From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Da Wi Shin BE (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Daniel Alaiev BBA (New York City Health + Hospitals), Surafel Tsega MD, Mona Krouss MD, Hyung Cho MD Background: According to the American Association of Blood Banks, a...
Improving Appropriateness of Diagnostic or Screening Services
Understanding the Management of Depression by Medical Trainees in Heart Failure Patients
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Akshay Chandora, BS in Biology (Morehouse School of Medicine), Hee Lee BS (Medical College of Georgia), Yuna Seo BS, Eric Chang MD, Kisha Burgess DO, Christabel Nyange MD, Adeyinka Adeniyi MD, Christine Charaf MD, MBA...
Reducing Unnecessary CBCs on the Inpatient Resident Service at the Orlando VA Hospital
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Zara Bashir MD (University of Central Florida/HCA Healthcare GME, Orlando, FL), Feras Al-Moussally MD, Jorge Rodriguez MD, Ashlee Sidhu MD, Brian Murr MD, Liliana Franco MD, Jorge Restrepo DO, Ashwini Komarla MD...
Inpatient versus Outpatient MRI? Outcomes for Discharged patients with Newly Diagnosed Hepatocellular Carcinoma
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Ho-Man Yeung MD (Temple University Hospital) Background:Patients with primary liver mass(es) often require advanced imaging for further characterization and diagnosis. Outpatient MRI study is difficult to coordinate and patients...
Barriers in Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Treatment
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Irvind Buttar DO (Lenox Hill Hospital), Michael Bonafede DO, Akshay Syal MD, Ethan Fried MD Introduction:Per the United States Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, an estimated 10 million people age 50 years and...
Reducing the Incidence of Rectal Temperatures in Patients with Neutropenia: A Quality Improvement Project at Lenox Hill Hospital
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Kolton Smith DO (Lenox Hill Hospital), Menna Elaskandrany DO, Evan Finger DO, Ethan Fried MD Background:Although rectal temperatures provide the closest estimate of the true core body temperature, they pose certain risks such as...
Can a Handheld Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy Device Aid Primary Care Physicians in Detection and Management of Skin Cancer?
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Stephen Merry MD MPH (Mayo Clinic), Elizabeth V. Seiverling MD (UPMC), Thomas Agresta MD MBI, Laura Ferris MD, Brian McCormick MD, Kiran Chatha MD, MPH, Vivien Nguyen PharmD, David Leffell MD, Daniel Siegel MD, Ivana Croghan PhD...
Skin Cancer in the Medicare Population: Can an Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy device help improve PCPs’ detection?
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Stephen Merry MD MPH (Mayo Clinic), Brian McCormick MD (Hampton Family Practice), Kiran Chatha MD, MPH, Vivien Nguyen PharmD, David Leffell MD, Ivana Croghan PhD Background:The risk for developing skin cancer increases with age,...
ED median time to 1st antibiotic administration for suspected sepsis patients (SIRS)
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Wala Al Muslem, Bachelor Nursing Degree (Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare), Muhammad Afzal, Emergency Medicine Consultant Recognizing and responding to sepsis early can significantly improve patient outcomes. Sepsis is a medical...
Development and Implementation of an Inpatient Order Set to Reduce Wasteful Recurring Orders
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Aishwarya Katiki MS, BS (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine), Vanshika Narala BS, Khanh Nguyen MD, BS, Matthew Cerasale MD, BS, Caleb Murphy MD Background:Many electronic medical records (EMR) allow automated...
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