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Addiction Care Team (ACT) in an Inpatient Setting @ San Francisco General Hospital

In September 2017, San Francisco General Hospital launched an Addiction Care Team (ACT) program which consisted of an interprofessional inpatient addiction care team embedded in…

Innovators

  • Marlene Martin, MD

Rapidly Scaling Video Visits during COVID-19 @ Yale New Haven Health System

Due to restrictions placed by COVID-19, Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) was able to efficiently scale up virtual visits and overcome system-wide challenges by…

Innovators

  • Tasmeen Shiny Weerakoon, MPH, MSc

Improving EHR Efficiency with a Team-based Intervention @ University of Colorado Health

Between January 16, 2016 – July 21, 2017, a multidisciplinary process improvement team used Sprints to enhance EHR performance for clinicians at six UC Health…

Innovators

  • Amber Sieja, MD
  • Katie Markley, MD
  • Jonathan Pell, MD
  • Christine Gonzalez, CSM
  • Brian Redig, MBA
  • Patrick Kneeland, MD
  • Chen-Tan Lin, MD

A Home-Based Palliative Care Program via Virtual Visits @ ProHEALTH Care ACO

ProHEALTH Care, a New York-based ACO, developed a program for high-need patients that employs home nursing visits, telehealth appointments with palliative care physicians, and other…

Innovators

  • Dana Lustbader, MD
  • Mitchell Mudra, MBA
  • Carole Romano
  • Ed Lukoski
  • Andy Chang
  • James Mittelberger
  • Terry Scherr

Medical Scribes in Primary Care at Brigham & Women’s Hospital – South Huntington

A 6-month pilot of medical scribes as documentation partners in primary care

Innovators

  • Erika Pabo MD MBA

Diversifying and Enhancing the Primary Care Workforce with On-Demand Clinical Pharmacist eConsults

This pilot program at a community health center utilized pharmacist eConsults to improve quality of care for medication-related problems in primary care practices.

Innovators

  • Marie Smith, Pharm.D, FNAP
  • Erika Vuernick, Pharm.D, CDOE
  • Daren Anderson, MD
  • James Thurston, Pharm.D Candidate

Improving Evidence-Based Statin Guideline Implementation via Practice Coaches & Risk Stratification @ North Carolina Independent Practices

This project at community-based primary care clinics utilized a health data registry identifying patients at higher risk of cardiovascular disease-related complications to improve statin therapy…

Innovators

  • Samuel Cykert, MD
  • Justin Trogdon, PhD
  • Darren DeWalt, MD, MPH
  • Michael Pignone, MD, MPH
  • Bryan Weiner, PhD

Improving Specialty Care via Electronic Referral System @ Brigham & Women’s Hospital

This project at an academic medical center utilized an electronic specialty referral system integrated into the EHR to improve physician satisfaction with the referral process,…

Innovators

  • Michael L. Barnett, MD
  • Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH
  • Joseph P. Frolkis, MD, PhD
  • Melissa Spinks, MBA
  • Casey Steiger, BS
  • Brandon Hehir, MBA
  • Jeffrey O. Greenberg, MD, MBA

Improving Diabetes Care via Medical Assistants and Community Health Workers @ Northern California Community Health Centers

This project at a group of community health centers implemented a new medical assistant and community health worker-led diabetes care management program to study differential…

Innovators

  • Hector P. Rodriguez, MD, MPH
  • Mark W. Friedberg, MD
  • Arturo Vargas-Bustamante, PhD, MA, MPP
  • Xiao Chen, PhD
  • Ana E. Martinez, MPH
  • Dylan H. Roby, PhD

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