Category: Hospital Medicine
Faculty and Residents Honored by 黑料网 SOM Student Government
The 黑料网 Student Government, previously known as the Whitehead Medical Society in honor of Dr. Richard H. Whitehead, held the Fall Convocation and Award Ceremony. The Department of Medicine was well represented during the award ceremony. Christopher Klipstein, MD Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH Lindsay Wilson, MD, MPH, associate professor in the Division of Geriatric Me … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: June 1 鈥� June 30, 2022
Division of Infectious Diseases Becky White, MD, MPH, was聽awarded $200,000 by the Looking Forward聽funding program to better understand testing and vaccination rates within a large jail in Wake County, N.C., as well as when the survey respondents return to their home communities. Tessa Andermann,聽MD, MPH,聽received a $30,000 pilot award聽from the Center for Gastrointestinal Biology … Read more
Dr. Raquel Reyes Steps in as HISC Course Director, 鈥淐lerkship Director”
It takes a dedicated, empathetic and effective educator to take on the role of Hospital, Interventional and Surgical Care (HISC) course director, previously known as the Internal Medicine Clerkship. Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA, associate professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, will be stepping into this position at the end of June. The HISC course allows medical students to app … Read more
From Observing Patients to Artwork: Medical Humanities Program seeks to Improve Clinical Observation in Internal Medicine Residents
(From left to right) Grace Prince, MD, Rimma Osipov, MD, PhD, and Paul Chelminski, MD, MPH, FACP, presenting an abstract of their medical humanities work at the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting in 2019. Each morning, Internal Medicine residents take their seats for Morning Report, a case-based resident-led discussion in which Internal Medicine residents share p … Read more
Medicine Announces Value-Care Action Group Awardees for Next Academic Year
The Department of Medicine鈥檚 Value-Care Action Group has awarded four value-care improvement projects that will start in July, 2022. Awardees are listed below with overviews of their projects. Cody Deen, MD: A Chest Pain Transitions Clinic at 黑料网 Hillsborough. Cody Deen, MD The management of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with acute chest pain is a clinical … Read more
Medicine Providers Recognized For Rapid Response Excellence
Evan Raff and Jennifer Mack, 黑料网MC Adult Rapid Response Committee Chairs The 鈥淩apid Response Recognition Report鈥� is a quarterly recognition of providers who are 鈥渞emarkable examples of excellence鈥� during rapid response events at 黑料网MC. Effective utilization of the Adult Rapid Response System at 黑料网 Medical Center is essential in the early detection of clinically worsening patient … Read more
Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: September 1 鈥� September 30, 2021
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD, received an NC TraCS聽pilot grant award. Division of Geriatric Medicine Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, received an NC TraCS聽pilot grant award. 黑料网鈥檚 Center for Aging and Health received a two-year Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services grant聽(with University o … Read more
Medicine Researchers Receive NC TraCS Pilot Grant Awards
NC TraCS recently announced the recipients of new pilot grant awards, and five recipients are from the Department of Medicine. Following is a list of the recipients and their project titles. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology) Project Title: Safety, Tolerability, and Biosignature of Humanized Prebiotics in Healthy Adults J … Read more
Raffs Receive NC TraCS Health Equity Research Award
Lauren Raff, MD, and Evan Raff, MD. Evan Raff, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hospital of medicine, and Lauren Raff, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, were awarded a NC TraCS Health Equity Award to improve rapid response outcomes in patients whose primary language is Spanish. The project 鈥淩educing Health Inequities in the Rapid Response … Read more
Trends and Variation in Length of Stay Among Hospitalized Febrile Infants 鈮� 60 Days Old
John R. Stephens, MD Researchers in recent studies have suggested that hospitalized febrile infants aged 鈮�60 days may be safely discharged if bacterial cultures are negative after 24鈥�36 hours of incubation. John R. Stephens, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of hospital medicine, is first author of a paper聽published online in Hospital Pediatrics, ahead of p … Read more
Ascertaining Framingham Heart Failure Phenotype From Inpatient Electronic Health Record Data Using Natural Language Processing: a Multicentre Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Validation Study
Carlton Moore, MD, MS Carlton Moore, MD, professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, is first author of a retrospective observational study design of patients hospitalized in 2015 from four hospitals participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Using free-text clinical notes and reports from hospitalized patients, the study team wanted … Read more
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Moore Leads Validation Study to Understand Performance of Natural Language Processing in Ascertaining Framingham Heart Failure
Carlton Moore, MD, MS Carlton Moore, MD, is lead author of a study published in the British Medical Journal entitled “Ascertaining Framingham heart failure phenotype from inpatient electronic health record data using natural language processing: a multicentre Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) validation study.” The study used free-text clinical notes and reports from hos … Read more