From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Morris Jrada MD (NYU Langone Health), Marwa Moussa MD, Michael Wachs MHA, Josephine Ajami RN, MSN Background:A hospital discharge is a complex process for patients, caregivers and providers. This transition from inpatient to home...
Improving Care Transitions Including Hospital Discharge
Application of a Learning Health System Approach to Hospital Discharge Transitions in Care
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Meghan Rockey MSN, RN, ACM (NYU Langone Health), Christine Truiano RN, MBA, Michelle Palazio RN, CPN, MSEd, James Carroll MPA, Agustin Castaneda MPH, Tony Mei MS, Christina Wong BS, Gary Kalkut MD, Matthew Penziner BA...
Truly comprehensive stroke care: A High value, post-discharge system for improved patient success
From the 2023 HVPA National Conference Mona Bahouth MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine), Amelia Tenberg MSN, Elizabeth Zink PhD Background:Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability. The transition period after acute stroke is an especially vulnerable...
Leveraging an internal and external inter-professional team for the most complex discharge solutions
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Ada Offurum MD (University of Maryland Medical Center), Nidhi Goel MD Background In 2014, our tertiary care academic center had a small group of providers, case managers, and social workers who would elevate the cases of patients...
Hospitalists managing surgical patients leads to an Increase in Patient Satisfaction and Efficiency on the Surgery wards
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Chetan Virmani MD, MPH (NYU Langone Health (Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine), Marwa Moussa MD, Michael Wachs (Masters in Healthy Administration), Akuezunkpa Ude Welcome MD Frank Volpicelli MD Background The...
Improving Inter-team Communication by Standardizing Written Sign Out
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Taikchan Lildar MD (Flushing Hospital Medical Center), John Elmeneawy MD, Sana Falak MD, Win Si Thu MD, Kelly Cervellione MA, Tamar Toronjadze MD Background Miscommunication amongst providers contributes to around 250,000 deaths...
Improved hospital discharge and cost savings with esophageal cooling during left atrial ablation
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Christopher Joseph BA (University of Texas Southwestern Medical School), Julie Cooper BS, Samuel McDonald MD, Robert Turer MD, Erik Kulstad MD, James Daniels MD Background Left atrial ablation to obtain pulmonary vein isolation...
An Analysis of Patient Portal Enrollment During Transitions of Care
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Mahip Grewal BA (NYU Grossman School of Medicine), Jamie Schlacter BS (NYU Grossman School of Medicine), Michael Martinez BS, Kevin Eaton MD Background The recent passage of the 21st Century Cures Act “open notes” mandate...
PROMOTE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BY IMPLEMENTING STRUCTURED INTERDISCIPLINARY DAILY ROUNDS
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Saida Kent, Doctor of Medicine (St. Louis University Hospital), Zafar Jamkhana, Doctor of Medicine Background Optimization of patient throughput can improve the quality of care patients receive. One key area of throughput is...
Improving the Inpatient/Home-Based Communication in a Palliative Care Continuum Through Use of a Smart Phrase
From the 2022 HVPA National Conference Stephanie Downs CRNP, MSN (Lehigh Valley Health Network), Imran Shariff MD, Kimberly Spering CRNP, Jennifer Cooper BSN, Kathryn Zaffiri MPH Objectives - Improve communication between inpatient and home-based palliative care...
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