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Telemedicine Approach to Reduce Preventable Emergency Department Visits Among Employees @ Penn Medicine
FirstCall was created in 2015 as a telemedicine service for Penn Medicine employees. The goal was to provide employees with an alternative way to receive…
Innovators
- Krisda Chaiyachati, MD, MPH, MSHP
Interdisciplinary Care Program for Patients with High Needs & Costs in a Primary Care Setting @ Froedtert and The Medical College of Wisconsin
In 2016, a primary care clinic at Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin evaluated two evidenced-based hospitalization prevention models that reduced admissions for high-need and…
Innovators
- Brian Hilgeman, MD, AAHIVM, FACP
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
Introducing a Frailty Measurement to a Cardiology Clinic @ VA Boston Healthcare System
In January 2015, an outpatient preventive cardiology clinic at VA Boston began a quality improvement program that measured the gait speed in meters per second…
Innovators
- Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH
Decision Support Tool for Reproductive Health @ the VA Puget Sound Health Care System
From April to August 2018, a novel web-based decision support tool called MyPath was developed and given to veteran women at two women’s health primary…
Innovators
- Lisa S. Callegari MD, MPH
On-site Neuropsychology in Primary Care @ a Northeast VA Medical Center
In 2019, a northeast VA Medical Center’s primary care team implemented on-site neuropsychology services to screen patients and coordinate the continuation of behavioral health care.
Innovators
- Colleen E. Jackson, PhD
Improving the Blood Pressure Measurement Process @ University of Michigan Affiliated Clinic
Between March 2017 and March 2018, a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals at the Michigan Medicine Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes clinic sought to improve…
Innovators
- Jennifer J. Iyengar, MD
Inpatient Breast Cancer Screening Program for Medicaid/Medicare Insured Patients @ Large, Urban Academic Medical Center
Between March 2019 and March 2020, a large, urban academic center conducted a feasibility study on an inpatient breast cancer screening program for patients insured…
Innovators
- Andrew S. Hwang, MD, MPH
An Artificial Intelligence Approach to COVID-19 Risk Assessment @ Medical University of South Carolina
In 2020, a team at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health system analyzed clinical notes about symptoms taken during patient screening for COVID-19 and…
Innovators
- Jihad S. Obeid, MD
Leveraging Information Technology to Coordinate COVID-19 Testing @ National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
In May 2020, the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIH CC) leveraged existing information technology and implemented an electronic health record (EHR) pathway to…
Innovators
- Jon W. McKeeby, DSc