Dr. Fakih works to improve quality of care at Ascension, with an overarching goal of creating a standardized process to optimize disease management and avert patient harm. Dr. Fakih’s work focuses on identifying and promoting best practices, creating provider implementation processes, and solidifying processes to achieve sustainable results. He has led projects to reduce hospital admissions for patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic renal insufficiency. He also helped to improve diabetes care and improve blood sugar control in African American patients. Dr. Fakih’s work on sepsis has also helped improve outcomes. He has contributed to the creation of a comprehensive toolkit used to promote the appropriate utilization of urinary catheters in the hospital setting, which has been adopted by the Michigan Hospital Association and Ascension, and led to significant reduction in unnecessary catheter use. Recommendations from his research on reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections were adopted in hospitals throughout Ascension and nationally. In addition, he has established a system antimicrobial stewardship structure for Ascension.
