From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Nivan Lakshman MD, Student (Medical College of Georgia), Roshni Patel MD, Student, Yejin Heo MD, Student, E. Chase Morey, MD Student, Madeline Hamby MD, Student, Alisha Patel, MD, Student, Nicole Winston PharmD, EdD, Zhidong Wang...
Improving Appropriateness of Diagnostic or Screening Services
Telemetry Optimization- A multidisciplinary intervention to reduce overuse
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Rupesh Prasad MD, MBA (Advocate Health) Tulay Aksoy MD, Sue Harvey MS, BSN, Elizabeth Mounir DNP, RN, Julie Schintgen BSN, RN BackgroundOurs is an inner-city safety net hospital, part of a multi-hospital integrated health system....
Case Report: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Presenting with Abdominal Pain in a 40-Year-Old Female
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Tooba Saeed, Postgraduate Year 2 (Capital Health), Ramza Rukia, Postgraduate Year 1, Sara Wallach MD, MACP Abdominal pain is a common complaint with a broad differential diagnosis, ranging from benign to life-threatening...
Perceived facilitators and barriers for implementing BrighT STAR Respiratory diagnostic respiratory culture stewardship in PICU
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Urmi Kumar MPH (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Abigail Arthur MD, MPH, Charlotte Woods-Hill MD, MSHP, Daniel Kelly MD, Danielle Koontz MAA, Anping Xie Ph.D., Jill Marsteller PhD, MPP, Aaron Milstone MD, MHS,...
Medical Students’ Observations of High Value Care during Rotations: Attendings vs Residents/Fellows
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Anuradha Haridhas BA (Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine), Carson Clark BS, Isabella Benintendi BS, Elizabeth Zinn BS, Amanda Bell MD, Amanda Wade BA, Patty Carney PhD, Anne Smeraglio MD Background: High value...
Decreasing Central-Line Associated Bloodstream Infections through Provider Directed Interventions
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Shohan Shetty BS (University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine), Matthew Cerasale MD (The University of Chicago) BackgroundA central-line associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) is an infection attributed to an existing...
Prevalence of Low-value Point of Care Glucose Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Niloofar Latifi MD (Hopkins), Nestoras Mathioudakis MD, MHS (Johns Hopkins Hospital), Mohammed Abusamaan M.B.Ch.B., M.P.H, Megan Tschudy MD, MPH, Sarah Olson MPH, Jianqiao Ma, MPH, Daniel Brotman MD BackgroundGuidelines for...
A Novel Elastic Scattering Spectroscopy Device Accurately Identifies Skin Lesions as High Risk for Cancer Among Those Deemed Equivocal by Primary Care Physicians
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Stephen Merry MD (Mayo Clinic), Ivana Croghan PhD, Nathan Falk MD, Harold Rabinovitz MD, Elizabeth Seiverling MD, Todd Thames MD, Kiran Chatha MD MPH, David Leffell MD Background: Skin cancer, which is prevalent in the U.S. and...
Cost and culprits of inappropriate inpatient thrombophilia labs
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Ishara Lareef M.D. (Temple University Hospital), Brianna Graham M.D., Peter Rakita M.D., Shums Lareef B.A., Dharmini Shah Pandya M.D. BackgroundPatients with thrombophilia are at increased risk for thrombus formation and...
Evaluating the effectiveness of hospital-wide interventions to standardize care of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia based on clinical practice guidelines
From the 2024 HVPA National Conference Cecilia Di Caprio MD, MPH (The Johns Hopkins Hospital), Zainab Khan MD, Harper Robinson MD, Carol Long CRNP, Margaret Sarezky MD, Christopher Golden MD, Rosalyn Stewart MD, Rachel Cane MD, PhD Background:In 2022 the American...
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