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Characterizing Transdisciplinary Strategies for Physician Wellness via Qualitative Study

This exploratory study looks to identify strategies from outside of medicine that could be applied to improve physician wellness. They conducted semi-structured interviews with 30…

Innovators

  • Amrapali Maitra MD, PhD

Decreasing Telemetry Ordering via Default Order Set Settings

This retrospective, controlled, before-after study demonstrates a significant decrease in telemetry ordering with turning off the default admission telemetry order.

Innovators

  • David Rubins, MD

Continuous Improvement of Clinical Decision Support via an Embedded Survey Tool

This project describes an electronic survey tool deployed from within the electronic health record and coupled with a conversation with a clinical informatician as a…

Innovators

  • David Rubins, MD

Patient Activation via Patient Portal Intervention

This study describes the use of an acute care patient portal to investigate its association with patient and care partner activation in the hospital setting.…

Innovators

  • David W. Bates, MD, MS
  • Patricia Dykes, RN, PhD, MA
  • Anuj Dalal, MD
  • Stuart Lipsitz, ScD
  • Kumiko O Schnock, RN, PhD

Supporting the Success of a Medicaid ACO via Developing an Evaluation Framework for Community Health Workers

This study proposes a set of metrics to critically and comprehensively assess community health worker performance.

Innovators

  • Amy O. Flaster MD

Evaluating Effectiveness of Renal Medication Dose Alerts via Retrospective Analysis

This retrospective evaluation studies renal medication clinical decision support (CDS) alerts in an inpatient setting at a large academic medical center demonstrating that nearly all…

Innovators

  • David W. Bates, MD, MS
  • Sonam N. Shah Pharm D., RPh
  • Diane L. Seger Pharm D., RPh
  • Mary Amato Pharm D., RPh

Improving Outcomes After Hospital Discharge via Physician Home Visits

This pilot randomized control trial compared a single physician home visit with 4 days of discharge from the hospital to usual care and demonstrated trends…

Innovators

  • David M. Levine, MD MPH MA
  • Jeff Schnipper, MD MPH

Reducing Obesity via an Online Weight Management Program

In this cluster-randomized trial, the team implemented an online weight management program that was integrated with population health management support at primary care practices at…

Innovators

  • Heather J. Baer, ScD
  • David W. Bates, MD, MS

Improving Care for Acutely Ill Adults via Hospital Level Home Care

This study is the first qualitative study of home hospital care and suggests that patients who receive home hospital care have fewer negative experiences with…

Innovators

  • David M. Levine, MD MPH MA

Reducing Unintentional Medication Discrepancies Via a Multifaceted Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Intervention (MARQUIS 1)

This study conducted at 5 sites showed that a multifaceted toolkit of interventions can reduce unintentional medication discrepancies.

Innovators

  • Jeff Schnipper, MD MPH