From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Adelaide Kwon MD (UT Southwestern Medical Center), Vidushi Golla MD Background Transfusion of packed red blood cells (pRBC) is one of the most common hospital procedures performed in the United States. The Association for the...
Improving appropriateness of treatment/interventional services
Characterizing Real-world Safety and Tolerability of Infliximab and Infliximab-dyyb
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Calvin Hwang PharmD (UCSF Medical Center), Salem Kamalay PharmD, Candy Tsourounis PharmD Background Infliximab (Remicade®) is a monoclonal antibody that neutralizes the activity of TNFα and is used in a variety of disease states,...
Optimizing Antibiotic Stewardship for Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections through Implementation of the AAP Value in Pediatrics (VIP) Network Better Antibiotic Selection in Children (BASiC) Initiative
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Umar Qadri MD (Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center), Rachel Cane MD, PHD, Margaret Sarezky MD, Edith Dietz MD, Sheila Hofert MD, Jeffrey Tornheim MD, MPH, Amita Ghuman MD, Mackenzie Mahr Masters Degree, Katelyn Williams PA-C...
METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN OF A DIABETES & HYPERTENSION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR FREE CLINIC PATIENTS
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Dave Young, (Undergraduate, Lahai Health, University of Washington), Anna Pounds (Undergraduate), Candy Mcdonalds (Undergraduate), Bill Young (Undergraduate) Background Low-income and underinsured adults cannot utilize most...
Improving Code Status Discussion and Documentation for Patients 65 Years or Older at Osceola Regional Medical Center – a Quality Improvement Project
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Faris Matanes MBBS (University of Central Florida HCA Healthcare GME, Greater Orlando, Florida), Taylor Murphy MD, Keishla Garcia MD, Raj Shah MD, Mark Duros MD, George Alvarez DO, Ashwini Komarla MD, Joshua Shultz MD, Olga...
Helping Clinicians PICC Less Lumens in a Large Urban Safety Net System
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Daniel Alaiev BBA (NYC Health + Hospitals), Da Wi Shin BE, Mona Krouss MD, Hyung Cho MD, Nessreen Mestari MPA, Joseph Talledo MS, Sigal Israilov MD Background Central venous access via peripherally inserted central catheters...
The Effect of Appropriate Empiric Antibiotics on Mortality for Patients Hospitalized with MRSA Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference George Carey MD (Yale Medical School), Jurgen Holleck MD, Ritujith Jayakrishnan MD, Kirsha Gordon PhD, Alyssa Grimshaw MSLIS, Craig Gunderson MD Background In United States (U.S.) hospitals only 0.3% of hospitalized patients have...
Real-World Tolerability of Biosimilar Bevacizumab-awwb Compared to Bevacizumab in Cancer Patients at an Academic Medical Center
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Maher Alhaja PharmD (UCSF Medical Center), Candy Tsourounis PharmD, Hansen Ho PharmD, Richard Fong PharmD Background Bevacizumab-awwb and bevacizumab are vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors that are commonly...
One Year Later: Standardization of Postoperative Appendectomy Management in General Pediatric Surgery
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Veronica Natale (Graduate, Johns Hopkins Hospital), Laurie Smith RN, MSN, Daniel Rhee MD Background/Purpose Based on ACS-NSQIP data indicating our institution was an outlier for postoperative outcomes for appendectomy procedures,...
Optimizing Oxygen Therapy at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital: Is More Better? – A Quality Improvement Project
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Jopher Bernal MD (UCF/HCA Healthcare GME, Greater Orlando, FL Department of Internal Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL), Gizem Gokalp MD, Guru...
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