From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Mirai Mikhail B.A. (Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine), Allison Piazza MHA, Jennifer Zepf DO, Antonia F. Oladipo MD Background:There is increased evidence that integrating arts and humanities throughout medical education...
Clinical Care Pathways or Reducing Unwarranted Practice Variability
Decreasing Disparities Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Leora Aquino MD (NYU Langone Health), Isaac Dapkins MD, Jennifer Norton PhD, Chase McCaleb MS, Judd Anderman MS Background: Patients who enter medical care late in their HIV disease have substantially higher direct medical...
Eliminating Wrong Blood in Tube Events
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Brad Goodman BSE, MBA (New York-Presbyterian Hospital), Cindy Spiegel RPh, MS, CPHQ Background:The number of WBIT events at NYP Weill Cornell has risen over 200%, increasing the chances for patient harm from an incompatible blood...
Adapting Safety & Quality Initiatives Sustainably in an Environment of Competing Priorities
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Shirley Bomhoff, Master of Science in Nursing (LSSBB MedStar Health) Background:MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, a teaching hospital in the District of Columbia (DC), experienced a sharp increase in central line-associated...
Quantifying Value in an Iterative Disease-Site Specific Peer Review System
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Leslie Chang MD (Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Jean Wright MD Background:Peer review is a multidisciplinary meeting in radiation oncology that is...
Improving Delivery of Care to Hospitalized Incarcerated Patients
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Amelita Woodruff MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital) Background:While most care for incarcerated individuals is delivered on-site, some of them need to be hospitalized. This brings added expenses, such as secure transportation and...
Evaluating and Streamlining an Urban Academic Medical Center’s Hospice Referral and Discharge Process
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Margaret Krasne MD MPH (Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital), Elys Bhatia MSCS (JHHS Quality and Clinical Analytics), Allyson Mitchell LCSW-C, Michelle Churchill MSN CRNP ACHPN, Catherine...
Hospitalist Reflection Reports
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Michelle Knees DO (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Andrew Berry MD (Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center; University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Mel Anderson MD Although many institutions have...
Inpatient versus Outpatient Biopsy Following Detection of New Cancer: An Analysis of Quality Measures and Patient Outcomes
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Kaleb Foster BS (Temple University Hospital), Ho-Man Yeung MD Background:For patients with poor health literacy or significant social barriers to care, navigating the process of obtaining an outpatient biopsy can be difficult and...
Mobility is Medicine: A Novel Approach to Increasing Patient Activity During Hospitalization
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Jeremy Barner DPT, Graduate (UNC Health), Emily Hoke MHA, Graduate Background:Patient activity and mobilization is a critical component of healing and recovery. After identifying resource limitations that impacted daily activity...
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