From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Joseph Talledo MS (NYC Health + Hospitals), Da Wi Shin BE, Mona Krouss MD, Hyung Cho MD, Nessreen Mestari MPA, Daniel Alaiev BBA, Sigal Israilov MD Background Use of heparin may result in Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT),...
Improving appropriateness of diagnostic or screening services
Multicenter Evaluation of Targeted Electronic Health Record Telemetry Decision Support Tools on Alarm Burden and Telemetry Duration
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Trent Johnson MS, MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Niloo Latifi MD, Amy Knight MD, Trushar Dungarani DO, Sammy Zakari MD, Amit Pahwa MD Background Inpatient telemetry detects dysrhythmias. However, there is a low incidence of...
Improving Colorectal Cancer Screening in Resident Primary Care Panels Through Novel Community Outreach Methods
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Hardik Patel (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Ian Persits (Doctor of Medicine), Osamah Badwan (Doctor of Medicine), Jacqueline Baikovitz (Doctor of Medicine), Nicole Farha (Doctor of Medicine),...
Free the T3: Implementation of Best Practice Advisory to Reduce Unnecessary Orders
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Da Wi Shin BE (NYC Health + Hospitals), Daniel Alaiev BBA, Nessreen Mestari MPA, Joseph Talledo BS, Hyung Cho MD, Mona Krouss MD Background Thyroid function tests are commonly overused and amount to 1.6 billion dollars annually...
Implementation of decision support for the evaluation of new fever in the pediatric intensive care unit
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Anna Sick-Samuels MD, MPH (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Lauren Booth MSN, Aaron Milstone MD, MHS, Christina Schumacher PhD, Jules Bergmann MD, Lindsey Gnazzo RN, David Stockwell MD, MBA Background There is...
Taking Aim at the Shotgun Approach: Tiered vs Non-tiered Evaluation of Inpatients with Acute Liver Injury
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Thejas Kamath MD (Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego), Shravan Dave MD, Greg Seymann MD Background Bundled, non-directed blood testing (sometimes referred to as the “shotgun approach”) is a common strategy...
Quantifying lab waste: A retrospective analysis of the direct cost of unnecessary reference labs at Oregon Health and Science University
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Mackenzie Whitcomb BA (Oregon Health and Science University), Alysssa Andretta BA, Anne Smeraglio MD Background While large hospital systems perform majority of laboratory studies in in-house facilities, a small subset of...
Back to Basics: Improving Pandemic-Related Colorectal Cancer (CRC) Screening Rates in a Military-Based Primary Care Clinic
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Matthew Genelin BA (University of Colorado School of Medicine), Jaime Baker MD, Heather Cassidy MD Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Preventative screening is...
Redundant Inflammatory Marker Use on a Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) Service
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Kathryn Bakkum MD (Akron Children's Hospital), Prabi Rajbhandari MD, FAAP Background Due to their widespread availability, inflammatory markers are used with increasing frequency, often concurrently, without adding any diagnostic...
Raising The Bar In Imaging Stewardship: Electronic Determination Of Appropriate Patient And Exam Selection
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Davis Rogers MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Suresh Nayar MD, Brandyn Lau MPH, MD, Uma Srikumaran MD, Robert Sterling MD, Pamela Johnson MD, Lee Riley MD, Franco Verde MD, Alex Johnsons MD, Katie Lobner MILS, Adam Levin MD...
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