From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Veronica Natale (Graduate, Johns Hopkins Hospital), Olivia Lounsbury (Undergraduate), Rebecca Trexler RN, Ann Kane MD Introduction In 2019, an institutional goal of a 100% review of all pediatric mortalities was established to...
Improving care transitions including hospital discharge
Improving Patient Recognition of Healthcare Team Members and their Roles: A Quality Improvement Project
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Abhijit Marathe MBBS (University of Central Florida HCA Healthcare GME, Greater Orlando, Florida), Tin Pham DO, Semeon Tadesse MD, Franca Samoilovich MD, Manuel Egued MD, Joshua Shultz MD, George Alvarez DO, Ashwini Komarla MD,...
Improving Outpatient to Inpatient Handoffs for Direct Admissions to Internal Medicine Services
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Seth Scheetz MD (University of Chicago Department of Medicine), Misha Tran MD, Catherine Waymel MD, Jack Zhao MD, Mikail Siddiki MD, Micah Prochaska MD, Vineet Arora MD, Khanh Nguyen MD Background A direct hospital admission is a...
Hospitalists Improving Transitions of Care Through Virtual Collaborative Rounding with Skilled Nursing Facilities – The HiToC SNF Study
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Sonia Dalal MD (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Ifedayo Kuye MD, Shaker Eid MD, Venkat Gundareddy MD Background Many patients continue their post-acute care in settings such as a skilled nursing facility (SNF). One in four hospitalized...
Reducing Discharge Boarding Time from the Pediatric Inpatient Unit
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 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...
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