Proposed Initiatives and Wins

JMU-RMH Collaborative

http://www.jmu.edu/rmh-jmu/index.html

Sports Medicine Program

• RMH has:– award winning Wellness Center– a robust PT/OT Therapy program – state of the art imaging equipment

such as MRI

• Goal: Collaborate with JMU to support its athletes

College of Business/ISAT Collaboration with RMH

• RMH currently reviewing and modifying/enhancing operating processes

• Immediate and ongoing need related to information systems

• College of Business (CoB) and Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) faculty have expertise (operations management, six sigma, lean manufacturing, etc)

Language Learning Training

• Need: provide assistance to those with English as a second language

• JMU’s interest: working with RMH to provide workshops on using Spanish in the medical field for RMH employees

• Goal: programs for individuals who have found language to be a impediment to receiving adequate medical care

Clinical Exercise Collaboration

• MD collaboration is needed for collecting muscle biopsies for Human Performance Laboratory at JMU

• Clinician coverage for the lab is also needed

• Possibility of a formal internship program with RMH for JMU’s Clinical Exercise Physiology Masters Students

Clinical Research & Magnet Status

• JMU would be interested in helping RMH develop clinical research to achieve Magnet Status, a recognition from ANA of excellence

Student Internships & Field Work• Incorporate student field

experiences (in-patient and out-patient) at RMH into JMU’s dietetics curricula

• JMU students could rotate through patient and non-patient foodservices at RMH

• Begin a journal club between RMH Dietetic Staff, JMU faculty, and students resulting in earned CEUs for professionals and student exposure to scholarly research and dialogue

• Student involvement with the Speakers Bureau and Community Outreach

Joint Research

• Develop prioritized research agenda to study and develop strategies that combat major nutrition-related healthcare issues

• Seek public and private grant funding

• Involve student researchers

• Publish and present ongoing findings

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

• JMU to develop a non-profit CSA on RMH campus

• CSA will operate throughout the year, providing local and organic produce for purchase by employees of RMH, JMU, and Harrisonburg/ Rockingham County residents

• Consistent with RMH's commitment to a healthy community

• Will provide LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) points for innovation

Audiology Externships in RMH Newborn Nursery

• JMU Doctoral students in the Audiology program have an externship experience in the RMH Newborn Nursery

• Students perform the VA State-mandated newborn hearing screenings

• Students provided an Early Identification and Intervention of hearing loss for the nursing staff at RMH

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Design or Feasibility Project for RMH

• Review RFID technological space and specific application areas that will impact/improve RMH operations in the short and long-term

• Examples:– a) use of RFID technology to track OR

patients– b) display and communicate patient status

automatically – c) use data events to drive business

processes – d) use RFID to track/trace hospital

personnel, test specimen, and other assets – e) use RFID to prevent medical errors – f) review use of RFID in Alzheimer patient

care

Health Sciences & Human Services Research Collaborative

• Match practicing professionals with faculty and/or students who are interested in doing research with clinical populations

• The professionals benefit from JMU students’ assistance with research and the students benefit by gaining the professionals’ opinions and access to clinical populations

Shared use of Imaging Technology

• JMU’s potential use of RMH’s imaging technology/equipment for research purposes

Jointly Appointed Child Psychiatrist

• A child psychiatrist serving both RMH and JMU

Geriatric Assessment Pilot• Received VDA grant for project

planning and pilot• Evidence-based

multidisciplinary evaluation described

• Multidisciplinary evaluation team representing RMH and JMU formed

• Developed referral relationships with providers at primary care practices

• Seven patients evaluated with very favorable patient and clinician evaluations

Dedicated Education Unit

• One nursing unit at RMH would serve as a dedicated unit for JMU nursing students and instructors to practice and learn

• RMH would assign preceptors to students to help them learn and develop their nursing skills

• RMH leadership and JMU faculty would collaborate on this unit to create training and staffing models that serve both institutions

Green Roof

• RMH wants to incorporate a green roof into its new hospital

• JMU providing assistance with research to help RMH without added construction expense

Medical Staff Leadership Training• RMH has a need to

engage medical staff leaders in a formal medical staff leadership training program

• Possible collaboration opportunity for JMU's Healthcare Leadership Institute

Community Health Interpreter Service

• Explore options for ongoing language assistance resourcing for the community– telephonic interpretation – scheduled hours

Training for RMH and JMU’s Mental Health Clinicians

• The Suicide Prevention Resource Center has recently created a one-day training specifically for mental health clinicians on "Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk" (AMSR)

• The goal is to increase suicide prevention preparedness among our community's primary "Go to" helpers

RMH Cancer Center

• Collaborative research through the RMH Cancer Center

Health Literacy Game

• Used by RMH and surrounding community

• Expand availability and access of health literacy game to educate community health workers and others

Harrisonburg Community Health Center

• RMH and JMU, in collaboration with the Healthy Community Council, supporting the development of a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQHC) in Harrisonburg/Rockingham County

• Mission: provide affordable and accessible primary care for all persons regardless of their ability to pay

Learning Tour of RMH Hardware

• Tour of the RMH facilities for interested Computer Information Systems (CIS) faculty to learn more about the computer hardware being used

Integrative Health

• Collaborate in developing integrative health education and practice

JMU Interns Working with RMH

• Establish internships in appropriate JMU departments to work with RMH personnel on specific "real world" challenges

• Examples – assisting with change

management– online course development– delivery

Music and Medicine

• Collaboration could range from exploring healing with music to providing opportunities for JMU music groups to perform

Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) Center

• Bring together the expertise of JMU and RMH to create a SIM Center

Pharmacy Residents

• Explore use of pharmacy residents to teach Pharmacy courses at JMU

Cardiac Diagnostics Using Sophisticated Fluid Mechanics

Techniques• An analytical tool was developed

to characterize cardiac flow

• The tools measure various flow parameters including the propulsive efficiency of the mitral inflow as a means of characterizing cardiac health, cardiac disease stages, and heart failure

Chronic Illness Strategies Clinic• The purpose of the Chronic Illness

Strategies Clinic:– empower people with chronic

illnesses to manage their disease – prevent acute exacerbations– delay further decline– maximize quality of life

• Designed as an adjunct to primary care services

• Clients will continue care with their primary care provider at the clinic

• Innovative, evidence based multi-disciplinary strategies not feasible in primary care settings today

Touchscreen Computer Kiosks• Design and pilot a computer touchscreen

kiosk offering written and verbal health information in English, Spanish and Russian for persons with low language and low health literacy

• Information on three healthcare learning needs:

– 1) heart disease– 2) depression– 3) TBA (to be selected based on needs of

participants at the site)• Data will be collected on

– 1) ability of such technology to improve knowledge of the intended users on the topics offered

– 2) acceptability of touchscreen computer kiosk as a means to deliver health information to persons with low language and health literacy

Healthy Families

• Explore opportunities to combine resources that will facilitate achievement of broad Health Families goals.

IRBs - WIN!

• JMU and RMH Institutional Review Boards include representation from both institutions

• Suggested at January 2007 celebration

• Implemented successfully in 2007

• Facilitates collaborative research

• Meets federal guidelines for IRBs for external representation