From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Rothberg (Cleveland Clinic), Aaron Hamilton, Bo Hu, Jacqueline Fox, Megan Sheehan, Toyomi Goto Background Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious source of hospital morbidity and mortality. Chemoprophylaxis with...
Improving appropriateness of treatment/interventional services
Creating a Standardized Diuretic Order Set to Improve In-Hospital Diuresis
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Avielle Movsas (Temple University Hospital), Evan Carabelli, Dharmini Shah Pandya, Alejandro Gonzalez, Meredith A. Brisco-Bacik, Avrum Gillespie Background Heart failure (HF) is the one of the main causes of hospitalization and...
Bronchodilator overuse in hospitalized patients: Does the availability of spirometry data impact management?
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Faiza Amin (Indiana University Health Physicians), Areeba Kara Background Bronchodilators (BD) are used as adjunctive treatment in obstructive lung disease and are associated with substantial costs - up to $449.35 per patient....
Implementation of Extended-Infusion Piperacillin-Tazobactam Protocol
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Burns (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center), Andrew Weskamp, Minki Hong, Sinead Cooper, Berly Vincent, Zachary Johnston, Michael Kavanaugh Background Piperacillin-tazobactam is a beta-lactam antibiotic commonly...
Hemorrhaging Quality: Improving the Administration of Anticoagulation Through an Internal Medicine Residency House Staff Initiative
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference George Kontogiannis (Walter Reed), Thomas Brooke, Nana Safo, Andrew Nguyen, Tammera Nelson, Abhimanyu Chandel Background Warfarin is an anticoagulant utilized for the management of conditions including venous thromboembolism and...
Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis after Major Orthopedic Surgeries
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Purna Sharma (Crozer Chester Medical Center), Kumar Ashish, Brandon Boyer, Devashish Desai, Rahul Patel Background Major orthopedic surgeries (hip fracture repair, hip and knee arthroplasty) are the most critical risk factors...
Exploring the Usefulness of Vital Signs in Subspecialty Clinics
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Matthew Shneyderman (Johns Hopkins University), Edward Yin, Adam Levin, Daniel Sun, Oluseyi Aliu, Andrew Cohen Background Medical dogma dictates that a patient's pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, and temperature are...
Establishing an antibiotic stewardship education program within Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Internal Medicine Residency Program
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference York Chen (Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center), Evelien Schaafsma, Henry Feng, Craig Worby, Jose Mercado, Michael Calderwood Background Antibiotic resistance, C. difficile infections, and adverse drug reactions prove to be...
Cost Savings from a Policy to Diagnose and Prevent Transmission of Adenoviral Conjunctivitis in Employees of a Large Academic Medical Center
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Irene Kuo (Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) Background Adenoviral conjunctivitis is highly contagious, can be associated with systemic infections, and can cause chronic visual impairment. It...
Development of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Initiation Criteria for Hospitalized Patients with Bronchiolitis to Quantify Overuse
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Jennifer Treasure (Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati), Matthew Lipshaw, Preston Dean, Zach Paff, Katherine Innis, Anita Arnsperger, Matthew Gillen, Natalie Segev, Laura Woeste, Mindy Caito, Leann Blanchet, Randi...
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