Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSIs)
Levine Children's Hospital
Implementation of a Standardized Inpatient Program for the Care of Technology and Tracheostomy Dependent Pediatric Patients
Levine Children's Hospital
Reducing Unplanned Extubations in the Neonatal ICU
Levine Children's Hospital
Bridging the Gap: Quality Improvement Advances in Health Care Transition for Pediatric and Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease
Levine Children's Hospital and Levine Cancer Institute
A Novel Multimodal Opioid-Free Pathway for Postoperative Pain Management: Eliminating Postoperative Opioids for Veterans Undergoing Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy
Wake Forest Baptist Health Department of Urology
Virtual Remote Connectivity with Patients after Spine Surgery Delivers Real Benefits to Patients and the Healthcare System
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Davie Medical Center
Design, Implementation, Utilization, and Sustainability of an Inpatient Rounding List: Wake Health Inpatient Rounding List (WHIRL)
Wake Forest School of Medicine
2021 Bronze Touchstone Award Winners
Design and Implementation of Virtual Therapy for Behavioral Health Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte
Using Simulation to Educate Teammates on Verbal De-Escalation Procedures in Order to Reduce Avoidable Restrictive Intervention
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte
Beat the Flu - Effective Influenza Vaccination in Dermatology
Atrium Health Medical Group - Dermatology Division
Application of Process Improvement in Nurse Recruitment
Atrium Health Navicent, The Medical Center
Increasing Sepsis Bundle Compliance with Utilization of Compliance Letters and Recognition Awards
Atrium Health Navicent, The Medical Center
Three Things You Can Do to Improve Door-to-Needle: Early Activation, Don't Bed the Patient, Go Straight to CT
Atrium Health Neurosciences Institute
Medication and Patient Scanning
Atrium Health Pineville
Case by Case Implementation of the ICU Liberation Bundle
Atrium Health Pineville
CLABSI Prevention Pandemic Style
Atrium Health Union
Move it, Move it! Nurse-Driven Mobility Program to Improve Patient Outcomes and Patient Experience
Carolinas Medical Center
A Standard PSI 12 Review Process Drives Improvement
Carolinas Medical Center
COVID-19: The Perfect Storm for Increasing Medication-Related Errors
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Improving Door to CT time for CODE STROKE Patients
Emergency Department Service Line & ED QSOC™
Navigating Cancer Patients to Improved Outcomes During COVID
Levine Cancer Institute
Improving Blood Pressure Management Through Blood Pressure Recheck Compliance
Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Rock Hill
Preventing Falls: Skilled Nursing Facilities Performance Improvement
Skilled Nursing Facilities: Cleveland Pines, Huntersville Oaks, Jesse Helms, Sardis Oaks, Stanly Manor
Emergency General Surgery Value Concordant Care Project
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Reducing Unplanned Extubations in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Wake Forest Baptist Health
Discharge Pharmacy Services
Wake Forest Baptist Health - Lexington Medical Center
Implementation of a Clinical Pharmacist-Driven Medication Appeal Process in a Dermatology Clinic
Wake Forest Baptist Health - Specialty Pharmacy Services/Dermatology
Advanced Care Planning Project
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
OR to ICU Handoff
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
2019 Gold Touchstone Award Winners
| Safer Opioid Prescribing: Having the Right Tools at the Right Time | New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| Effectiveness of a Standardized Care Bundle on 60-day Utilization among Patients Hospitalized with an Acute Exacerbation of COPD | Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation |
| Improving Patient Safety One Fall at a Time | Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge |
| Using Surveillance Monitoring as a Catalyst for Change: Decreasing Over-Utilization of Telemetry Monitoring | Carolinas Healthcare System NorthEast |
| Cracks in Your Referral Process? Find Your Sustainable Solution Here | Levine Children’s Specialty Center: Rheumatology |
| Handling Antibiotics with Care: The Expansion of Antimicrobial Stewardship into the Ambulatory Setting | Atrium Health Medical Group - Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Urgent Care |
| The Sickle Cell Suboxone Story: Improving Outcomes in managing chronic pain in Sickle Cell Disease | Levine Cancer Institute - Sickle Cell Enterprise |
| High ED Utilization: Collaborating Across the Continuum | Carolinas Medical Center |
| Flu Fighters 2.0: Spreading Strategies to Stop the Spread of Flu | Levine Children’s Pediatric Specialties |
| Eagle Program: Preventing Hospitalization and Improving Outcomes for Young Adults Experiencing Their First Psychotic Break | Behavioral Health Charlotte |
| Cone Health Medical Group 5 Star Service Journey | Cone Health Medical Group |
| Care Coordination Model using the Combination of Population Health and Palliative Care Approaches for Managing Advanced Illnesses | Navicent Health |
2019 Silver Touchstone Award Winners
| Eliminating Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections at Levine Children’s Hospital for a Half Year | Levine Children's Hospital |
| Eliminating Patient Identified Barriers to Care to Decrease Medicaid Inpatient Admission Rates and Improve Quality of Care | Coastal Family Medicine, New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| Decreasing Falls in the Emergency Department | Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital |
| Team Approach to Dressing Changes: Prevention of CLABSIs in the MICU | Atrium Health Pineville |
| Atrial Fibrillation Standardization | Triad HealthCare Network and Moses Cone Hospital |
| Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) at Levine Children’s | Levine Children's Hospital |
| Reducing CT Utilization for Pediatric Patients Presenting to the ED with Minor Head Trauma | New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| Use of In-Situ Simulation to Evaluate and Modify Organizational Infrastructure and Processes Prior to Implementation of a Pediatric Sepsis Recognition Tool in a Community Hospital | Cone Health |
| Implementing a Video Patient Observation Program: Lessons from a Tertiary Care Children's Hospital | Levine Children's Hospital |
| Improving family-centered care through standardization of cystic fibrosis nutrition interventions in 0-2 year olds | Levine Children’s Specialty Center: Cystic Fibrosis Center |
| A Journey to Value: 365 Days and Counting A Co-Management Approach to Joint Replacement in a Rural Health Care Setting | Scotland Health Care System |
| Transforming Culture through Standard Work: A Continued Journey to Reduce Falls in a Medical Surgical Unit at Union | Atrium Health Union |
| Wiping out C. difficile Infections through Interdisciplinary Partnership and Collaboration | Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast |
| Scaling Back Heart Failure Readmissions by Implementing Daily Multidisciplinary Huddles | Atrium Health Cleveland |
| Utilizing the Heart Failure PowerPlan to Identify and Treat Palliative Care Appropriate Patients | Carolinas Medical Center, Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, and Carolinas Palliative Care & Hospice Group |
| A Multidisciplinary Approach Reduces Pediatric Respiratory Patients Length of Stay | Levine Children's Hospital |
| Enhanced Recovery with Control of Nausea after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy | Cone Health Wesley Long Hospital |
| Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in an Adolescent Primary Care Setting | Teen Health Connection |
| Opening Doors: Improving Inpatient Throughput and Unit Efficiency via Provider Discharge Ordering Process | Levine Children’s Hospital |
| Impact of eLINK Virtual Surveillance on Sepsis Outcomes | Cone Health |
| Dental Pain in the Emergency Department | New Hanover Regional Medical Center |
| United as One: Virtual and bedside clinicians unite to liberate ICU patients at Atrium Health Union | Atrium Health Union |
| Sustaining and Spreading Best Practice: Newborn Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative | Carolinas Medical Center |
| Tackling, Intercepting, and Holding Our Gains in Ventilator Associated Events | The Medical Center, Navicent Health |
| The Doctor Is In: Physician-driven strategies to reduce readmissions | Southeastern Health |
| adDRESSING Central Line Infections: reducing bloodstream infections in neonates with a focus on dressings | Levine Children's Hospital |
| Meeting the Challenge: The Increased Role of a Critical Access Hospital in a Busy Health System | Pender Memorial Hospital |
| Reducing Surgical Site Infections Through Evidence and Standardization | Atrium Health Metro Division Acute Care Facilities |
| What Can CDU Do for You: Operational Excellence in Care and Finance | Atrium Health Cleveland |
| Don’t Turn Your Back on Fusion Infections | Carolinas Medical Center |
| Reduction of Colon SSI with implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathways | The Medical Center, Navicent Health |
| Impact of a Novel Pharmacy Service on Antimicrobial Utilization and Medication-Related Errors in Immunocompromised Patient Populations | Atrium Health's Antimicrobial Support Network |
| Using LEAN Methods to Improve Patient Satisfaction with Provider Services in the Behavioral Health Emergency Department | Behavioral Health Charlotte |
| Bridging the Gap Post Discharge | Carolinas Medical Center |
2019 Bronze Touchstone Award Winners
<tr style="height: 77| Social Determinant Interventions Improved Readmissions and Reduced Disparities | Navicent Health |
| Interprofessional medication self-management program for elderly patients in an internal medicine residency clinic | Cone Health Internal Medicine Center |
| Clostridium Difficle: The Super, Duper Specimen Collection Challenge | St. Luke's Hospital |
| Eye Screen for Ice Cream | Carolinas Health Care System Blue Ridge |
| Reducing Behavioral Health Admissions in the Emergency Department - A Randomized Trial Comparing Virtual Patient Navigation to Usual Care | Behavioral Health Service Line |
| Eat|Sleep|Console: A holistic and value-driven care model for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) | Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast Jeff Gordon’s Children’s Center |