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Improving Primary Care Patient Satisfaction via Medical Scribes @ University of Missouri

This program in an academic adult general medicine primary care practice utilized medical scribes in primary care visits to increase both patient satisfaction and provider…

Innovators

  • Robert Lancey, MD
  • Jay Bridgeman MD
  • Abu Mosa, PhD
  • David Moxley, MLS

Improving Antibiotic Stewardship via Nurse Phone Triage @ Stanford Health Care

A multidisciplinary team at Stanford Health Care created a nurse telephone triage protocol to improve guideline-concordant prescription of appropriate antibiotics for uncomplicated cystitis to help…

Innovators

  • Lori Guelman, FNP
  • Kelly Sanderson, FNP
  • Marcie Levine, MD
  • Mark Ramirez

Improving Transition Care via EHR Hospital Use Data @ Northwestern Medicine Group Transitional Care Clinic

The Northwestern Medicine Group Transitional Care clinic (NMG-TC) seeks to reduce preventable re-hospitalization by implementing a model of intensive case management and integrated behavioral/medical healthcare…

Innovators

  • Joe Feinglass PhD
  • Celeste A. Mallama PhD MPH
  • Angela Rogers MPH, APN-CNP
  • Caroline Teter PA
  • Courtney Hurt LCSW
  • Christine Schaeffer MD

Enhanced Hepatitis C Virus Cure Rates via the ProvenCare Model @ Geisinger Health System

This program aimed to improve hepatitis C virus cure rates among patients in central Pennsylvania through close follow-up by a multidisciplinary team composed of physicians,…

Innovators

  • Thomas H. Lee, MD, MSc
  • Sara Gaines, PharmD, BCPS
  • Sandeep Khurana, MBBS

Tobacco Cessation via the “GetReady2Quit” (R2Q) SMS Program @ Massachusetts General Hospital Community Health Centers

This intervention sent proactive text messages with behavioral advice for primary care patients in an effort to support smoking cessation in all smokers, including those…

Innovators

  • Gina Kruse, MD MPH
  • Nancy A Rigotti, MD
  • Karen Chase, BA
  • Jennifer HK Kelley, RN, MSN

Improving Musculoskeletal Care for Safety Net Patients via Integrated Practice Unit Implementation @ UT Austin

The pilot team implemented an integrated practice unit (IPU), which improved access to care and surgical outcome for musculoskeletal (MSK) procedures in an underinsured and…

Innovators

  • Karl M. Koenig
  • Lorrayne Ward
  • Kevin J. Bozic
  • Miranda K. Hoff
  • Michael G. Zywiel
  • Tiffany C. Liu
  • Devin V. Williams

Improving In-Hospital Communication via Smartphones @ University of Maryland

The University of Maryland school of medicine aimed to improve inefficiencies of clinical workflows through implementation of a mobile telephone communication system in a NICU.…

Innovators

  • Dina El Metwally
  • Samuel Gurmu, MD
  • Ahad Azeem
  • Colleen A. Hughes Driscoll, MD

Improving Discharge Coordination in Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Settings via ‘Health Systems Genogram’ Patient Assessment Tool @ Saint Louis University Family and Community Medicine

This project aimed to improve follow-up care for Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) patients being discharged from the hospital through Health Systems Genogram, an electronic, provider-facing…

Innovators

  • Jay Brieler, MD
  • Max Zubatsky, PhD

Employing Community Health Workers (CHWs) to Improve Population Health via the IMPaCT Model @ Penn Center for Community Health Workers

The IMPaCT (Individualized Management of Patient-Centered Targets) model is a standardized, scalable, evidence-based Community Health Worker (CHW) intervention proven to improve chronic disease control, quality…

Innovators

  • Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS
  • Scott Tornek, MBA
  • Olenga Anabui, MBA, MPH
  • Jill Feldstein, MPA
  • Tamala Carter

Achieving IBD Clinical Trial Recruitment in a Day via Digital Medicine Platform @ Mount Sinai Health System

Digital recruitment of patients for clinical trials is an efficient, effective way to enroll patients more quickly in clinical trials for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Innovators

  • Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH