MUSC The Catalyst

October 7, 2011

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY of SOUTH CAROLINA

PatieNt-CeNtered Care?

Vol. 30, No. 8

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College of Charleston and MUSC work together to develop computer solutions.

FaCulty rePOrtiNg

Patient councils challenge status quo of care By dawn Brazell

Public Relations

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t takes courage to hand a psychiatrist a brochure that describes how he can improve the care he provides for his patients with mental illness.

Yancey Wise, a retired psychotherapist, does just that, though, and with good success. David Beckert, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry (IOP) takes the “What Hurts, What Helps” brochure and praises her efforts.

Beckert said there are many in his field who can benefit from this type of material and the reminder to not forget or minimize the role that family can play in a patient’s recovery. “It

goes back to the mission of what we do.”

For Wise, it gets to the heart of MUSC’s latest push aimed at redefining the relationships in health care. Wise is a member of the new IOP Patient Family Partnership Council. It is one of two new patient-family partnership councils, one formed for IOP in April and another for the medical center last month.

Torri Jacobsen, coordinator of MUSC Patient and Family-Centered Care, said IOP has its own council separate from the medical center council because of its unique patient population that is underserved. “I have a passion for it. I’ve personally seen what it’s like for someone to struggle with mental illness and addiction, and I’ve felt the impact.

The most fulfilling part of my job is the work I get to do with this council. I love it.”

Patient and family-centered care is not new.

Other hospitals have adopted it with amazing results including increased patient satisfaction, decreased medical errors and improved communication, she said, adding that it’s a way to take MUSC’s excellence program to the next level.

“Patient and family-centered care focuses on what works for the individual. If patient and family members are actively involved with their care throughout the whole process, then there’s better care and compliance when a patient gets discharged because it’s a partnership, and everyone is on the same See Councils on page 8

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Computer whizzes devise workplace solutions

By CIndy aBole Public Relations

In addition to computer science students Edward Pharr and Chad Freeman attending lectures to learn the latest about software engineering processes, the interns also are spending time outside of the classroom working at MUSC. Since June, these College of Charleston (CofC) students have been busy translating knowledge and theory in the classroom. They will then apply it toward finding real-world computer solutions to hospital computer network systems and projects. Together, they’re learning how to collaborate with end users and develop best practices to help MUSC achieve its information technology strategies.

The effort is part of a partnership established between MUSC’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and CofC’s Computer Science Department. The collaboration will allow students and staff to share knowledge and experiences between the institutions, according to Frank Clark, Ph.D., vice president for information technology and chief information officer.

Pharr and Freeman began working full-time in June and will continue to work part-time during the academic year as part of a yearlong paid internship experience.

“This program allows senior-level computer science students the chance to match their classroom-based knowledge of programming and theory with

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OCIO IT Enterprise Architecture director Mark Daniels, left, confers with computer science intern Chad Freeman as Edward Pharr works in the background. valuable workplace experience. It’s a winwin effort for both the students and our institutions,” said Clark. Both students will work on projects that support policies and practices associated with the National Health Information Network that ensures the exchange of secure health information using the Internet.

According to the college’s Discovery Informatics Program director and department chair Christopher Starr, Ph.D., the department works with 68 industry partners, including MUSC, to sponsor student interns. CofC’s Computing in the Arts degree program has catalyzed the establishment of a partnership with MUSC to provide a way to increase the college’s engagement The Catalyst is published once a week.

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in collaborative software projects for the public and market.

According to Starr, MUSC as a partner has been valuable for students because of the applications of computer science in medicine as well as research and clinical projects that include software development.

“We view MUSC as a creative partner, ready to participate with us in research, invention and now entrepreneurship in medical software markets. MUSC also has highly-skilled software developers on staff that mentor our students, validating what they learn at CofC and adding new value.”

Both students work under the direction of internship mentor Mark Daniels, OCIO director of Enterprise Information Technology (IT) Architecture. Daniels and his team initiated technical training and orientation to health care IT. They focused on helping the students understand the complexities of building and managing organizational technology infrastructures within the state’s only academic medical center. Later, each was assigned to work with a project resulting in the design, execution and documentation of a workplace solution.

Freeman was assigned to work on a web portal application project that would

allow referring physicians to access to computer information and electronic medical records that is encounterspecific. The goal was to do this without creating a new application that must be installed on the remote computer and that can be accessed using mobile devices.

Pharr, a graduate student, was assigned to upgrade a physician-resident communications hands-off project that focused on allowing residents to leave notes for each other using mobile devices. The previous version would use simple files for storage and had synchronization issues when multiple physicians made changes simultaneously.

This project resulted in Pharr exploring how information was stored.

Transitioning theories and experiences from classroom to workplace has been both easy and challenging, according to Freeman. “At MUSC, we’re focusing on creating products and programs that people can use. We’re dedicated to analyzing, making adjustments and testing things so it can work better. It’s different than a professor teaching it in the classroom using a step-by-step process.”

The experience has been positive for both students. Before starting the internship, neither student had seriously considered a career in medical or health care IT. Today, they find it a fast-paced and ever-changing environment driven by medicine’s production of cuttingedge products, devices and methods.

The students also enjoy the continuous, open collaboration between physicians, clinicians and technical staff.

Both Freeman and Pharr would consider this experience as a possible long-term career.

Freeman said what he has enjoyed is the ability to create, design and test applicable products. “I can’t say how much more accomplished I feel as a developer and programmer than what I’ve experienced in the past three months. MUSC is a great environment to be part of where people of different skills are dedicated to helping patients feel better and finding solutions that positively affect their health outcomes.”

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Challenge yourself, take a quiz In honor of breast cancer awareness month, the Department of Radiology is challenging The Catalyst readers with a breast cancer awareness quiz. Participants have the opportunity to win an embroidered pink beach tote with movie tickets, a pink Adidas hat, a bracelet, pin and other items. Email responses to Tonya Pilkenton, Department of Radiology marketing liaison, at pilkento@musc.edu by Oct. 28. The drawing will be held Nov. 1.

1. You should obtain a risk assessment from a ___________________.

2. Breast self exams should be performed _______________.

3. A ______________ breast exam should be obtained annually.

4. Regular mammography screening should begin at the age of ____________.

5. Hollings Cancer Center's breast program has been designated a ______________ by the American College of Radiology.

The answers can be found in the Radiology Review Fall Newsletter at http:// clinicaldepartments.musc.edu/radiology/newsletters.htm and on the Hollings Cancer Center website at http://www.muschealth.com/cancer/breastcancer/ index.htm.

Hollings Cancer Center Mammography Oct. 10 — 25: Sweet grass basket drawing; Oct. 10 — 14: Bake sale; Oct. 19 and 20: Cake and punch served to mammography patients. There also will be a Breast Cancer Survivors weekly drawing for prizes. Email Holli Jean Hoagland for information on the mammography drawings and events at hoagland@musc.edu.

EmployEE WEllnEss q MUSC Employee Fitness Series: A free Pilates class will be held at the MUSC Wellness Center from 12:15 12:45 p.m., Oct. 11. Participants will receive a free day pass to the Wellness Center. Email musc-empwell@musc.edu to register. q Wellness Wednesday: Join the American Lung Association in its mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease by participating in the Fight For Air Run/ Walk on Oct. 29. It is a timed 5K, with an after party on Folly Beach and an awards ceremony with race, costume, and fundraising awards. Visit the table in Children's Hospital lobby from 11 a.m. 1 p.m., Oct. 12 to donate or register for this event. For information or to register online, visit http://www.lungusa.org/ pledge-events/sc/charleston-walk-fy12/. q Lunch & Learn Stress Management Series: Tips for less stress and a good night's sleep from 12:15 — 12:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 12, Room 102, Colbert Education Center & Library. To register, email musc-empwell@musc.edu.

q Mobile mammograms: The Hollings Cancer Center Mobile Van will be conducting mammograms from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 19 at the Basic Science Building. Call 7920878. q Worksite screening: The next screening will be held Oct. 20 at the Clinical Sciences Building.

The screening is $15 with the State Health Plan and $42 without and includes a blood chemistry profile, blood pressure, Susan Johnson height and weight and a written report with individualized recommendations.

Register at http://www.musc.edu/ medcenter/health1st.

Contact Susan Johnson at johnsusa@ musc.edu to become involved in employee wellness at MUSC. For upto-date information, find Employee Wellness on Facebook.

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Exposure to in-depth pathology a welcome change

In a lecture hall, located on the first floor of the Basic Science Building, we watch as our patient enters anaphylactic shock. Our instructor, Dr. Matthew McEvoy, tells us that we’ve been called to the bedside of a patient who has begun to code. The attending will not arrive for another 15 minutes. “What do you want to do?” he asks us.

At the front of the lecture hall, a screen displays the patient’s dwindling blood pressure and Chelsey Baldwin oxygen saturation, accompanied by an elevated respiratory rate and a racing heart that is attempting to make up for the lack of circulating volume. The alarms continue to sound.

“What are you going to do?” Dr. McEvoy prods us again. The unrelenting sirens are unnerving and lead to a momentary lull in the auditorium. Despite the

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fact that this patient is no more than a set of vital signs on a screen, the hesitation, the need to be right is still present.

McEvoy aids us by pointing to the patient’s non-life sustaining blood pressure. “Fluids!” we shout. “The patient needs to be given intravenous lactated ringers,” another student confirms. Much of the patient’s blood volume has been lost due to increased permeability of vessels, which we need to correct for quickly in hopes of avoiding considerable comorbidities.

“What drugs should be administered?” We shout out a list of adrenergic drugs we have recently, and less than confidently, committed to memory. Working through our buzz words: Shock: Anaphylaxis: Epinephrine.

“Give them Epinephrine!” we call out.

“How much?” Dr. McEvoy banters back at us. “High Dose!” Dosages beyond high and low are still a mystery at this point. McEvoy simulates the addition of a high dose of epinephrine to our patient.

“Now your patient begins to wheeze!” he tells us.

“Good” we cry. It’s a sign that bronchoconstriction has begun to resolve just enough to allow air to whistle through the respiratory passages.

The patient’s vitals begin to normalize.

In-depth exposure to pathology has been a much

welcomed change from the first-year curriculum.

Recognition and understanding of disease is what you ideally imagine medical school to be, often omitting the year of learning “normalcy” that precedes.

I often cringe as I go through our syllabus laden with images of the horrible deformities and damages that can befall upon the human body. Exposure to the endless ways in which the body can be induced into a diseased state also has induced bouts of hypochondriacal thinking. Take for instance, after a week of continuous 15-hour study days for our last exam, my legs began to ache. Sedentary, with painful legs, good heavens, I have a deep venous thrombosis (DVT). I monitor my breathing, waiting for the onset of a pulmonary embolism.

I am far from the only student I’ve heard grumbling about DVTs in the past week. This mindset is obviously far from a new phenomenon within the medical student population. Our professors are cognizant of our hyper-self-diagnostic tendencies.

Dr. Sally Self, pathologist and College of Medicine lecturer, lists out general vague symptoms of vasculitis: weakness, fatigue, and malaise. She stops, “No you don’t have vasculitis; you’re just not exercising and sleeping enough.”

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Siddha medicine helps combat illnesses

By BooBalan PaChaIyaPPan, Ph.d.

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aintaining longevity is as much an art as a science.

Drugs taken to treat the physical and chemical imbalance of the body often end up being futile, with side-effects or a plethora of other complications.

In the post-Genomic world that is filled with numerous disease conditions, advanced medical methods, ultra-sharp instruments and skilled physicians, the Siddha system of medicine that still is practiced in the South of India almost has eluded attention.

Siddha medicine, which dates back several thousand years before the Common Era (or A.D.), also is ‘a perfect medicine’ and involves application of products obtained from plants, animals and inorganic substances (metals and minerals) to treat almost all ailments with minimum or no side effects. Siddha medicine has stood the test of time and made impressive contributions to global health using indigenous resources.

The word, Siddha (or Siddhars in Tamil), refers to someone who attained Siddhi or extraordinary powers.

In the present context, Siddha refers to 18 prominent ancient supernatural saints who achieved extraordinary psychic powers through years of fasting and meditation.

The roots of this Siddha medicine are intertwined with the ancient Tamil civilization. Originally compiled in palm leaves in the form of short complex Tamil poems, the system of Siddha medicine has been a closely guarded secret that eventually has been made public.

Siddha medicine also encompasses yoga and Varma (proper application of releasing stagnant energy from vital points) therapy in order to promote healing.

Only by keeping the body healthy can one keep a soul healthy. At least this is what the Siddhars believed. They also believed that the factors that control the human body (microcosm) are nothing but the manifestations of the five macroscopic elements (Iynkurukal or Panja Bhutas) that control the universe (macrocosm), namely earth, water, air, fire and ether.

The Siddha system of medicine recognizes the synergistic role played by seven physical constituents (plasma, blood, muscles, fatty tissues, bones, nerves, both male and female hormones) and three life force factors (air, bile and phlegm) to maintain a healthy state. An imbalance in the equilibrium state of these 10 factors due to diet, physical activity, stress and environmental (cosmic) factors would result in disease conditions. In the Siddha system of medicine, enormous emphasis has been given to diagnostic methods in order to identify the disease condition before prescribing a cure. These are called eight-fold

Nadu, India's cultural capital was formerly known as Madras State and is located in southeast India, consisting of 30 districts.

q Language: Tamil is the official language of Tamil

Nadu (as well as one of the official of several hundred languages of India).

Sakthi dancers from India perform Thappattam, a type of dance while playing Parai, a percussion instrument. The dancers performed at the FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America) Convention at the Gaillard Auditorium, July 2 - 4.

diagnostic methods (En Vagai Thervu), which are based on inspection of tongue, color, voice, eyes, touch, stool, urine and pulse. A staunch practitioner of Siddha medicine can unambiguously identify the disease condition based on these inspection methods. For example, the Siddha system of medicine unambiguously diagnosed jaundice by analyzing pulse at the radial artery, inspection of a yellow pigmentation in the white of the eyes and early morning saffron-colored urine, and prescribes Phylanthus Niruri (Kizhanelli) for a sideeffect free cure.

Another interesting point to note about the Siddha medicines is that they can be administered in both disease conditions (for recuperation) as well as to health conditions (prevention). A few simple Siddha-based remedies are listed below: q The twigs of neem and banyan trees are used for cleaning teeth. The seeds and leaves of neem (Vepam) have antiseptic, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hypotensive and anti-ulcer effects. q Recent viral fevers in Tamilnadu that were incurable with conventional antiviral drugs were successfully controlled using extracts from neem and other medicinal plants (Nilavembu Kudineer). q Fenugreek (Venthiyam) soaked in water and taken with yogurt cures chronic diarrhea and mucous dysentery.

If there is one concept that the Siddha medicine reiterates, it is this simple premise: “Food is medicine.”

Siddha medicine infused medicinal plants into traditional cooking and formulated a regimen for consumers in order to maintain the holistic balance of the human body. It benefits everyone to know and take advantage of the Siddha medicine that stands the test of time.

Editor's note: The Global Health page focuses on raising awareness of international health issues through an academic venue with the purpose of improving the quality of care for patients. E-mail globalhealthnews@musc.edu.

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During her period of illness, she had swelling of both knees, then later her ankles, but that has resolved. She also noted nodular swelling on her back and elbow. But they have resolved too. She only took Tylenol for it as her mother thought this was a viral infection.

On exam, she had significant wheezing and the doctor said that she has ‘murmurs’ and ordered an echo. Based on this history, what is the most likely diagnosis of the patient’s illness?

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CounCIls Continued from Page One page. It’s breaking down the hierarchy of ‘I’m the doctor or nurse, and here are the answers.’ It’s understanding this should be a conversation with our patients and families, not a one-way discussion. We need to have an open dialogue and share information freely to achieve patient-centeredness.”

Admitting it’s an ambitious project to achieve such a cultural shift hospitalwide, Jacobsen said the research supports that this is the right thing to do. It’s a win-win for staff and patients.

“The council is called a partnership council because we want them to be true partners working side-by-side with our leadership, our clinicians, and our staff.

They’ll be working on strategic initiatives that will help support our cultural shift towards patient and family centered care.”

Though the IOP council just started meeting in April, it already has made important contributions. “It’s amazing what great ideas they have come up with in such a short amount of time. I feel very fortunate to serve as the council liaison to such an outstanding group.”

Those ideas include: initiating plans for a weekly spiritual support group for interested patients; providing copies of “What Hurts, What Helps” by The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) to MUSC health providers and staff; setting up crisis intervention training for emergency department and medical center security staff about how mental health issues present and how best to help these patients; and planning question-and-answer panels on mental health issues that include the perspectives of patients, family members and professionals.

Providing the trainings and discussion sessions has the potential to dramatically affect care, she said. If staff members better understand how mental illness presents and that it is an actual illness and not just the patient being difficult, it changes the way patients and families are treated, and also provides much needed support to the hospital staff.

“The council thought if we can in any way help support hospital staff by helping to better manage their anxieties and fears, then we can help break down the walls and stigmas that surround

Dr. David Beckert and Yancey Wise discuss how switching to patient and family-centered care can improve the quaity of health care. mental illness.”

Jacobsen, who still is recruiting members for both councils, said she’s been incredibly lucky in who’s volunteering for the job. The IOP council members are willing to use their own stories to put a human face on mental illness and to share what has and hasn’t worked for them in hopes of easing the suffering of others with mental illness.

They are people such as Wise, who also leads a NAMI support group. The retired psychotherapist hit a wall in 1972 and found herself in the patient’s chair with a diagnosis of major depression, and then in 1982 received a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Wise said she struggled through a dark period where she felt she lost hope and her confidence was

shattered. She had to quit working.

Mental illness took over her life, her career and her dreams. She was hospitalized four times before she found a way to take back her life.

“The last 12 years, I’ve been in recovery. Now I have a chance to give to those with mental illness – to give people hope. For years I didn’t have much hope,” she said. “It is possible to lead a productive life.”

Also on the IOP council is Marian Rzepkowski, a retired teacher, who uses her talents to lead a NAMI support group and co-teach the NAMI Family-toFamily Program, a free 12-week course for family caregivers of individuals with mental illness. An outspoken advocate, Rzepkowski knows the strains placed on caregivers, and teaches the class because

Marian Rzepkowski, left, Lacey Lipe, center, and Torri Jacobsen discuss council plans.

she’s seen it change people’s lives. The council is another way to extend her advocacy work.

“It is my passion. I have a 38-yearold daughter who has suffered from mental illness since her teens. She has been married five times and lost custody of five children. I want everyone to understand mental illness. It’s not because of some parental issue. In most cases, it’s because of some brain issue that has happened. I want to do something to affect their care.”

That’s true of council members Lacey Lipe and her 19-year-old son, who has bipolar disorder and is on the autism spectrum. Lipe has learned the hard way what medical providers can do to better help those with mental illness, and the heavy toll that state budget cuts on mental health programs is having on families. She wants to get out the story of what a difference it can make to get patients with mental illness timely treatment and the right family support.

Her son, who at one point had to be admitted into an inpatient facility, has made great progress in getting to a point where he can be an advocate. “He’s been through a lot, and even though I’m an aggressive go-getter mom, even I have had a hard time getting him the help he’s needed,” she said. “I think his voice is important as a young person who is willing to speak out about it. He’s young, he’s 19, and he will bring a unique perspective. He’s living it right now.

He’s dealing with it. He’s articulate and outspoken. He’s a very big advocate for mental illness.”

One of her hopes for the council is that it will bring hope to the parents and children who are getting lost in the system.

“I would like to be part of a change.

To hear that MUSC is reaching out to the community and the families saying ‘we want to be a different kind of hospital’ makes me feel like we can be part of a change. Clearly, there needs to be a change in the way mental illness is viewed and treated.”

To learn more about the Patient Family Partnership Councils, visit http://mcintranet.musc.edu/cceps/ PFCC/index or email jacobsen@musc. edu. For information on the Institute of Psychiatry, visit http://www.musc.edu/ psychiatry.

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Faculty, staff CV database to save time, reduce administrative load FAIR, Faculty Academic Information Reporting, the universitywide curriculum vitae (CV) database, has a new face.

Kristi Rodgers, a data coordinator in the Office of Integrated Planning and Space Management, inherited the project, spearheaded by former MUSC provost John Raymond, M.D., in 2008, from Frances Glanville, administrative manager, and Carol Boyer, business analyst. Rodgers said she hasn’t seen software this remarkable and userfriendly in years.

“The time FAIR will save university staff and faculty is beyond measure.

With everyone on board, we will be able to create reports needed for surveys and statistics, grants and other moneys in mere hours, if not minutes, instead of months.”

Glanville agreed. “It’s a one-stop-shop.

FAIR can be used for marketing, the faculty directory, grants support and annual reports.”

Rodgers has taken on this project, as well as keeping some of her other duties, such as survey creation and scannable exam grading. “Without funding and accreditation, we have no jobs,” she said. “We don't want to get left behind financially or statistically, especially in this economy.”

The policy, written and approved by Mark Sothmann, Ph.D., vice president of academic affairs and provost, and the dean’s council, is available at http://

www.musc.edu/fair. Once all the CVs have been entered, updates are expected to occur at least every six months. The reports generated from the information entered help the university's standing, especially in the race for future funding and accreditation.

John Feussner, M.D., Distinguished University Professor and executive senior associate dean for clinical affairs, said the initial data entry and proofing processes can be somewhat time consuming.

“Once that process is complete, the time and effort saved across the institution more than compensates for that initial effort. Having CV data available centrally greatly reduces the administrative load for numerous projects at all levels of the institution.”

All faculty will be required to enter CVs by March 31, 2012. The data standards will be completed soon and posted on the website. Training and assistance also will be available from Rodgers. The training schedule for FAIR, starting in November, will be announced in broadcast messages. The schedule will also be available at http://www. musc.edu/fair. Currently, Rodgers is recording tutorials with Tegrity that will be available on demand.

As with any data entry, following the standard formatting is, of course, crucial, said Boyer. “As long as everyone follows the easy guidelines, the data will work for us,” Boyer said.

Nominations being accepted for honorary degrees Nominations are being accepted by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost for honorary degree recipients from MUSC. The honorary degrees will be awarded at the May 2012 Commencement.

In general, honorary degrees go to individuals in the following broad categories: Contributions to the nation, contributions to science or contributions to the state or MUSC.

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