From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Hope Schwartz BA (University of California San Francisco), Elle Clelland BA, Leslie Zimmerman MD, Dana Rohde PhD, Chris Moriates MD, Ari Hoffman MD Background Health care affordability is a growing area of concern in the US, with...
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Improving Healthcare Value: Medicare Reimbursement for Short Stay Inpatient vs. Outpatient Medical Hospitalizations
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Charles Locke MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Edward Hu MD, Ronald Hirsch MD, Ann Sheehy MD, Andrew Hughes MD Background When hospitalizing Fee-For Service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries, physicians must follow...
Game On! Email-Facilitated Case Competition as a Format for High-Value Care Education
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Hannah Kay MD (University of Colorado), Michael Tchou MD, Barry Seltz MD, Kimberly O'Hara MD Background Overdiagnosis and overtreatment contribute to high costs and potential harm to patients. One strategy to reduce costs is to...
Student-Led High-Value Care Interest Group Supplements Health System Sciences Education in Undergraduate Medical Education
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Lisa Yoder BS (Penn State College of Medicine), Lauren Pomerantz BS, Zach Corey BS, Kira Garry BA, MPH, Garrett Thompson BS, MPH Background Over the past few decades, there has been a push to redesign the system of medical...
Making the APPropriate Choice: Utilization of a Smartphone Application to Optimize Antimicrobial Decisions Among Internal Medicine Trainees
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Thomas Brooke (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program), Walter Gullory, Herman Pfaeffle, Sorana Raiciulescu, Rose Ressner Background Antimicrobial stewardship (AS) increases patient...
Small Changes, Positive Impacts: Changing Medical Student Perspectives through Online Modules
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Erin Urbanowicz (Oregon Health and Science University), Emily Mitchell, Caroline King, Andrea Smeraglio Background Globally, healthcare costs have spiraled out of control. Healthcare leaders are pursuing new avenues to raise...
Utility of a Structured Self-Audit to Educate Internal Medicine Residents on Lessons Learned from Hospital Re-admissions
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Fizza Hussain (Loyola University Medical Center), Leo Gozdecki, Stephanie Betcher, Abhinav Menon, Andrew Crone, Hina Dalal, Pavan Gupta, Cody Braun, Arouj Bajwa, Arushi Hukku, Faisal Husain, Nicolas Krepostman, Nathalie...
Integrating high Value Care Concepts Into a Longitudinal Course for First Year Medical Students
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Haritha Pavuluri (University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville), Margaret Oliver, Lauren Demosthenes Background As a result of growing concern about healthcare costs for individuals and the country as a whole, many...
Pediatric Residents’ Experiences with High Value Care
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Emma Nathaniel (University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado), Michael Tchou, Barry Seltz, Alexis Ball, Sheilah Jiménez Background Residents are expected to incorporate consideration of cost...
Building Health Systems Citizens Through a GME Health Systems Sciences Distinction Track
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Dharmini Shah Pandya (Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine), Rachel Salas (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) Healthcare delivery models are more than ever focused on yielding high value care, improved...
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