From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Lavina Patel, Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center), Marcie Dawson MS, RN-BC, NE, Ishaan Gupta MBBS Background Heart Failure (HF) is becoming more prevalent in the U.S. and is costly in terms of...
Optimization of patient care setting to reduce ED utilization
Impact of Physical Therapists in the Emergency Department on Hospital Admission Rates
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Katherine Rief (NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital), James Kenny (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Ellen Sano, Helen Chae, Linda Gundersen, Betty Chang, Clare Bassile, Nicholas Gavin Background Incorporating a physical...
Reducing Admission Boarding Time from the Pediatric Emergency Department to the Pediatric Inpatient Unit
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Ishmael Opare (Brookdale Hospital Medical Center), Fiorella Castillo, Supriya Bisht, Mohammed Alsabri, Kokila Jeyamurugan, Sarika Bai, Uday Tiwari, Shruti Kamat, Magalie Alfred, Dorian Alexander, Fernanda Kupferman, Kusum...
Decreasing avoidable utilization, improving patient outcomes, and reducing costs: small panel high risk primary care programs in Johns Hopkins Medicine
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Michael Albert (Johns Hopkins Community Physicians) Purpose Primary care in the United States is chronically underfunded, leading to a system that overvalues high visit volumes and undervalues efforts required to care for high...
Combating the menace called CLABSI in our healthcare system
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Patrick Igharosa (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), Javeria Shakil, Farrah Anwar, Sairah Khadija Background A central line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is a laboratory-confirmed blood stream infection unrelated to...
Efficacy of Substance Use Disorder Interventions During Hospitalization on Overcoming Barriers to Recovery
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Kristin Herbert (University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville), Michael Schmidt, Bree Baginski, Kaileigh Byrne, Perana Roth, Samantha Worth, Onyedikachi Uzor, Kyleigh Connolly Background Substance use disorder...
A Community Health Worker Centered Transitional Heart Failure Clinic Addressing Social Determinants of Health Hospital Readmissions Reduction Effort
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Alison Koransky (Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine), Melody Chiang, Dharmini Shah Pandya Background The social determinants of health (SDOH) have been shown to be independent predictors for higher rates...
COVID-19 Virtual Health Programs in a Military Treatment Facility
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Erika Walker (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center), Tameika McLean, Paul Pasquina, Michelle Luken, Adam Bumgardner, Jane Ma, Matthew St. Laurent, Grace Nana Yaa Fordman, Elissa Wolf Background COVID-19 challenged the...
Healthcare Utilization Patterns for Patients with a History of Substance Use Requiring OPAT
From the 2021 HVPAA National Conference Bilal Ashraf (UTSW), Emily Hoff, Steven Brown, Jillian Smartt, Sheryl Mathew, David Johnson, Kapila Marambage, Kavita Bhavan Background People who use drugs (PWUD) often require extended parenteral antibiotics for a variety of...
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