Robert M. Dressler, M.D., MBA

Quality and Safety Officer, Department of Academic and Medical Affairs

Publications

Improving Infusion Pump Safety Through Usability Testing
Improving Infusion Pump Safety Through Usability Testing
Miller KE, Arnold R, Capan M, Campbell M, Zern SC, Dressler R, Duru OO, Ebbert G, Jackson E, Learish J, Strauss D, Wu P, Bennett DA

J Nurs Care Qual 2017 Apr/Jun;32(2):141-149

PMID: 27500697

Abstract

With the recognition that the introduction of new technology causes changes in workflow and may introduce new errors to the system, usability testing was performed to provide data on nursing practice and interaction with infusion pump technology. Usability testing provides the opportunity to detect and analyze potentially dangerous problems with the design of infusion pumps that could cause or allow avoidable errors. This work will reduce preventable harm through the optimization of health care delivery.
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Barriers to and facilitators of interprofessional-interdepartmental interventions: unearthing departmental culture
Barriers to and facilitators of interprofessional-interdepartmental interventions: unearthing departmental culture
Michalec B, Reinhold N, Dressler R, Laskowski-Jones L, Adarve L, Elliott D

Am J Med Qual 2015 Mar;30(2):126-34

PMID: 24443319

Abstract

This study evaluates how emergency department (ED) and medical intensive care unit (MICU) providers interact in the setting of a quality improvement project designed to enhance transport/care for patients from the ED to the MICU. Focus groups were conducted with nurses, residents, physician assistants, and physicians from the ED and MICU at baseline and 6 months regarding their thoughts on and perspectives of the intervention and working with colleagues from another department. Data were then analyzed utilizing a multistep coding scheme that identified key barriers to and facilitators of the interprofessional-interdepartmental intervention. Analysis also showed, however, that variances in departmental culture play a significant role in the willingness and ability of providers to practice interdepartmental team-based care. It is argued that anticipating and acknowledging these differences and designing systems to address them prior to launch will be essential to the development and implementation of effective interdepartmental quality improvement interventions.
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Altering overuse of cardiac telemetry in non-intensive care unit settings by hardwiring the use of American Heart Association guidelines
Altering overuse of cardiac telemetry in non-intensive care unit settings by hardwiring the use of American Heart Association guidelines
Dressler R, Dryer MM, Coletti C, Mahoney D, Doorey AJ

JAMA Intern Med 2014 Nov;174(11):1852-4

PMID: 25243419

Abstract

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