Books from 2023
Improving Accurate Documentation of Appearance within the MSE based on BMI, Shaina Aifuwa, Sampreeth Murali, Valerie Cordero, Nadia Jacob, Cristobal Cintron, Almari Ginory, and Sarah Fayad
Improving Communication Between Residents & Consultants at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Anwar Alshaakh Moh'd Mari, Geover Virella, Aaron Verbeelen, Hannah VanSumeren, Ana Ledo, Liliana Franco, Manuel Carrazana, and Joshua Shultz
Improving Nursing Staff and House Staff Communication Within a Technology Platform (iMobile), Raisa Anwer, Phuong Nguyen, Vidhi Patel, and Nadine Bos
PHQ -9 Utilization in the Primary Care Setting, Michael Armstrong, Ramisa Rahman, Ceferino Cruz IV, and Afsha Rais Kaisani
Impact of Adherence to a Standardized Oxytocin Induction Protocol on Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes, Arthur Baker III, James christmas, Rachel A. Sheehan, Sue M. Cadwell, Sarah A. Fraker, Alexis Finer, Mike Flynn, and Pranav C. Mehta
Descriptive Assessment of the Pediatric Emergency Team System: The Memorial Health University Medical Center Experience, Ashley Cheek, Lauren Hebert, Sunil Keshwah, and Jessica Lee
Does Brief Intervention in the Form of a Lecture Improve Resident Knowledge About Hep C Screening?, Mary DaCosta, Evelyn Chicas, Kiana Clem, and Shelby Collymore
Improving Communication Between Nurses & Residents at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Juan T. del Calvo, Mehuliben Upadhyaya, Sathvik Saineni, Minh Anh Le, Awiss Shalhoub, and Olga Karasik
From Distress to Destress: Screening for Anxiety at Federally Qualified Health Center, Megan Flaviano, John Do, Angelina Rodriguez, Darren Rahaman, Jeremy Sporrong, and Ashwitha Francis
Reducing Inappropriate NPO Orders for Scheduled Transthoracic Echocardiograms, Felipe Flores, Harrison Stubbs, Natalie Rivera Vargas, Katie Lamar, Joane Titus, Joshua Shultz, Alexander Kong, Ashwini Komarla, and Mark Johnson
Reducing the Primary Cesarean Birth Rate in a Community Based Hospital Setting, Madison Fringer, Sarina Garcia, and Melissa Mendez
Quiet at Night: Decreasing the Number Of Overnight Calls by Rounding at Night, Neil Gerts, Trevor Owens, Preetivi Ellis, and Jasprit Takher
Incrasing the Rate of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients Over 65, Ubaldo Gonzalez Morales, Muna Alhusban, Chelsea Guan, Natalia Cavin, Humeyra Dogan, Liliana Franco Moreira, Ashwini Komarla, and Allison Ferrara
Implementing the ERAC Protocol for Cesarean Sections, Olga Hawkins, Michelle Ozcan, and Jose Rojas
HCA Healthcare Online Writing Lab: QI Basics, Distinguishing Research from Quality Improvement, HCA Healthcare and Mike Flynn
Utility of Daily CBC in Hospitalized Patients, Lauren Howard, Kayla Engstrom, Aisha Khan, Andrew Vest, and Carlos Vargas
Implementation of a Resident-Designed Procedure Cart in a Busy Emergency Department, Kimberly Johnson, Caroline M. Smith, Lee Barker, Stephanie Iken, Jean Laubinger, Connor Fraser, Michael Falgiani, Leoh Leon, Samyr Elbadri, Joshua Walker, James L. Wilson, Frank Fraunfelter, and Latha Ganti
Video Documentation as a Measure of Written Documentation Accuracy in Emergency Medical Service Field Intubations, Christopher S. Keller, Christopher Dilger, Shih-Chin Chou, Rasheed Lawal, and Shane Jenks
Monitoring Concordance in the Management of Transfusing Blood Components in Cirrhotic Patients for Paracentesis with Evidence-Based Guidelines, Joseph Kim and Gregory Moses
Improving Comfort and Confidence with Advance Care Planning in Primary Care, Thomas Krajewski, Donald Courtney, and Tyler Kilgore
Prioritizing and Prescribing Exercise: Use of a Simple Tool to Encourage Clinical Conversations Around Exercise in Family Medicine Out-Patient Clinic, Michael Ladd, Parisa Biazar, Ting Han, Jennifer Horawski, Lisa Wright, and Anthony Shadiack
Care Alert Program in Chronic Recurrent ED Utilizing Patients: Expanded Study, Jonathan Leggett, Kaitlyn Phelps, Erica Gibbons, Jonathan Bryan, Brent Wright, Daniel Nunez, and Brian Griggs
QI project: Increasing Appropriate Use of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment as an Adjunctive Treatment for Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain in the Outpatient Setting, Zhe Liu, Aelius Khan, Derek Pride, Thomas Krajewski, and Anthony Shadiack
Management of Blood Pressure in Pregnancy: New Perspectives from the CHAP Trial, Virginia Lowe, Gabriella Nonni, and Kerry Holliman
Improving the Blood Product Administration Process at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, Kar Shun Constant Mak, Neha Meda, Natalia Tejada, Parasto Asnaashari, Joshua Sutarwan, Joshua Shultz, Maria Wallis-Crespo, and Sarah Tinsley
Decreasing rate of CLABSI at Medical City North Hills with Implementation of a “Central Line Cart”, William Mangin, Hong Lou, and David Maldonado
Longitudinal Study On The Effects Of Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring for the Management of Patients with Type-I and Type-II Diabetes Mellitus on Multiple Insulin Injections in an Internal Medicine Residency Clinic, Andrey Manov, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Gundip Dhillon, Athena Dhaliwal, Sabrina Antonio, Yema Jalal, Ashrita Donepudi, Jonathan Nazha, Melissa Banal, and Joseph House
Engaging Chief Medical Officers to Improve Multidisciplinary Rounds, Gregory McCormack and Pranav C. Mehta
Improving Patient Knowledge on Exercise and Dietary Recommendations: Quality Improvement in an Outpatient Setting, Shannon McMenamin and Nicky Chopra
Improving Use of a Standardized Medical ICU Order Set, Ernesto Munoz-Pena, Sesha Sai Kanakamedala, Ramzy Daoud, Suhail Saad-Omer, Aarushi Varshney, Tristan Tanner, Alexander Kong, Joshua Shultz, and Ashwini Komarla
An Innovative Model for Graduate Medical Education Faculty Development through Physician In Training Delivery, Daniel A. Nguyen, Christopher Wong, Christian Scheufele, Michael Carletti, and Stephen Weis
Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Skin Cancer Screenings Among Primary Care Physicians, Aleksandra Radzio, Navina DeLight, and Scott Lang
Utilizing a Pre-Cesarean Checklist in Labor and Delivery, Randdie-Joyce Rameau, Frances Cintron, Veronica Figueroa, and Margarita Olivares
Preventing Complications of High Dose Steroids for Patients at the Orlando VA Healthcare System, Sriya Reddy, Sonia Alicea, Emmanuel Magsino, Alfredo Palomino Abella, Faris Abby Alamin, and Ashwini Komarla
APPEAL: Advocating POLST Education and Adherence at End of Life, Carlo Reyes, Susan Hickman, Neil Gerts, Mandeep Sablok, and Jasprit Takher
Improving Group B Streptococcus Susceptibility Testing, Sofia Sarduy and Michelle Ozcan
Effects of Free Physical Fitness on BMI, Kaviya Sathyakumar, Hira Hussain, Lizbeth Zambrano, Amisa Patel, Amber Patel, and Stephanie Anderson
Increasing Utilization of the FIB-4 Score to Improve Appropriate NAFLD Consultation, Fanny Stampfli Silva, Teayoung Kim, Omar Masarweh, Stephanie Lopez Orizondo, Mohammed Rahhal, and Feras Al-Moussally
Demonstration of the Managing for Daily Improvement Quality Improvement Methodology in an Alcohol Withdrawal Protocol Audit, Alex Stephens, Diana Hoot, and Amy Cain
Post-Thrombotic Syndrome: Assessing Medical City Weatherford Resident Physicians’ Knowledge in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention, Hiral Thakkar and Aaron Kolar
Seeing is Believing: Implementation of an USGPIV Training Curriculum in Pediatric Medical Providers, Matthew Toma, Allyn Parker, and Sunil Keshwah
Operationalizing a Medication Safety Gap Assessment for a Large Health System, Carley Warren, Joan Kramer, and L Hayley Burgess
Who Left the Hospital Against Medical Advice During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic?, Bryan Werner and Se Won Lee
Lesion Size Inclusion on Dermatopathology Requisition Forms: a Quality Improvement Project, Christopher M. Wong, Henry Lim, Christian Scheufele, Daniel A. Nguyen, Ashleigh E. Hermann, Michael Carletti, and Stephen Weis
Quality Improvement: Implementation of Rapid MRI Protocol at GSMC for Further Evaluation of Suspected Pediatric Appendicitis, Colin W. Woolard, Christian Salinas, Allison Hudak, and Jeffery Durbin
Books from 2022
Improving Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Rates in Patients Receiving Biologic Therapy in the Rheumatology Clinics at the Orlando VA Healthcare System, Kathlyn Camargo Macias, Taylor Kann, Marilyn Mosquera, Ravi Shahu Khal, and Ashwini Komarla
Optimizing Oxygen Therapy, Gizam Gokalp, Ramez Massoud, Jopher Bernal, Guru Chinnaraj, Michael DelZoppo, and Nicole Brenner
Increasing the Rate of Pneumococcal Vaccination in Patients Over 65 at HCA Florida Osceola Primary Care, Ubaldo Gonzalez Morales, Muna Alhusban, Chelsea Guan, Natalia Cavin, Humeyra Dogan, and Allison Ferrara
Utilization of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol in Gynecologic Surgery, Rachel Hartman, Sanela Andelija, Natalie P. Hurlock, James Baron, Stephen Zweibach, Bradley Sipe, Tiffany Tonismae, and Miriah Denbo
Patient Centered Communication, Aelius Khan, Zhe Liu, Thomas Krajewski, and Sean Gibbs
Perfecting the Art of Consultation, Ana Ledo, Hannah Vansumeren, Aaron Verbeelen, Geover Virella, Anwar Alshaakh Mohd Mari, and Manuel Carrazana
Improving Healthcare Team Recognition by Patients, Abhijit Marathe, Tin Pham, Semeon Tadesse, Franca Samoilovich, Manuel Egued, Joshua Shultz, Ashwini Komarla, and Olga Karasik
Improving Code Status Discussion and Documentation for Patients 65 years or Older at HCA FL Osceola Hospital, Taylor Murphy, Mark Duros, Faris Matanes, Keishla Garcia Fernandez, Raj Shah, and Olga Karasik
Postnatal Venous Thrombembolism (VTE) Risk Assessment in Cesarean Section Patients, Mai-Tram Phan and Michelle Ozcan
Care Alert Program in Chronic Recurrent ED Utilizing Patients, Kaitlyn Phelps, Jonathan Bryan, Jonathan Leggett, Erica Gibbons, and Brian Griggs
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study., Amy J Starmer, Nancy D Spector, Jennifer K O'Toole, Zia Bismilla, Sharon Calaman, Maria-Lucia Campos, Maitreya Coffey, Lauren A Destino, Jennifer L Everhart, Jenna Goldstein, Dionne A Graham, Jennifer H Hepps, Eric E Howell, Nicholas Kuzma, Greg Maynard, Patrice Melvin, Shilpa J Patel, Alina Popa, Glenn Rosenbluth, Jeffrey L Schnipper, Theodore C Sectish, Rajendu Srivastava, Daniel C West, Clifton E Yu, and Christopher P Landrigan
Implementing a Delirium Precautions Order Set at Osceola Regional Medical Center, Marisa Taddeo, Gabriella Meyerson, Israel Taylor, Monica Arias Garcia, Sonia Dela Cruz, and Katrina Kesterson
Submissions from 2021
Pharmacy-Led Medication Reconciliation Program Reduces Adverse Drug Events and Improves Satisfaction in a Community Hospital, L. Hayley Burgess, Joan Kramer, Carley Castelein, Joseph M. Parra, Victoria Timmons, Samantha Pickens, Sarah Fraker, and Christopher Cameron Skinner
The Effect on Length of Stay After Implementation of Discharging Low Acuity Patients From Triage., Tommy Y. Kim, Connor Ohmart, Zara Khan, Michael Lance, and Steven Kim
Hand Hygiene and Hospital-Acquired Infections During COVID-19 Increased Vigilance: One Hospital’s Experience, Alexander Kong, Carlos S. Botero Suarez, Bebe Rahamatalli, Jennifer Shankweiler, and Olga Karasik
A Re-Evaluation of the Effect of Trauma Center Verification Level on the Early Risk of Death in Hemodynamically Unstable Patients, David Plurad, Glenn Geesman, Nicholas Sheets, Bhani K. Chawla-Kondal, and Ahmed Mahmoud
Submissions from 2020
A Multicenter Study on Definitive Surgery for Isolated Hip Fracture within 24 Hours., Darwin Ang, Jeffrey Anglen, Michele Ziglar, John Armstrong, Patrick Offner, Mark McKenney, David Plurad MD, Stephen Flaherty, Ernest Gonzalez, Huazhi Liu, Mary Danish, Gregory McCormack, Julie Nash, Roger Nagy, and Matthew Carrick
Innovative Conservation of Inhaled Medication Devices During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Canister Reassignment Process, Mandelin K. Cooper, L. Hayley Burgess, Karla Miller, Theresa Baltz, Julia Moody, Elizabeth Wiggins, and Jeffrey Guy
Improving the Quality and Design of Retrospective Clinical Outcome Studies that Utilize Electronic Health Records, Oliwier Dziadkowiec, Jeffery Durbin, Vignesh Jayaraman Muralidharan, Megan Novak, and Brendon Cornett
Influence of COVID-19 outbreak on emergency department Press Ganey scores of emergency physicians., Dietrich Jehle, Jonathan Leggett, Radley Short, Jonathan Pangia, Casey Wilson, and Scott Gutovitz
Does the Removal of Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE Infected Patients Change Health Care-Associated Infection Rate?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis., Robert Kleyman, Sophia Cupril-Nilson, Kent Robinson, Shaival Thakore, Furqan Haq, Liwei Chen, Olu Oyesanmi, Kimberly D. Browning, Joseph Pino, and Rahul Mhaskar
Effect of an Electronic Order Set on Newborn Hepatitis B Immunization Rates, Daniel Pedersen, Angelina Rodriguez, Olu Oyesanmi, Heather Schramm, and Michael King