From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Ms. Stephanie Amport (Yale New Haven Health), Mr. Robert Malone (Yale New Haven Health), Ms. Deirdre Doyle (Yale New Haven Hospital), Dr. Brittany Branson (Yale New Haven Health), Ms. Maribeth Cabie (Yale New Haven Health), Dr....
Optimization of Patient Care Setting or Improving Discharge Transitions
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery for Cesarean Delivery
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Kathy Matthews (NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center), Dr. Robert White (NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center), Dr. Sharon Abramovitz (NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center), Dr. Robin Kalish (NYP-Weill Cornell Medical Center) Background...
The Impact of a Non-Emergency Department Based Cardiac Direct Access Unit on Hospital Admissions
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Ms. Lynn Mackinson (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Mrs. Gail Lopez (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Dr. Karen Cajiao (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), Dr. Joseph Wallins (Massachusetts General Hospital), Dr....
Eliminating Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections one at a time: A Quality- Improvement Initiative
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Alina Aasim (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), Dr. Patrick Igharosa (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), Dr. Idrees Khan (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), Dr. Akbar Khan (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), Mr. Daryl...
The Identification of Patient and Process Characteristics Associated with 30-day Heart Failure Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center: A Retrospective Analysis
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Michael Belmont (Loyola University Medical Center), Dr. Kevin Smith (Loyola University Medical Center) Background Readmission rate for decompensated heart failure hospitalization is a core quality metric. Recently, Loyola...
Reduction in Post-Operative Pneumonia
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Kristen Glasgow (YNHH Bridgeport Hospital), Dr. Nabil Atweh (YNHH Bridgeport Hospital), Mx. Nancy Athanasiou (YNHH Bridgeport Hospital), Dr. Kenneth Stone (YNHH Bridgeport Hospital), Mrs. Bonnie Malloy (YNHH Bridgeport...
Improving patient care and resource allocation by moving feeding tubes from the fluoroscopy suite to the bedside
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Jessica Chan (University of Utah), Dr. Elizabeth Ryals (University of Utah), Dr. Elizabeth Joiner (University of Utah), Dr. Anne Kennedy (University of Utah), Mr. J. Bradley Wiggins (University of Utah), Dr. Yoshimi Anzai...
Readability of Screening Mammogram Recall Lay Letters: What do our patients actually “recall”?
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Derek Nguyen (Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology), Ms. Mary Kate Jones (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Dr. Emily Ambinder (Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology), Dr. Lisa Mullen (Johns Hopkins Department of...
Standardizing the Transmission of Medically Relevant Information for Outside Hospital Transfers to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU): Understanding the Current State
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Rabel Rameez (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Dr. Francisco Marco Canosa (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Ms. Mariel Nolan (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Dr. Andrew Young (Cleveland Clinic Foundation), Dr. Samuel Wiles...
Improving the Potassium Replacement in Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis
From the 2019 HVPAA National Conference Dr. Jamie Felzer (Scripps Clinic), Ms. Doris Meehan (Scripps Clinic), Dr. Maida Soghikian (Scripps Clinic) Intro Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) management in the hospital is complex and often challenging. Treatment involves the use...
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