From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Kshitij Thakur (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Qalb Khan (Capital Health), Naveed Jan (Crozer), FNU Aparna (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Jian Liang Tan (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Fnu Anshul (Crozer-Chester Medical...
Improving Appropriateness of Diagnostic or Screening Services
Standardizing Use of Albumin in Large Volume Paracentesis
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Shelby Anderson (Parkland Health and Hospital System), Julian Mccreary (Parkland Health and Hospital System), Kristin S. Alvarez (Parkland Health and Hospital System), Deepak Agrawal (University Texas Southwestern Medical...
Antibiotic Stewardship: Defining a True Penicillin Allergy
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Alexandra Lucas (Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine), John Orr (Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine), James Palma-D'Souza (Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine), Hannah Snyder (Geisinger Commonwealth School of...
Reducing Inappropriate Rasburicase Use to Promote High-value Care
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Komal Patel (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;), Arjun Gupta (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;), Eileen Marley (Parkland Health and Hospital System), Hsiao C. Li (University...
Reducing Inappropriate IV Potassium Use: A Multimodal Quality Improvement Project
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Brian Grundy (Dell Medical School at The University of Texas, Austin), Richard Bottner (Dell Medical School at The University of Texas, Austin), Danish Mirza (Dell Medical School at The University of Texas, Austin), Kirsten...
Appropriate selection of PICC and Midline Catheters with New Vascular Access Consult in the Electronic Health Record
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Anisha Ganguly (University Texas Southwestern Medical School), Muthusamy Anandkumar (Parkland Health and Hospital System), Deepak Agrawal (University Texas Southwestern Medical Center), Norman Mang (Parkland Health and Hospital...
ITP: Keeping Dime-Sized Bruises From Turning Into Large Hospital Bills
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Matthew Schefft (Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine) Background Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a common condition treated by hematologists that is rarely associated with clinically significant...
Development of a Clinical Decision Support Model using Systems Engineering Methods to Deliver High Value Care
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Matthew Johnson (Michigan Medicine), Katie Schwalm (Michigan Medicine), Robert Chang (Michigan Medicine), Christopher Petrilli (Michigan Medicine) Background Clinical decision-making is a nuanced process that relies on gathering...
Assessing adherence to the IDSA guideline in managing Neutropenic Fever in a community hospital
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Naveed Jan (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Karandeep Bumrah (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Fnu Aparna (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Taranjit Gill (Crozer-Chester Medical Center), Aishwarya Kuchikulla (Crozer-Chester...
Changing antibiotics from IV infusion to IV injection mitigates the effects of a critical supply shortage
From the 2018 HVPAA National Conference Timothy Brown (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;), Neil Keshvani (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;), Arjun Gupta (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,...
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