From the 2022 HVPA National Conference James Grace (Medical Doctorate, University of Minnesota Medical Center) As much as 20% of health care spending is waste. As cost of care increase, so must efforts to decrease unnecessary resource utilization increase. One area...
Improving appropriateness of diagnostic or screening services
Decreasing Utilization of Screening Thyroid Function Testing in a Primary Care Practice: A Quality Improvement Project
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Sara Velayati MD (Long Island Community Hospital), Olga Karasik MD, FACP, Ravi Gupta MD, Zubin J Tharayil MD Background Although thyroid disorders are commonly encountered in the primary care setting, unnecessary thyroid function...
A Series We Do for a Reason: An Interprofessional High-Value Care Curriculum
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Jennifer Readlynn MD (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), Meghan Train DO, Chris Jacob DO, Valerie Lang MD, MHPE Quality improvement (QI) and high-value care (HVC) initiatives aim to improve overall health...
The echocardiogram effect on length of stay
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Alisha Maity MD (Lankenau Medical Center), Anna Sunnergren DO, Stephanie Kjelstrom MPH, CPH, Georgia Montone BS, Brian Sturgis BI, Erin Carnish MD, William Surkis MD Background Length of stay (LOS) is an important quality metric...
Do Surgeon Recommendations for Imaging Correspond with Imaging Appropriateness Guidelines?
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Shyam Ramachandran (Bachelor of Science and Arts, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine), David Ring MD, PHD, Tom Crijns MD Background Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography...
Novel Best Practice Advisories to Reduce Unnecessary Testing: A High Value Intervention
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Stephan Castellanos MD, MBA (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Jessica Lin MD, MBA, Amit Pahwa MD, Katie Anicich MBA, Pamela Johnson MD, Lenny Feldman MD Background Over-testing leads to inflated direct and indirect costs of care....
Appropriate Outpatient Anemia workups
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Jason Kirincich MD (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Lauren Granat DO, Anirudh Yalamanchali MD, Gretchen Santana Cepero MD, Aidan Neustadtl MD, Marcus Dempster DO, Saeid Mirzai DO, Puneet Dhillon DO, Kathryn Dere MD, Brendan...
Equitable Outpatient Monitoring of High Risk Medications: Disparities in Laboratory Monitoring of Isotretinoin Use by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Nancy Nkansah-Mahaney MD, PharmD, MBA (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Divya Manoharan BA, Anna Chien MD Background Moderate to severe acne is associated with significant psychosocial distress in patients. Though isotretinoin is a...
Integration of Choosing Wisely Materials in Case-Based Medical School Courses
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Ruyan Zhang BA (University of Utah School of Medicine), Nathanael Jensen BS, Lauren Donovan BS, Terrell Blei BA, Ryan Murphy MD Background Nearly $1 trillion is wasted annually in U.S. healthcare expenditures and clinical...
Improving Appropriateness of Vitamin D Screening and Re-testing in Inpatient and Outpatient Settings at a Large Urban Safety Net System
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Nessreen Mestari MPA (NYC Health + Hospitals), Daniel Alaiev BBA, Da Wi Shin BE, Mona Krouss MD, Hyung Cho MD, Joseph Talledo MS, Sigal Israilov MD Background Testing for 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency has spiked in recent years...
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