The trainee winner in the Research category was N. Lance Downing, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, for work on an EHR-based severe sepsis alert. The trainee winner in Clinical Vignettes was Bhakti Shah, MD, of North Shore-LIJ Health System, now Northwell Health, on a rare case of autoimmune NMDA receptor encephalitis. TH
Thomas R. Collins is a freelance writer in South Florida.
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