Congratulations! To the 2024 SMCI Quality Improvement Symposium Winners out of 43 Abstracts submitted.
General Winners
Poster Title |
All Authors |
Department |
Poster Link |
Type |
AI-Based Opportunistic CT for Objective Assessment of Skeletal Muscle Mass in Patients Diagnosed with Malnutrition and Denied Insurance Claims |
Andrew Johnston Jason Hom Akshay Chaudhari David Svec Louis Blankemeier Michelle McCormack Marc Willis Robert Boutin
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Radiology Department
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Innovation |
Assessing Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiotic Management in Critically Ill Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
Nalea Trujillo, PharmD Calvin Diep, PharmD, BCCCP Ariadna Garcia, MS Marisa Holubar, MD, MS David Ha, PharmD, BCIDP |
Medicine Department |
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Research |
Impact of Language Barriers on the Care of Dizzy Emergency Room Patients |
Jin Kim MD Claire Abijay MD Cory Dodson MD Alec Johnson MD Matthew Sasaki MD Jessica Shen MD Jackson Toth MD, Rachelle Dugue MD PhD |
Neurology Department |
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Research
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Improving Wait Times in Outpatient Neurology with a Rapid Neurology Triage Clinic – A Pilot Study |
Calvin Santiago MD MSc Rabiha Ahmed-Sheikh MHA Christine Bulnes Truman Cowles MHA BSN RN Yuritsy Mercado Escorcia BSHS Jessica Padilla Nicole Ponce BSN MSN Renee Renteria Laurice Yang MD MHA Olga Goldberg MD
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Neurology Department
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Innovation |
Optimizing Shingrix Vaccination in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Ages 18-50 Years: A Quality Improvement Approach |
Akhil Sood Pegah Jahangiri Janice Lin |
Medicine Department |
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Innovation
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Preventing Avoidable Readmissions: |
Joshua Villarreal David Li Dong-han Yao Shivam Vedak David Mui Connor Grant Giovanni Perottino Sarah Dervan Sisi Xie Stewart Bryant Thamanna Nishath, Caitlin Parmer Bill Frederick Lisa Shieh
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Medicine Department |
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Research |
Reducing Interruptions from Non-Urgent Secure Texts in the Hospital |
April S. Liang, MD Stephen P. Ma, MD, PhStav Cullum, MD Brian Phillips, MSN, RN, CNML Mark B. Keroles Viraj B. Jansari Jingkun Yang, MD Weihan Chu, MD David Svec, MD, MBA Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD Christopher Sharp, MD |
Medicine Department |
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Innovation
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THE KINDNESS COALITION: PROMOTING INTERPROFESSIONAL AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL KINDNESS AND COLLABORATION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS |
Amity Eliaz, MD, MS Prerak Juthank, MD, MBA Jordan Chavez, LCSW Tamara Masinter, BSN, RN Brooke Cotter, MD Edward Damrose, MD, FACS David Svec, MD, MBA Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD Neera Ahuja, MD Jason Hom, MD Poonam Hosamani, MD |
Medicine Department |
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Innovation |
Multidisciplinary Winners
Poster Title |
All Authors |
Department |
Poster Link |
Type |
Best Practice Advisory for Shifting to Oral Medications |
Rebecca Linfield, MD, Sean Carlton, David Epstein, MD, David Svec MD, MBA, Jonathan Chen, MD PhD, Lisa Shieh MD PhD |
Infectious Disease Department |
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High Value |
Developing a Tailored Perioperative Pain Plan for Chronic Pain Patients Receiving Spine Surgery |
Alice Li MD Shah S Nguyen L Wang A Tsai J Yi D Nguyen T Huebner B Xie J Saffary R Agarwal A Telusca N |
Anesthesia Department |
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Research |
Reduced Blood Culture Use in High-Volume Lung Transplant MICU Following a Stewardship Program, Northern California, 2021–2023 |
Guillermo Rodriguez Nava Javier Lorenzo MD Mindy Sampson Valeria Fabre Sara E. Cosgrove Jorge Salinas |
Medicine Department |
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High Value |
Using an EPIC Order Report to Prevent Unnecessary Duplicate Urine Cultures: A Diagnostic Stewardship Intervention |
Leah Jennifer Mische, MD Christopher Tofanelli, MSN, RN, CNS, PCCN Melissa Hermerding-Lim Acacia Kautz, MSN, RN Senyo Norgbey, MD MS Jorge Luis Salinas, MD Mindy Sampson, MD Jerri Westphal, MSN, RN, NI-BC Amy Chang, MD PharmD |
Medicine |
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High Value |
Honorable Mention
Poster Title |
All Authors |
Department |
Poster Link |
Type |
A Pre-Implementation Study of Out-Of-Office Blood Pressure Collection and Management in the Stanford Internal Medicine Resident Continuity Clinic |
David Mui, MD MBA Johnny General Powell Alex Michael Burgess Anuradha Phadke, MD
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Medicine Department |
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Innovation |
Implementation and reception of a semi-structured resident interview to improve equity |
Krishna L. Bharani Yang Hu, Ashley Camacho, Jordone Shane-Sanchez, Olena Janczewski, Sochietta Kao, Alarice Lowe Bharani
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Pathology Department |
Education |
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Implementation of ASQ Suicidality Screening in an Adolescent Medicine Primary Care Clinic |
Alyssa Songveera, MD Jennifer Carlson, MD Rachel Goldstein, MD |
Pediatric Department |
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Research |
Improving utilization of genetic testing and counseling in neurological practices |
Cynthia Peng Yunji Seo Brandon Hwa-Lin Bergsneider Carly Siskind Jacinda Sampson Yi Li |
Neurology Department |
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Education |