Harris Health and UTHealth Houston Research & Quality Improvement Day October 16, 2024
A Success in Innovation and Collaboration
The inaugural Harris Health and UTHealth Houston Research & Quality Improvement Day showcased diverse research aimed at enhancing patient care. This event brought together medical professionals, researchers, and leaders for a day dedicated to collaboration and education.
Not only did the event highlight innovative projects, but it also reinforced the partnership between UTHealth Houston and Harris Health, promoting innovation and improving patient care. Attendees enjoyed a variety of presentations that illustrated the ongoing research and initiatives shaping the future of healthcare.
Additionally, the event included an awards ceremony honoring exceptional research in three key categories:
Clinical Research
“Prospective Randomized Trial to Prevent Opioid Misuse through Safe Opioid Use Agreements” – Jonah Stulberg, MD
Translational Research
“Sources of support and strain in Latino patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers”- Larking Stong, PHD
Quality Improvement
“Leveraging Technology to Enhance the Mortality Review Process”- Hortincia Williams, RN
The award presentation was led by Dr. Ko, with a welcoming address from LBJ Administrator Trish Darnauer and remarks from Harris Health CEO Dr. Esmaeil Porsa. Other notable executives, including Dr. Steven Brass and Dr. Sandeep Markan, were also present. Dr. Andrea Caracostis attended as a special guest, representing the Harris Health Board of Directors. Her presence, along with that of many other distinguished guests, highlighted the significance of the event for the health system leadership.
Congratulations on the successful Harris Health and UTHealth Research and Quality Improvement Day! The turnout was impressive, and attendees thoroughly enjoyed exploring the outstanding posters and presentations. A big thank you to all the presenters for their impactful contributions. I have attached the list of all 69 presentations accepted for the inaugural HH/UTH Research & Quality Improvement Day on October 16, 2024.
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| Presenter Name | Study Title | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Bilal Abid, MD, MS, FACP, MRCP, FRCP | INFECTIOUS COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES RECEIVING CD19 vs. BCMA TARGETING CAR-T THERAPY | Clinical Research |
| Roberto Garcia, MD | SORRY, WRONG ROOM! CLEARLY LABELED PATIENT ROOMS REDUCE PATIENT IDENFICIATION ERRORS | Quality Improvement |
| Harriet Omondi PhD, MSN, APRN, FNP-C- | REFLECTIONS REDEFINED: EXPLORING MIRROR PERSPECTIVES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN LIVING WITH OBESITY | Clinical Research |
| Mohammad Zare MD, MS | Implementation of an OBAT Program to Reduce Opioid Misuse | Quality Improvement |
| Shwetiha Rajagopal, MD | “One call away”: Improving communication between prescribers and nurses to optimize time to fluid initiation in sepsis | Quality Improvement |
| Udit Naik, MD | Shifting from contesting to HPV primary test: how we are prepared and what we need to do | Quality Improvement |
| Jordan Killingsworth, MD | PREDICTORS FOR SPONTANEOUS PLEURODESIS IN PATIENTS WITH INDWELLING PLEURAL CATHETERS FOR MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION | Clinical Research |
| Hashim Zaidi, MD, FACEP | Improving Door-In-Door-Out STEMI Times at LBJ Hospital: The Road to Get With The Guidelines Recognition | Quality Improvement |
| Mariano Lodigiani | A5372: Drug-Drug Interactions Between Rifapentine and Dolutegravir in people with HIV and LTBI Co-Infection | Clinical Research |
| Stephanie Martinez Ugarte, MD, MBA | Biologic Versus Permanent Synthetic Mesh: What Hernia Recurrence Risk Will Patients Accept to Avoid a Permanent Implant? | Clinical Research |
| Michael A. Vu, MD | DESCRIPTION OF AN INDEPENDENTLY DEVELOPED QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL TO MEET EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CREDENTIALING AND EMERGENCY ULTRASOUND FELLOWSHIP ACCREDITATION COUNCIL GUIDELINES | Quality Improvement |
| Rachel Nolte, BSA | CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS ENDOTYPING PREDICTS SLEEP-RELATED RESPONSE TO HIGH-DISTRIBUTION NASAL STEROID | Clinical Research |
| Rebekka Garcia, MPH | A MEDITERRANEAN DIET-BASED BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION FOR MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER AT LBJ HOSPITAL | Clinical Research |
| Thanh Lill, DO | TWO IS BETTER THAN ONE: IMPROVING COMPLIANCE OF THE SECOND DOSE OF THE SHINGRIX VACCINE | Quality Improvement |
| Skyler Howell, MD | DEMOGRAPHIC AND TREATMENT DIFFERENCES AMONG HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC MEN WITH TESTICULAR CANCER IN A COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM | Clinical Research |
| Danna Ghafir, MBA, MS4 | Analysis of Operating Room Turnover Times for Gynecology Cases at LBJ Hospital in 2023 | Quality Improvement |
| Maram Museitif | Enhancing primary care clinicians' knowledge of cancer survivorship care in community health centers | Quality Improvement |
| Phuc Duc Nguyen, MD | Closing the Familiarity Gap with Residents and Nurses on the FM inpatient service | Quality Improvement |
| April Hull, MPH, CT(ASCP)CM | HPV-Independent Cervical Adenocarcinoma Discovered by Cytology-Based Screening | Quality Improvement |
| Juan Camilo Padilla Ruiz, MD | Implementation of a Best Practice Alert (BPA) for syphilis testing during pregnancy to reduce Congenital Syphilis. | Quality Improvement |
| Marc Cillo, MD | COST BENEFIT OF MOLECULAR TESTING FOR THYROID NODULE BIOPSIES | Quality Improvement |
| Hira Beg, MD | STRIDE - Supplementing the Review and Implementation of the Diabetic Exam | Quality Improvement |
| Mena Kozman, MD | OPERATIVE FIRE RISK AND SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN USE IN OPHTHALMIC SURGERY | Quality Improvement |
| Hortincia Williams, RN MSN CPHQ | Leveraging Technology to Enhance the Mortality Review Process | Quality Improvement |
| Claudia Herrera, MSN RN CCRN | EMR optimization led to the reduction in CLABSI | Quality improvement |
| Stephanie Rico, MSN, NE-BC, CNOR, CAPA | Ensuring General Anesthesia Recovery for Interventional Radiology Nurses | Quality Improvement |
| Sofia Lupo | A5359 Latitude: LonG-Acting Cab + RPV vs Oral ART in People with HIV with adherence challenges | Clinical Research |
| Mokunfayo Fajemisin, MD | Navigating Health Literacy: Comparison of Assessment Tools in a Surgical Safety-Net Population | Quality Improvement |
| Larkin Strong, PhD | Sources of support and strain in Latino patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers | Translational Research |
| Charyl Bell-Gordon, , DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C, CEN, NEA-BC, FACHE | Patient Placement Operations Center Improves Patient Throughput | Quality Improvement |
| Sophia Cheruiyot, BSN, RN-BC, SCRN | Improving Post-Stroke Dysphagia Screening: A Quality Improvement Initiative | Quality Improvement |
| Cristina Murdock, MD | CREATING AGE-FRIENDLY HEALTH SYSTEMS | Quality Improvement |
| Laurene Asare, MD | EXPANDING TO HOME DIALYSIS IN A LARGE SAFETY-NET HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, 5-YEAR EXPERIENCE | Quality Improvement |
| Emily Leong, MD | Improving Immigrant Health Education in a Pediatric Residency Program | Quality Improvement |
| Sophia Tsakiri, MD | PHARMACY STOCK OF NEONATAL CRITICAL CARE MEDICATIONS AND BABY FORMULAS | Quality Improvement |
| Nasima Rahimtoola, DNP, MBA, RN, CPHQ, HACP | IMPROVE DISCHARGE TO COMMUNITY RATE BY ENHANCING THE CARE COORDINATION PROCESS AT A LONG-TERM ACUTE CARE | Quality Improvement |
| Kishan Asokan, BSA | MITRAL VALVE PHENOTYPES IN SMAD3-RELATED THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE: INSIGHTS FROM THE MONTALCINO AORTIC CONSORTIUM | Clinical Research |
| Asif Lakhani | BREAKING FRAMES: EMOTIONAL FUNCTION PREDICTS PAIN OUTCOMES IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER | Clinical Research |
| Faranaz Velani, DNP, FNP-C | OPTIMIZING ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDERS BY ESTABLISHING A LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE | Quality Improvement |
| Jonah Stulberg, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS | Prospective Randomized Trial to Prevent Opioid Misuse through Safe Opioid Use Agreements | Clinical Research |
| Victoria Morris | Novel Addition of Point of Care Ultrasound to Medical Screening Exam for Obstetric Patients Reduces Time to Diagnosis of Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy | Quality Improvement |
| Mary-Kate Gorlick, MD | Implementation of a Quick Care “Sub-Waiting” Area and Its Effect on Left Without Being Seen Rate in A County Hospital | Quality Improvement |
| Abigail Wrather | VENTRAL HERNIA RECURRENCE BY LOCATION: A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW | Clinical Research |
| Shirin Chunara, DNP, APRN, FNP-C | Reducing Hemoglobin A1c in a Primary Care Clinic Population With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Administering A Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) Program | Quality Improvement |
| Madison Horn, BS | Predictors of mortality in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Results from the National Readmissions Database (2017-2020) | Quality Improvement |
| Rakesh Kathiseran | A Retrospective Review of Ventral Hernia Repair Outcomes among Geriatric Patients at the Texas Hernia Center | Clinical Research |
| Cherish Henderson, MS | Improving Patient Knowledge and Satisfaction with Obstetric Anesthesia | Quality Improvement |
| Annabel Guevara, RN | Implementation of remote patient monitoring (RPM) for medically underserved patients receiving chemotherapy in a US safety-net oncology setting | Clinical Research |
| Adarsh Suresh, BA | ASSESSING OUTPATIENT THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE PATIENTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS | Quality Improvement |
| Sherronda Miles | Strengthening the Patient’s Connection to the Healthcare Team | Quality Improvement |
| William Rieger, MD | REDUCING POST-OPERATIVE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS THROUGH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT WITH CLARIFIED PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL | Quality Improvement |
| Sydney Brand, BS | ABDOMINAL FASCIAL CLOSURE WITH MESH SUTURE: OUR INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE | Clinical Research |
| Bansari Rajani, BDS | THE UTHEALTH HOUSTON ADULT CARDIOVASCULAR GENOMICS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: EFFICACY AND IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | Quality Improvement |
| Joseph Hasapes, MD | Use of an EMR Application Programming Interface to Enhance Critical Call Value Capture and Documentation | Quality Improvement |
| Yu Zhang, MD | DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG LEISHMANIASIS BY BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE CYTOLOGY IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT | Clinical Research |
| Elias A. Chamely, MD MS | Ostomy Site Incisional Hernias - A Single Center Review and Analysis | Clinical Research |
| Debbie F. Nguyen, MPH, CCRC | COMPARISON OF OUTCOMES OF ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS AND APPENDECTOMY (CODA) TRIAL: A MODEL FOR SUCCESSFUL CONDUCT OF A CLINICAL TRIAL AT A SAFETY-NET HOSPITAL | Clinical Research |
| Sami Joudeh | CLEARS ON THE DAY OF ANESTHESIA, PERMISSIBLE UP TO ONE HOUR PRIOR TO SURGERY – A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED AND BLIND TRIAL | Clinical Research |
| Shivika Chandra, MD, FAAN | Time is Brain: Reducing Door in Door Out (DIDO) times for Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes requiring thrombectomy in a safety net hospital system. | Quality Improvement |
| Daniel Lenard, RRT, BSRC | INLINE SUCTION CATHETER EXCHANGE AUDIT TOOL | Quality Improvement |
| Travis Smith | Invasive Cutaneous Fungal Infection of the Head and Neck in an Immunocompetent Patient after a Dog Bite: Case Report and Review of Literature | Clinical Research |
| Ysaith Orellana | Implementation of universal germline testing in underserved patients with young | Clinical Research |
| Catherine Reynolds, MD | Impact of implementing a Rapid Neurological Assessment (RNA) protocol in the LBJ Emergency Room (ER) on Stroke Code Volumes | Quality Improvement |
| Christina Dias | Evaluation of AI-Assisted Note-Taking Software Platforms in an Outpatient Setting | Quality Improvement |
| Joel Kanter, PharmD | Assessment of prescribing patterns and utilization of CGRP targeting therapies for chronic migraine in a safety-net healthcare system. | Quality Improvement |
| Prenna Loomba, PhD | Development and testing of a practice facilitation strategy to increase adoption to an evidence-based physical activity intervention for cancer survivors treated in a safety net oncology care setting: application of the RE-AIM framework. | Quality Improvement |
| Hilary Ma, MD | The LBJ Hospital Food Farmacy: A mixed methods evaluation of a food prescription program for safety net cancer patients. | Clinical Research |
| Michael Wassef, MD | Analysis of Growth Hormone use in Turner Syndrome from Patient-Centered Registry | Clinical Research |
| Soraira Pacheco, MD | Association Between Patient Prescriber Agreements and Aberrant Urine Drug Test Among Cancer Patients Receiving Opioids for Cancer Pain at a Palliative Care Clinic | Clinical Research |