Innovations in Quality and Patient Safety

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Recognize new innovative programs in the Rocky Mountain area that have been created for tackling complex quality problems
Understand the limitations of traditional patient safety reporting systems and describe methods to overcome them.
Describe ways to promote Just Culture as an essential foundation to patient safety in your own institution.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Associate Vice-Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine
Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Division of Hospital Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Anunta Virapongse MD, MPH currently serves as the Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety for the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of Colorado-Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, the Associate Vice-Chair for Quality for Department of Medicine and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Virapongse completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA and subsequently attended the Harvard School of Public Health where she received her Master’s in Public Health with a concentration in Health Care Management and Policy. She has completed coursework in the areas of quality improvement and medical leadership, including a nonclinical fellowship at the Medical Innovation and Leadership Division at Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program at the Greater New York Hospital Association and United Hospital Fund and the MiniATP course at Intermountain Health. She actively lectures to faculty, housestaff and medical students on quality improvement and patient safety tools and techniques and sits on numerous hospital quality committees. Her areas of interest include inpatient sepsis management, clinical pathway development and outcomes driven improvement strategies.

Deputy Chief of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Medicine Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
Tyler Miller, MD currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Medicine at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Hospital Medicine Division at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Colorado in 2012 and completed his residency training in Internal Medicine also at CU. He then served as the Chief Resident in Quality and Patient Safety at the Denver VA Medical Center. A practicing hospitalist, he is actively involved in teaching both clinical and system improvement skills to medical students and residents. He also serves as the Director for Hospital Medicine Quality Improvement and Chair of the Patient Safety Committee at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA.

Glomerulonephritis for Hospitalists: What a Nephrologist Would Like You to Know

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Brief overview of the types of glomerulonephritis
Outline an approach to patient suspected of having Glomerulonephritis
Discuss some of the newer treatments for Glomerulonephritis and their potential adverse effects

Board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Nephrologist at Denver Health Hospital

James Dylewski is an Assistant Professor within the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. His interest and research focus are on glomerulonephritis and the immune response during these diseases to help develop novel treatments. “Dr. D,” as his patients know him, does clinical work as a Nephrologist at Denver Health while performing basic science research and helping with clinical trials at the University of Colorado.

Coagulopathy Associated with COVID-19

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Understand the pathology behind abnormal coagulopathy associated with COVID-19 infection
Identify laboratory changes that can be associated with adverse outcomes
Become familiar with the clinical manifestations linked to the abnormal coagulation that can be seen with COVID-19

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado
Dr. McMahon received his B.S. in Chemistry at Boston College prior to graduating from SUNY-Upstate Medical University at Syracuse in 2001. He then moved to the University of Rochester where he completed residency in internal medicine. While there Dr. McMahon completed chief residency, and later fellowship in hematology. Beginning in 2007, Dr. McMahon, was on faculty at Northwestern University as an Assistant Professor and later promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine. He joined the University of Colorado’s Division of Hematology in 2016. His clinical interests are in thrombotic disorders and myeloproliferative neoplasms, he is also heavily involved in medical education.

POCUS: Clinical Decision-making and Key Controversies

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Review the 3 domains of POCUS competency
Integration of POCUS findings in the diagnosis of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure
Discussion of Current Controversies of POCUS use by Hospitalists

Director of POCUS Research and Training Programs
Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Hospital

Dr. Maw is an academic hospitalist with expertise in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and Evidenced Based Medicine. She began her career as a clinical educator at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center where she completed residency. Early in her career she pursued additional training in POCUS and EBM, completing the American College of Chest Physician POCUS certificate program and a Master of Science in Biostatistics. She founded and directed the Weill Cornell Point of Care Ultrasound Internal Medicine Program from 2012-2016, teaching POCUS to medical residents and faculty. Upon arriving at the University of Colorado, she transitioned her academic focus to health services research. Her research is currently supported by the National Institutes of Health and is focused on optimizing health outcomes in hospitalized patients using POCUS. She also continues to teach POCUS to faculty on a national level through SHM's annual pre-course and is the Director of the SHM Rocky Mountain Chapter Certificate of Completion POCUS course. Locally, she teaches POCUS to faculty, medical students, and trainees from multiple specialties.

Academic Hospitalist, Denver Health Hospital
Director of Point of Care Ultrasound, Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health

Noelle M. Northcutt, MD, FACP is an Academic Hospitalist at Denver Health Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She became the Director of Point of Care Ultrasound for the Division of Hospital Medicine at Denver Health after completing a Fellowship in Bedside Ultrasound with Denver Health Emergency Medicine. In addition to point-of-care ultrasound she enjoys teaching bedside communication to residents and students.

Outside of the hospital, she pursues a life in the outdoors hiking and backpacking with her wife, playing with her dogs, and loves to DIY.

Medical Literature 2020: Turning Evidence into Practice

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Describe the primary conclusions of the studies reviewed
Identify changes to your clinical practice
Implement these changes going forward

National Program Director, VHA Hospital Medicine, Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Deputy Editor, Journal of Hospital Medicine

Mel L. Anderson, MD, MACP is an Academic Hospitalist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM). He serves as the National Program Director for Hospital Medicine in the Veterans Healthcare Administration. Dr. Anderson graduated AOA from the University of Texas, Houston, School of Medicine (now the McGovern School of Medicine) in 1994 and completed Internal Medicine residency and a Chief Residency at the David Grant USAF Medical Center in California. Dr. Anderson served for many years as an associate program director and interim program director for the UCSOM Internal Medicine Residency Program, where he founded and led the Clinician/Educator residency pathway and mentored hundreds of future internists. His academic interests center on bedside clinical teaching, faculty development, and teaching and implementing Evidence-Based Medicine. He loves spending time with spouse and best friend Maria, daughter Claire, and friends and family.

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Academic Hospitalist in Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health
Cason Pierce, MD, MA, FHM is an academic hospitalist at Denver Health, a medical Educator, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM). He attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern, and he completed residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. In 2012, he became a full-time hospitalist at Denver Health and a faculty member at CUSOM. He is a graduate of the CUSOM Teaching Scholars Program and is a member of its Academy of Medical Educators. In addition to being a full-time clinician, he has developed or co-developed courses for CUSOM students and residents on a hypothesis based physical exam and point-of-care ultrasound. He is a regular reviewer for the Journal of General Internal Medicine and the Journal of Hospital Medicine. His own publications include a Best Evidence in Medical Education review on effective clinical teaching strategies. He was a plenary speaker in 2015 for the Mountain West Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting, and he has given an annual “Updates in Hospital Medicine” lecture to the Department of Family Medicine faculty at Denver Health since 2016.

Welcome to Day 2 and Keynote: Toward a Medical Ecology of Attention

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

To understand the importance of attention in performing cognitively-demanding tasks in a safe and effective manner
To identify key factors that influence attention in the clinical setting (including task switching, availability vs reachability, environmental design, and a culture that prioritizes attention)
Begin to build a framework to guide best practices that support our care teams, patients, and organizations

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division Head of Hospital Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Marisha Burden, MD, FACP, SFHM is the Division Head of Hospital Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Burden completed her undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma and earned her medical degree at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine graduating with the honor of Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed her residency at the University of Colorado in the hospitalist training track. Dr. Burden’s interests include hospital systems improvement, which includes patient experience, patient flow, quality, and transitions of care and workforce related issues. She is also very interested in promoting gender equity and is a member of the Department of Medicine Program to Advance Gender Equity and the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) Equity in Recruitment Task Force. Dr. Burden is a member of the Society of General Internal Medicine, the Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine. She is also an active member of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and is a Senior Fellow of Hospital Medicine. She currently serves on the SHM Research Committee and is Executive Co-Chair for the Diversity and Inclusion Interest group. Dr. Burden speaks nationally on the topics of hospital systems improvements, clinical operations, and diversity and equity. She has given multiple talks or workshops at the SHM national conference.

Instructor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado
Mark Kissler, M.S., M.D., is an instructor of hospital medicine at the University of Colorado. He is a graduate of Columbia University’s Narrative Medicine program and earned his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine. He completed residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics at CU. He also teaches medical humanities at the University of Colorado Boulder campus. He lives in Aurora with his wife and three children.

How to Guide to Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hospital Medicine

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Define Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Recognize gaps that currently exist within hospital medicine in regard to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Describe a stepwise approach to improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within Hospital Medicine groups and divisions.

Associate Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Dr. Amira del Pino-Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, at the University of Colorado. She is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Division of Hospital Medicine, the Assistant Program Director for Diversity and Inclusion for the Internal Medicine Residency Program, and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs for the School of Medicine. As the director of several pipeline programs geared towards underrepresented undergraduate students interested in careers in the healthcare field, she is dedicated to diversifying the healthcare workforce in an effort to improve the quality of care for all patient populations.

Oncology Updates for Hospitalists & Closing Remarks

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

COVID-19 considerations when managing patients with cancer
Update on management of complications of cancer and cancer treatment
Update on diagnostic and therapeutic approach to common cancers

Clinical Director, Division of Hospital Medicine
Associate Professor of Clinical Practice, CU Anschutz Division of Hospital Medicine

Dr. Levin is the Clinical Director with the Division of Hospital Medicine at University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Levin started University Hospital’s oncology hospitalist service in 2011 and he continues to be involved in clinical and educational aspects of treating hospitalized patients with cancer as well as management of the Division’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taming the Whirlwind: Hospital Medicine Leadership in Emergency Preparedness

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

Discuss and review all-hazard events as they pertain to Emergency Preparedness
Explore opportunities for HM involvement in Emergency preparedness
Approach current Disaster planning deficiencies and their effect in hospitals
Formulate a pathway for individual, divisional and departmental training, and involvement in incident command

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Hospitalist and Medical Director, Biocontainment Unit, Denver Health Hospital Authority Unit
Dr. Frank is the Associate Director for the Department of Medicine, a hospitalist, and the Medical Director of the Biocontainment Unit (BCU) at Denver Health and Hospital Authority, a level one trauma center affiliated with the University of Colorado. In her role as the medical director of BCU, she serves as the site Principal Investigator for the NIH-sponsored ACTT trial. Denver Health is one of the 10 Regional Emergent Special Pathogens Treatment Centers (RESPTCs) and BCU members are actively involved in National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC) and Special Pathogens Research Network (SPRN). She is also the Director for Faculty development and Advancement for the Division of Hospital Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine for the University of Colorado, School of Medicine. Dr. Frank received her medical diploma from the University of Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina; completed a residency in Internal Medicine and another in Emergency Medicine in Argentina. She immigrated to the US in 2004 where she completed another Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Colorado joining as faculty after graduation. Her areas of interest include medical education and faculty advancement, emergent special pathogens and disaster preparedness and response.

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Assistant Director of Emergency Preparedness at University of Colorado Hospital
Jason Persoff, MD, SFHM, is an internationally renowned storm chaser, father of three, husband to an amazing Kindergarten-teaching wife, erstwhile stand-up comedian, and contemporaneous Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado. Dr. Persoff was born and raised, and eventually left, Denver, Colorado, but not without first completing his B.S. in Medical Science and M.D. at the University of Colorado. He completed his internship, residency, and Chief Resident at Mayo Clinic Florida. He was one of the inaugural hospitalists at Mayo Clinic Florida, where he worked for 10 years on staff and received myriad teaching awards, including the distinction of Teacher of the Year for the institution. In 2011, Dr. Persoff joined the Hospital Medicine Group at University of Colorado where he is a nocturnist and educator. Each May he spends two weeks scouring the Great Plains using many of the same skills he uses in internal medicine—analyzing and interpreting subtle and system-wide weather physiology—to pursue severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. He has appeared in many TV specials (The Weather Channel, Discovery Channel, and The Learning Channel), and has appeared in myriad magazines and books. Dramatic pictures and stories can be viewed at http://stormdoctor.com/. After chasing a tornado through Joplin, MO, in May, 2011, that resulted in mass destruction of that city, he responded to the disaster by going to the Freeman Health System emergency room and functioned as a hospitalist for the first day of the disaster. That experience fostered a lifelong research interest focusing on the role of hospitalists in responding to disaster. More recently that role transformed into a leadership position at preparation, response, and recovery for the University of Colorado Hospital and UC Health System during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Several of those experiences have resulted in publications in peer-reviewed journals and numerous blog posts. He is also known nationally for research in advanced cardiac resuscitation.

Updates in the Cardiovascular Care of Hospitalized Patients

Posted on January 13, 2021February 3, 2021 by hospmedsummit

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

PRESENTER(S)

To review major updates to the latest guidelines on the management of acute coronary syndrome and acute decompensated heart failure
To discuss disparities in acute cardiovascular care
To present acute cardiovascular issues specific to patients with cancer

Director of Cardio-Oncology,
Assistant Professor Medicine, Division of Cardiology
University of Colorado School of Medicine

Lavanya Kondapalli MD is a cardiologist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who specializes in cardio-oncology, a burgeoning field of cardiology focused on the cardiovascular care of patients with cancer and survivors. She trained in cardiology, cardio-oncology and echocardiography at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at the University of Colorado in 2014. Her research interests focus on cardiovascular effects of immunotherapy and cardiac survivorship.

Author Archive: hospmedsummit

Innovations in Quality and Patient Safety

Anunta Virapongse MD, MPH

Tyler Miller, MD

Glomerulonephritis for Hospitalists: What a Nephrologist Would Like You to Know

Jayme Dylewski, DO

Coagulopathy Associated with COVID-19

Brandon McMahon, MD

POCUS: Clinical Decision-making and Key Controversies

Anna Maw, MD

Noelle M. Northcutt, MD, FACP

Medical Literature 2020: Turning Evidence into Practice

Mel L. Anderson, MD, MACP

Cason Pierce, MD, MA, FHM

Welcome to Day 2 and Keynote: Toward a Medical Ecology of Attention

Marisha Burden, MD, FACP, SFHM

Mark Kissler, MS, MD

How to Guide to Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hospital Medicine

Amira del Pino-Jones, MD

Oncology Updates for Hospitalists & Closing Remarks

Dimitriy Levin, MD

Taming the Whirlwind: Hospital Medicine Leadership in Emergency Preparedness

Maria G Frank, MD, FACP, SFHM

Jason Persoff, MD, SFHM

Updates in the Cardiovascular Care of Hospitalized Patients

Lavanya Kondapalli MD, FACC