From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Koura Sall DO (Temple University Hospital), John Ebeid MD, Shaan Desai MD , Abraham Ifrah MD, Richard Saporito MD, Jeffrey Anderson MD, Dharmini Shah Pandya MD, Claire Raab MD Background:Physical Therapy (PT) is a limited...
Clinical Care Pathways or Reducing Unwarranted Practice Variability
RN-Led Annual Wellness Visits in Primary Care: A Systematic Educational Approach
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Christine Rawlinson MSN (Johns Hopkins Community Physicians), Kellie Renich MSN, Nichole Jantzi MSHS, Maura Mcguire MD Background:Annual wellness visits (AWVs) are essential components of preventive care, aimed at assessing...
Reduce Clinical Variation in SICU by Optimization of Post – Operative Cardiac Surgery Order-Set
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Muna Shehadeh BS (Johns Hopkins Aramco Health Care) IntroductionStandardizing care in the immediate postoperative period allows anticipation of physiologic derangements and early recognition and avoidance of complications. An...
Evaluation of a charitable access medication program on avoidable healthcare utilization
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Caitlin Dowd-Green PharmD, MBA (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Rosalyn Stewart MD, MS, MBA (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Erin VanMeter PharmD, Robert Green PharmD Background: The Access Partnership (TAP) is a...
Streamlining Communications: A Project Between Internal Medicine and Surgical Specialties
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Marah Hamdan BS, MD (Lehigh Valley Health Network Department of Surgery), Timothy Graziano DO (Lehigh Valley Health Network Department of Medicine), Kathryn Zaffiri MPH, Terri Vian MS, Amy Slenker MD, Jason Weinberger MD...
Bringing Guidelines to the Front Line: Promoting GDMT in the Primary Care Setting
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Jonathan You M.D. (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Scott Feeser M.D. (Johns Hopkins Community Physicians), Kimberly Cuomo R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., C.R.N.P., C.H.F.N., Maxwell Ditlevson PharmD, Andrew Barna M.H.A.,...
Optimizing Enteral Nutrition Among Hospitalized Adults in a Hospital System: Reducing time to initiation and practice variability
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Melissa Victory Brodman MD (University of Texas Medical Branch), Layla Abdul Jabbar MD, Raakhi Menon DO, Erin Hommel MD Background: Timely initiation of enteral nutrition and medication (ENM) plays a critical role in healing for...
Interventions for Improving Sleep Quality and Quantity in Hospitalized Patients
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Alexander Lo BS (UC San Diego School of Medicine), Mitchell Wong BS, Alan Moazzam MD, Stephanie Abdulrahman RN, Reid Sasaki MD, Gregory Seymann MD Hospitalized patients have difficulty getting adequate amounts of sleep. Poor...
A Hospital Systems Strategy of Cohorting Patients with Primary Cardiac Diagnoses to Improve Patient Care and Experience
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Matthew Lam MD (NYU Langone Health), Julie Livingstone MHA, Morris Jrada MD, George Fernaine MD, MBA, Kevin Eaton MD Background:There is no universal strategy that assigns patients admitted to the hospital to the team that will...
Optimizing the Patient Rooming Experience in Ambulatory Care: Current Perspectives, Practices, and Feasibility Testing
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Lauren Oshman, Postgraduate (University of Michigan), Firdesina Dervishi, Undergraduate, Jessica Burns, Undergraduate, Devon Kinney, Undergraduate, John Holkeboer, Undergraduate, Anthony Cuttitta, Graduate Background:...
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