2016 RIV Finalists, Winners

Research Category

WINNER:

Dr. Chopra

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, FHM, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF LUMENS IN PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND REDUCE COST: A SIMULATION STUDY

TRAINEE WINNER:

N. Downing, MD, AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD-BASED SEVERE SEPSIS ALERT TO IMPROVE SEPSIS TREATMENT PERFORMANCE: RANDOMIZED EVALUATION

FINALISTS:

Waseem Khaliq, MD, MPH, PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF NON-ADHERENCE TO BREAST CANCER SCREENING: PERSPECTIVE AND PREFERENCES OF HOSPITALIZED WOMEN

Dilli Poudel, MD, SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS AS A RISK FACTOR OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A US POPULATION BASED STUDY

Aiham Albaeni, MD, REGIONAL VARIATION IN RESOURCES UTILIZATION AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST IN THE UNITED STATES

Poushali Bhattacharjee, MD, DETECTING SEPSIS: ARE TWO OPINIONS BETTER THAN ONE?

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, FHM, THE INFLUENCE OF RED BLOOD CELL TRANSFUSION ON VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPHERALLY-INSERTED CENTRAL CATHETERS

Shaker Eid, MD, MBA, IMPACT OF HOSPITAL TEACHING STATUS ON OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST OUTCOMES AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: 2000-2012

Tarun Jain, MD, CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY IN STEMI PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Mona Beier, MD, CREATING A PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE ONE INCIDENT REPORT AT A TIME

Charles Pollack, MD, REINITIATION OF ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY AFTER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES OR AFTER AN EMERGENT BLEEDING EVENT: ADDITIONAL INTERIM EXPERIENCE FROM THE RE-VERSE AD TRIAL

Robert Boxer, MD, PhD, SAVING TIME: A TIME-MOTION ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF REGIONALIZATION AND DAILY ADMITTING ON INTERN WORKFLOW

Kaleigh Evans, MD, THIRD TROPONIN ORDER OVERUSE IN THE SETTING OF CLINICAL STABILITY

David Paje, MD, SFHM, RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Rehan Qayyum, MD, COMPARISON OF TIME-TRENDS IN PATIENT SATISFACTION BETWEEN TEACHING AND NONTEACHING HOSPITAL

Joshua Rolnick, MD, VALIDATION OF TEST PERFORMANCE AND CLINICAL TIME ZERO FOR AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD-EMBEDDED SEVERE SEPSIS ALERT

Allison Louis, MD, BLIND SIDED: MISSING POOR VISUAL ACUITY AND DECREASED SELF-EFFICACY IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH DIABETES

G. Randy Smith, MD, MS, SFHM, ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITAL ADMISSION SERVICE STRUCTURE WITH EARLY TRANSFER TO CRITICAL CARE, HOSPITAL READMISSION, AND LENGTH OF STAY

Kathleene Wooldridge, MD, R-VA-MARQUIS: IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN MEDICATION RECONCILIATION FOR RURAL VETERANS

INNOVATION CATEGORY

WINNER:

Dr. Crockett

Baely Crockett, PharmD, NOVEL PHARMACIST-MANAGED RIVAROXABAN CLINIC FOR OUTPATIENT TREATMENT OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

TRAINEE WINNER:

Wells

Monika Wells, MD, MPH, DESIGNING HOSPITALIST SHIFTS AROUND ADMISSION DEMAND REDUCES PATIENT WAIT TIMES AND COST

FINALISTS:

Jessica Dong, WHO MOVED MY EHR CHEESE? A NEW APPROACH TO CURATING AND INDIVIDUALIZING COMMUNICATIONS TO PHYSICIANS ABOUT EHR SOFTWARE UPDATES

Stephanie Rennke, MD, MED REC: A SKILLS-BASED CURRICULUM ON MEDICATION SAFETY AND MEDICATION RECONCILIATION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Jens Langsjoen, MD, DEVELOPING AN INPATIENT DELIRIUM PREVENTION PROTOCOL

Mark Goldin, MD, BUILDING PARALLEL CO-MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN A LARGE ACADEMIC HOSPITALIST GROUP

Brian Lichtenstein, MD, IMPROVING RISK-ADJUSTED OUTCOME MEASURES WITH PHYSICIAN-ORIENTED DOCUMENTATION INTERVENTIONS

Matthew Cerasale, MD, REAL-TIME PADUA: AN AUTOMATED EHR INTEGRATED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL

Franziska Jovin, MD, MMM, FHM, IMPLEMENTATION OF A PAY-FOR-PERFOMANCE STRUCTURE FOR HOSPITALIST-LED QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Arpit Khandelwal, MD, MANAGING CHALLENGING PATIENTS: FROM CONFLICT TO TEACHING OPPORTUNITY

Justin Lotfi, MD, MAKING IT SIMPLE – PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR OUTSIDE MEDICAL RECORDS

David McCollum, MD, FIXING WHAT IS BROKEN: QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE CRITICAL LAB VALUE PROCESS

Nidhi Rohatgi, MD, MS, A NOVEL MD-RN COLLABORATIVE PROTOCOL TO PREVENT AND MANAGE ACUTE DELIRIUM IN INPATIENT WARDS

Lesley Schmaltz, MD, UNNECESSARY TRANSFUSIONS: HOSPITAL MEDICINE LEADING INSTITUTION-WIDE CHANGE

Anuj Dalal, MD, FHM, IMPLEMENTATION OF A PATIENT-CENTERED ‘MICROBLOG’ MESSAGING PLATFORM TO IMPROVE CARE TEAM COMMUNICATION

Willard Ellis, MD, PhD, FHM, INTENSIVE FOLLOW UP AFTER PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULTATIONS TO REDUCE READMISSIONS

Lakshmi Swaminathan, MD, MHSA, FHM, USING “MAGIC” TO FACILITATE APPROPRIATE PICC USE: RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A PICC APPROPRIATENESS ASSESSMENT TOOL

Charles Coffey, MD, MSc, FHM, IMPLEMENTING GUIDELINE-BASED INDICATIONS FOR CARDIAC MONITORING AT CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER

Erik Hoyer, MD, USE OF A HOSPITALIST CLINICAL COMMUNITY TO FACILITATE DISSEMINATION OF AN EARLY MOBILITY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Elizabeth Stewart, MD, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO HIGH VALUE CARDIAC BIOMARKER

CLINICAL VIGNETTES CATEGORY

WINNER (ADULT):

Kantor

Molly Kantor, MD, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG: A RARE CAUSE OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE

WINNER (PEDIATRIC):

Ladd

Jennifer Ladd, MD, MORE THAN JUST THE “TERRIBLE TWOS”: A CASE OF RESISTANT HSV ENCEPHALITIS

TRAINEE WINNER:

Shah

Bhakti Shah, MD, UNMASKING THE TERATOMA

FINALISTS:

Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, UNCOILING A PROBLEMATIC TICKLE IN THE THROAT

Kenton Dover, MD, KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS

Stephanie Royer, MD, THE YOUNGEST REPORTED CASE OF EOSINOPHILIC CHOLANGITIS

Oluremi Ajala, MD, ANGINA OF ABDOMINAL ORIGIN

Asana Anderson, MBBS, A PARATHYROID CRISIS BURIED IN A SEPTIC OTOMASTOIDITIS

Kyle Bennett, DO, BULLS-EYE MARKS THE SPOT: LYME CARDITIS PRESENTING AS RASH AND PRESYNCOPE

John Biebelhausen, MD, MBA, CROSSFIT CATASTROPHE: CHEST PAIN IN A HEALTHY YOUNG WOMAN

Xuan Gao, MD, A CASE OF THE UNSEEN: KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIA PYOGENIC LIVER ABSCESS WITH PNEUMONIA AND SEPTIC ENDOPHTHALMITIS IN A NON-ASIAN U.S. RESIDENT

Sana Grover, MBBS, ‘ABSTINENT AND INTOXICATED’. A RARE CASE OF AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME

Andrew Hawrylak, MD, WHEN IT’S NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF ECTHYEMA GANGRENOSUM ASSOCIATED WITH PROTEUS BACTEREMIA

Rasheen Imtiaz, MD, LACTIC ACIDOSIS IN ASTHMA

Jessie King, MD, PhD, THE SMOKING WOMAN

Bradley Manning, MD, A SUPER-ANTIGEN-MEDIATED MIMIC OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Hiroki Matsuura, IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS WITH INDOLENT BREAST MASS

Niharika Singh, MD, LOWER EXTREMITY NECROTIZING FASCIITIS: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF PERFORATED SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS

Vivan Tran, DO, PUTTING THE PEE IN PREGNANCY: A CASE OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES INSIPIDUS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS

Kristen Welch, THE MYSTERIOUS DANCE: A RARE CASE OF DELAYED ONSET DIABETIC STRIATOPATHY