Elizabeth Peterson , Kathryn Harris , Farhood Farjah , Nkem Akinsoto , Leah M. Marcotte
{"title":"Improving smoking history documentation in the electronic health record for lung cancer risk assessment and screening in primary care: A case study","authors":"Elizabeth Peterson , Kathryn Harris , Farhood Farjah , Nkem Akinsoto , Leah M. Marcotte","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100578","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100578","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Improving risk factor documentation in the electronic health record (EHR) is important in order to determine patient eligibility for lung cancer screening.</p><p>System-level prioritization combined with a clinic-level initiative can improve risk factor documentation rates.</p><p>Multi-faceted interventions that include training, process improvement, data management, and continuous performance feedback are effective and can be integrated into existing workflows.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100578"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100578","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39358892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew L. Chu , Joshua C. Ziperstein , Blake A. Niccum , Melvin G. Joice , Eric M. Isselbacher , Jared Conley
{"title":"STAT: Mobile app helps clinicians manage inpatient emergencies","authors":"Andrew L. Chu , Joshua C. Ziperstein , Blake A. Niccum , Melvin G. Joice , Eric M. Isselbacher , Jared Conley","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100590","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100590","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to the unprecedented surge of patients with COVID-19, Massachusetts General Hospital created both repurposed and de-novo COVID-19 inpatient general medicine and intensive care units. The clinicians staffing these new services included those who typically worked in these care settings (e.g., medicine residents, hospitalists, intensivists), as well as others who typically practice in other care environments (e.g., re-deployed outpatient internists, medical subspecialists, and other physician specialties). These surge clinicians did not have extensive experience managing low frequency, high acuity emergencies, such as those that might result from COVID-19. Physician-innovators, in collaboration with key hospital stakeholders, developed a comprehensive strategy to design, develop, and distribute a digital health solution to address this problem. MGH STAT is an intuitive mobile application that empowers clinicians to respond to medical emergencies by providing immediate access to up-to-date clinical guidelines, consultants, and code-running tools at the point-of-care. 100% of surveyed physicians found STAT to be easy to use and would recommend it to others. Approximately 1100 clinicians have downloaded the app, and it continues to enjoy consistent use over a year after the initial COVID-19 surge. These results suggest that STAT has helped clinicians manage life threatening emergencies during and after the pandemic, although formal studies are necessary to evaluate its direct impact on patient care.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100590"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8536501/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39561049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nitya Thakore , Rohan Khazanchi , E. John Orav , Ishani Ganguli
{"title":"Association of Social Vulnerability, COVID-19 vaccine site density, and vaccination rates in the United States","authors":"Nitya Thakore , Rohan Khazanchi , E. John Orav , Ishani Ganguli","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100583","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100583","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Americans in socially vulnerable areas. Unfortunately, these groups are also experiencing lower vaccination rates. To understand how strategic vaccine site placement may benefit high vulnerability populations, we extracted vaccine site locations for 26 U.S. states and linked these data to county-level adult vaccination rates and the CDC 2018 Social Vulnerability Index rankings. We fit quasi-Poisson regression models to compare vaccine site density between the highest and lowest SVI domain quartiles, and assessed whether greater vaccine site density mediated or modified the relationship between social vulnerability and vaccination rates. We found that high vulnerability counties by socioeconomic status had more vaccine sites per 10,000 residents, yet this higher vaccine site density did not reduce socioeconomic disparities in vaccination rates. Persistent vaccination inequities may reflect other structural barriers to access. Our results suggest that targeted vaccine site placement in high vulnerability counties may be necessary but insufficient for the goal of widespread, equitable vaccination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100583"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8450273/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10757079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Breaking the cycle: A public-private partnership to combat the American opioid epidemic","authors":"Derek Soled , Nishant Uppal , Scott G. Weiner","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100592","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100592","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There has been an increased focus on the opioid epidemic in the United States, yet policy-based interventions such as prescription limits, restrictions on doctor shopping, and notification programs for high-volume prescribers have had no significant impact. In this paper, the authors explore a novel public health<span><span> policy: a joint public-private partnership between the federal government and hospitals to establish long-term treatment centers for patients admitted to the </span>emergency department after an overdose. These centers would provide medication for opioid use disorder, give individuals the necessary support for recovery, and reduce healthcare expenditures. Similar longitudinal strategies may be used in other areas of public health.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100592"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39593709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving the needle on primary care burnout: Using a driver diagram to accelerate impact","authors":"Erin E. Sullivan , Kathleen Dwiel , Lindsay Swain Hunt , Kathleen Conroy , Katherine Gergen Barnett","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, studies demonstrated an alarming prevalence of burnout in primary care. In the midst of the pandemic, primary care clinician wellbeing deteriorated and burnout rates increased, yet many organizational efforts to reduce burnout were put on hold due to the urgency of the pandemic. In this article, we present the “Reducing Burnout Driver Diagram” as a tool that clinical leaders and policy makers can use to address and mitigate primary care clinician burnout.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100595"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8595316/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10382913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob B. Mirsky , Rachel M. Zack , Seth A. Berkowitz , Lauren Fiechtner
{"title":"Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Food Pantry: Addressing hunger and health at an academic medical center community clinic","authors":"Jacob B. Mirsky , Rachel M. Zack , Seth A. Berkowitz , Lauren Fiechtner","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100589","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100589","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Food insecurity is defined by limited access to adequate food. As a result, it is associated with chronic disease for millions of Americans. Healthcare systems take responsibility for improving patient health and thus are well positioned to create food security interventions that improve health. Given that dietary recommendations now emphasize plant-based foods (such as vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains), interventions could prioritize distributing plant-based foods that promote health and reduce food insecurity. We developed a plant-based food pantry at the Massachusetts General Hospital Revere Healthcare Center, an academic medical center-affiliated community clinic that serves many patients with food insecurity. We partnered with a local food bank and used a color-coded nutrition ranking system to prioritize healthy foods. What began as a pilot program for patients with food insecurity and chronic disease expanded to serve the entire clinic population in response to rising community level food insecurity resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. We developed and modified a workflow that provided an average of 384 recipients (i.e., patients and their household members) with food monthly during the 10-month study period. A total of 117,742 pounds of food was distributed. Next steps for the food pantry will include investigating health outcomes, assessing patient satisfaction with plant-based foods, and securing sustainable funding. Our experience can be used to guide other health organizations interested in the intersection of food security and chronic disease management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39502074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camille E. Morgan , Casey A. Rimland , Griffin J. Bell , Min K. Kim , Tanner Hedrick , Ashley Marx , Brian Bramson , Heidi Swygard , Sonia Napravnik , John L. Schmitz , Shannon S. Carson , William A. Fischer , Joseph J. Eron , Cynthia L. Gay , Jonathan B. Parr
{"title":"Rapid analysis of local data to inform off-label tocilizumab use early in the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Camille E. Morgan , Casey A. Rimland , Griffin J. Bell , Min K. Kim , Tanner Hedrick , Ashley Marx , Brian Bramson , Heidi Swygard , Sonia Napravnik , John L. Schmitz , Shannon S. Carson , William A. Fischer , Joseph J. Eron , Cynthia L. Gay , Jonathan B. Parr","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100581","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The interleukin-6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab became widely used early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic based on small observational studies that suggested clinical benefit in COVID-19 patients with a hyperinflammatory state. To inform our local treatment algorithms in the absence of randomized clinical trial results, we performed a rapid analysis of the first 11 hospitalized COVID-19 patients treated with tocilizumab at our academic medical center. We report their early clinical outcomes and describe the process by which we assembled a team of diverse trainees and stakeholders to extract, analyze, and disseminate data during a time of clinical uncertainty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100581","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39502147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew L. Maciejewski , Abby Hoffman , Jeffrey T. Kullgren
{"title":"Whose value is it anyway? Reconciling conflicting perceptions of patients and payers","authors":"Matthew L. Maciejewski , Abby Hoffman , Jeffrey T. Kullgren","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100596","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100596","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A promising pathway to achieving greater value in health care is to increase use of “high-value” services and decrease use of “low-value” services. Sometimes the value judgments of patients and payers are well-aligned, creating opportunities for policymakers to more forcefully influence use of services for which perceived value is concordant. More difficult situations arise when patients and payers have discordant value perceptions. We propose a novel framework for navigating situations where payers and patients agree or disagree on the relative value of services, and potential solutions for improving value under different conditions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100596"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39882732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Bottner , Jillian B. Harvey , Amber N. Baysinger , Kirsten Mason , Snehal Patel , Alanna Boulton , Nicholaus Christian , Blair Walker , Christopher Moriates
{"title":"The development and implementation of a “B-Team” (buprenorphine team) to treat hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder","authors":"Richard Bottner , Jillian B. Harvey , Amber N. Baysinger , Kirsten Mason , Snehal Patel , Alanna Boulton , Nicholaus Christian , Blair Walker , Christopher Moriates","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100579","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Implementation insights</h3><p></p><ul><li><span>•</span><span><p>Hospitalization is a reachable moment to address opioid and other substance use disorders. This includes initiation of pharmacotherapy such as buprenorphine, which is the standard of care but not frequently offered.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Initiating pharmacotherapy for interested patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during hospitalization does not require a formal addiction consultation service and can be accomplished by any in-hospital prescriber, aided by interprofessional and multidisciplinary teams with support from senior leadership.</p></span></li><li><span>•</span><span><p>Barriers to widespread adoption include lack of education; stigma towards people with substance use disorders; inadequate outpatient capacity to address OUD; regulatory requirements; and challenges to modifying electronic health record algorithms, clinical workflows, and institutional policies.</p></span></li></ul></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 4","pages":"Article 100579"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213076421000622/pdfft?md5=f013111320633d43999368bb4ca70c62&pid=1-s2.0-S2213076421000622-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39596071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incorporating emotions into clinical decision-making solutions","authors":"Irene Y. Zhang , Joshua M. Liao","doi":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100569","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100569","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Health and emotions are inexorably connected. Yet there is still little emphasis on emotions in many clinical decision-making tools and interventions. Instead, existing solutions have tended to target cognition – how people comprehend and act on information about health and disease. While clear thinking contributes to better choices, a potential consequence of heavily targeting cognition is an under-emphasis on emotions - a tendency to work on improving how people think about health care choices without addressing how they feel about them. Several solutions can help clinicians and behavioral scientists address these dynamics: critically evaluating current decision-making conceptual frameworks and strategies, searching for areas where emotions may play a role and where they may have been overlooked; and filling any identified gaps by drawing on insights from affective science. Clinical decision-making solutions should address how individuals feel, not just how they think.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":29963,"journal":{"name":"Healthcare-The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation","volume":"9 3","pages":"Article 100569"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2021.100569","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9238811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}