Meet Our MCW Collaborative for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) Scholars
Implementing a Penicillin De-Labeling Protocol in the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED)
David Vyles, DO, MS
Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine2019-2020 Scholar
Mentored by David Brousseau, MD, MS & Liliana Pezzin, PhD, JD
- Implemented a questionnaire to identify children at low-risk for true penicillin allergy based on previous research
- Low-risk children engaged in penicillin oral-challenge, and, if successful, could be de-labeled as penicillin allergic in the medical record
- Developed a new Best Practice Alert in EPIC to facilitate in updating changes to penicillin allergy
- Facilitated the oral-challenge model becoming standard of care in the PED rather than by research mechanism
- Expanding de-labeling protocol to primary care clinics
- Work featured in the New York Times
The Rothman Index (RI) and Physician Utilization of Early Clinical Warning Systems
Erin Strong, MD, MBA, MPH General Surgery Resident
PGY4 Surgical Oncology
2019-2020 Scholar
Mentored by Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA; Sid Singh MD, MS, MBA; & Callisia Clarke, MD
- Developed a qualitative assessment of physician engagement with the RI
- Investigated the use of RI as a predictive tool for diagnosing postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatectomy in pancreatic cancer patients
Development of a Comprehensive Decision Support Model for Elderly Trauma Patients
Rachel Morris, MS
Surgery Trauma & Critical Care2020-2021 Scholar
Mentored by Kathlyn Fletcher, MD, MA; Marc de Moya, MD: & Christopher Tignanelli, MD
- Developing a decision support model incorporating patient reported outcome measures to predict which treatments will optimize quality of life, minimize suffering, and limit non-beneficial treatments in geriatric trauma patients
- Implementation of model into the EHR at MCW
- Building on previous research creating a predictive algorithm for estimating in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with trauma based on readily available metrics
Understanding the Patient Perspective in Acute Gallstone Disease: Adapting the Acute Care Surgery Model to Achieve Care Important to Patients
Patrick Murphy, MD, MSc, MPH
Surgery, Trauma, & Critical Care2021-2022 Scholar
Mentored by Kathlyn Flynn, PhD; Heena Santry, MD, MS; & Kelly Vogt, MD, MSc
- Aim: to understand the patient perspective in acute gallstone disease and adapt the acute care surgery model to achieve care important to patients
- Use this data to further define high quality care in acute gallstone disease, and implement small changes to acute care surgery model at MCW and assess any changes in patient-reported outcomes in addition to traditional outcomes like mortality and length of stay