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Stephen E. Muething, MD

Title

Assistant Vice President for Patient Safety

Appointment

Associate Professor, General and Community Pediatrics

Email

stephen.muething@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-2068

Fax

513-636-7247

Bio

Dr. Stephen Muething is a Pediatrician and Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He was in private pediatrics in a small community in Indiana for 13 years before returning to join the full time faculty in 2000.

Dr. Muething became a leader in quality improvement and transformation at Cincinnati Children's. He has graduated from the advanced training program in Salt Lake and has advanced improvement methodology at Cincinnati Children's. He has led improvement work at the acute care systems including improvements in evidence-based care and patient flow. He was a leader of the team that began Family-Centered Rounds.

Dr. Muething has now taken on a leadership role in Patient Safety and has a special interest in design for reliability and high relibiilty organization. He plays a key role in several national improvement efforts supplying expertise in improvement science.

Credentials

MD: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1984
Residency: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 1984-1987
Chief Resident: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1987 - 1988

Position History

Assistant Professor: 1999-2005
Associate Professor: 2006
Assistant Vice-President for Patient Safety: 2007

Awards and Honors

  • Awarded "2005 Best Doctors"
  • Race for Results, 2004
  • Award of Excellence Child Health Corporation of America, 2004
  • Golden Spoon House Staff Teaching Award, Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, 2004
  • Nominated, Health Care Hero, Cincinnati Business Courier, 2004

Research

  • Primary care quality improvement
  • immunizations

Research Grants and Contracts

  • Pursuing Perfection, Robert Wood Johnson Grant, Co-team leader.
  • NACHRI, Consultant, May 31, 2006 - present

Publications, Most Recent

Muething, SE, Kotagal UR, Schoettker, PJ, Gonzalez-Del-Ray, DeWitt, TG. Family-Centered Bedside Rounds: a New Approach to Patient Care and Teaching. Pediatrics, 2007; 119:829-832.

Gerhardt WE., Schoettker, PJ, Donovan EF, Muething, SE., Kotagal UR. Sustained Implementation of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines – an Academic Pediatric Center's Experience, Joint Commission J on Quality and Patient Safety, 2007; 33(4).

Britto, MT, Anderson, J, Kent, W, Muething, SE, Mandel, K, Kaminski, G, Pandzik, G, Carter, L, Kotagal, U. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: Transforming Care for Children and Families. J Qual Patient Safety, 2006; 32:541-548.

Luria, JW, Muething, SE, Schoettker, PJ, Kotagal, UR. Reliability Science and Patient Safety. Pediatr Clin N Am, 2006; 53(6):1121-1133.

Muething SE. Improving Patient Outcomes by Standardizing Care. Editorial J. Pediatr, 2005; Nov; 147(5) 568-570.

Blacklidge, M, Kotagal, UR, Lazaron, L, Schoettker, PJ, Kenedy, MR, Stultz, M, Muething, S. Challenges to Performance-Based Assessment for Community Physicians. J Healthcare Quality, 2005; 27(5): 20-27.

Muething, SE, Kotagal, U. Reliability of the Health Care Delivery System. Editorial. J Pediatr, 2005 May; 146 (5) 581-2.

Muething, S., Schoettker, PJ, Gerhardt WE, Atherton HD, Britto MT, Kotagal, UR. Decreasing overuse of therapies in the treatment of bronchiolitis by incorporating evidence at the point of care. J Pediatr, 2004; 144(6):703-10.

Professional Organization Memberships

Special Interests

  • Improved coordination of care in the primary care office
  • Hospitalist care
  • Electronic medical record
  • Immunization registry
  • Health care improvement
  • Family education via the media

Presentations, Most Recent

Muething, SE. Outcomes of Family-Centered Rounds at Cincinnati Children's. Presented at PAS, May 5, 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Muething, SE, Gonzalez Del-Ray J, Simmons, J. Family Centered Rounds Review of Medical Literature APPD Workshop, May 4, 2007,Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Muething, SE. Using Reliability Science to Decrease the Incidence of Nosocomial Infections. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, April 15, 2007, Baltimore, MD.

Muething, SE. Improving Reliability of Health Cae in Your Setting. Presented at NICHQ, March 19-21, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Muething SE. Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Crohn's & Colitis Quality Improvement Launch Meeting, Keynote Speaker, March 9, 2007, CHicago, IL

Muething, SE. Clinical Microsystem Performance Improvement Initiative. Presented at the Clinical Microsystem Performance Improvement Initiative, January 24, 2007, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH.

Muething SE. An Evidence-Based Approach to Improve Outcomes. DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rounds Presentation, November 4, 2006, Grand Rapids, MI.

Muething, SSE. Improving Outcomes Through Family-Centered Care, Galisano Children's Hospital Grand Rounds, Rochester General Hosital, 34th Annual Richard Mason Ham Memorial Lecture/Pediatric, October 18, 2006, Rochester, NY.

Muething SE. Improving Outcomes through Family-Centered Care, Grand Rounds Presentation, Women's & Children's Hospital, August 18, 2006, Charleston, WV.

Muething SE. Can Reliability Science Help Us Reduce Nosocomial Infection Rates. 2nd Annual Sick Kids Partners in Paediatric Patient Safety, June 8-9, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Muething SE. Improving Outcomes Through Family-Centered Care, Grand Rounds Presentation, Toledo Children's Hospital, May 17, 2006, Toledo, OH.

Muething, SE. Best Practices Outside KP - A "How-to" on Family Centered Care, Kaiser Permanente's Pediatrics Conference, May 10, 2006, Napa, CA.

Brinkman W, Simmons J, Vossmeyer M, Muething S. Family-Centered Rounds: Overcoming Barriers to Get Back to the Bedside. PAS Workshop, April 30, 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Muething SE, Byczkowski T, Britto M. Impact of Two Strategies to Achieve Extremely High Guideline Adherences. PAS Platform Presentation, April 30, 2006, San Francisco, CA.

Muething, SE. Improving Outcomes Through Family-Centered Care presented at Nemours Children's Clinics Pediatric Grand Rounds, March 22, 2006, Wilmington, DE. Published at Peds.education.org
(http://www.pedseducation.org/online
education/20060805/index.html

Muething SE, Britto M, Byczkowski T. Taking Evidence Based-Care to a Higher Level of Reliability. NICHQ, March 16, 2006, Orlando, FL.

Muething SE. Using Reliability Science to Dramatically Improve Outcomes in Pediatric Healthcare. NICHQ Exploratorium, March 16, 2006, Orlando, FL.

Muething SE. Parents on Rounds. Institute for Family-Centered Care, December 12, 2005, Houston, TX.

Muething SE. Improving Outcomes Through Family-Centered Care, Grand Rounds Presentation, Children's National Medical Center, November 16, 2005, Washington, DC.

Muething SE. Leveraging Technology for Quality Improvement. Sg2 Fall Conference, November 4, 2005, Chicago, IL.

Brinkman W, Simmons J, Vossmeyer M, Muething SE. Family Centered Rounds: Overcoming Barriers to Get Back to the Bedside. PAS Workshop, May 14, 2005, Washington, DC.

Muething SE, Patel A, Linam M, Kotagal U. Improved Reliability of Evidence-Based Asthma Care Deliery. PAS, May 14, 2005, Washington, DC.

Muething SE. Using Quality Improvement Methodology to Advance Patient and Family-Centered Care, Institute for Family Center Care, April 11-14, 2005, Houston, TX.

Muething SE. Using Reliabiity Science in Pursuing Perfection in Chidren's Health Care. NICHQ, February 28, 2005, San Diego, CA.

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