From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Fiorella Castillo (Brookdale Hospital Medical Center), Ishmael Opare, Marvic Taborda, Salome Wiredu, Yanki Kaan Okuducu, Shatha Kayed, Utsav Timalsina, Nastassia Burak, Rosemarie St. Vincent, Fernanda Kupferman, Kusum...
Improving care transitions including hospital discharge
Improving Safety at Hand-Off: A Resident-Led Project to Decrease Omissions & Increase Confidence
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Hannah Goodwin (INOVA Children's Hospital), Courtney Port, Chelsi Rose, Eugene Park, An Harmanli Background With the 2003 ACGME mandate of duty hours came increased patient care hand-offs. Such transitions in care have been...
Resident Physician Utilization and Evaluation of a Novel Electronic Discharge Tool
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michelle Knees (University of Colorado), William Silkworth, Maeveen Riordan, Daniel Trierweiler, Angela Keniston, Lauren McBeth, Marisha Burden Background Efficient hospital discharges are critical for patient safety. Hospital...
Evaluating Factors Contributing to Discharge Delays in a Community Hospital
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Jacob VanHouten (Griffin Hospital), Valentine Njike, Olugbenga Arole Background Late afternoon discharges from the general medicine floor affect the hospital efficiency throughout by interfering with the admission of new...
An Analysis of the Role of Palliative Care Involvement on Inter-hospital Transfers to the Intensive Care Unit
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Keneil Shah (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Safanah Siddiqui, Sonika Patel, Kathryn Robinett Background Tertiary care hospitals serve as referral centers for the larger community in which they reside. Community...
Expanding Access to Care with Telerheumatology in the Military Health System
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Loncharich (Walter Reed), David Desena, Angelique Collamer, Jess Edison Background Rheumatic diseases are diagnostically challenging not only due to rarity, but also because symptoms can develop additively. Access to...
Erasing indifference: Do whiteboards increase patient activation?
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Max Trojano (Penn State College of Medicine), Garrett Rucker, Brian McGillen Background Patient activation, which has been defined as having the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage one’s own health, has historically been...
See You Later! Using Telemedicine to Improve Care Transitions
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Kevin P. Eaton (NYU School of Medicine), Jack Amory (NYU Langone Health), Anjana Sreedhar, Eric Goldberg, Brian Bosworth Background Transition of care from hospital to home is a critical period for optimizing patient safety and...
Identifying Barriers for Early Discharge in a Children’s Hospital
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Logan Breehl (Akron Children's Hospital), Marshall LeLand, Allison Marko, Elizabeth Gegorski, Spencer Gasser, Prabi Rajbhandari Background Hospitals routinely face challenges with patient flow and throughput. Discharges...
A Digital Health Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Erin Spaulding (Johns Hopkins), Francoise Marvel (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Vinayak Bhardwaj, Matthias Lee, William Yang, Ryan Demo, Jie Ding, Jane Wang, Helen Xu, Lochan Shah, Daniel Weng, Jocelyn Carter, Maulik Majmudar, Eric...
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