From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Hunter Niehus BS (Oregon Health & Science University), Ali Gunesch BS, Anne Smeraglio MD Background Over a third of Americans struggle to pay their healthcare bills, and physicians directly contribute to this financial...
2018-2022 Abstracts
Leveraging an internal and external inter-professional team for the most complex discharge solutions
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Ada Offurum MD (University of Maryland Medical Center), Nidhi Goel MD Background In 2014, our tertiary care academic center had a small group of providers, case managers, and social workers who would elevate the cases of patients...
Social determinants of health predict 90-day mortality among brain tumor patients
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Adrian Jimenez B.S. (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Kyle Cicalese B.S., B.A., Sachiv Chakravarti, Jose Porras M.D., Tej Azad M.D., M.S., Christopher Jackson M.D., Gary Gallia M.D., Ph.D., Chetan Bettegowda M.D.,...
Improving Education on Cost-Effective Care in Neurosurgery: A Personalized, Web-Based Intervention for Residents
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Debraj Mukherjee M.D., M.P.H. (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Adham Khalafallah M.D. (University of Miami), Sachiv Chakravarti, Kyle Cicalese B.S., B.A., Jose Porras M.D., Adrian Jimenez B.S. Background While...
Financial impact of telemetry overutilization for a health system
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 Quality of Care for Spanish-Speaking Patients in a Dermatology Clinic
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Brett McLarney PhD (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University), Theresa Tran B.S. (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University), Christina Lopez MD, Afton Metkowski MD, Sylvia Hsu MD, Kraftin Schreyer MD, Dharmini...
Improving AAA Screening Rates in a US-Mexico Border Academic Clinic
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Amit Sureen D.O. (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso), Helen Kreit D.O., Sara Alhariri M.D., Hien Pham D.O., Chelsey Bravenec M.D., Kingsley Dah M.D., Inayatullah Wahdatyar D.O., Ilmaben Vahora M.D., Sandesh...
Laying Quality in the Foundation: Creating a High-Value Care Unit in Undergraduate Medical Education
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Zach Corey (Medical Degree, Penn State College of Medicine), Kira Garry (Medical Degree), Lisa Yoder (Medical Degree), Lauren Pomerantz (Medical Degree), Garrett Thompson (Medical Degree), Brian McGillen (Medical Degree)...
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...
Outcomes of Inpatient Palliative care Consultations in decompensated cirrhosis at a tertiary care center: A descriptive study
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Priya Abhyankar MD (University of Kentucky), Aaron Brenner MD, Austin Matney BS, Kshitij Thakur MD Background Decompensated cirrhosis is associated with a high mortality rate, and patients experience poor health-related quality...
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