The poster gallery is an archive of the work of Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) employees and health care professionals. Part of the mission of LVHN is to support clinical care through education and research. To that end, the posters shared here reflect innovation, performance improvement projects and studies that address all areas of healthcare from clinical care to administrative initiatives. They are shared freely to encourage conversation and collaboration.
2013
Underrepresented Minorities in Medical School Admissions: Developing a Theoretical Model, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS (Poster)
SELECT Readiness: Results of a Comprehensive Assessment of the Clinical Learning Environment of a Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Hubert K. Huang MS, MEd; Erica T. Mahady MA; Jody Millard MA; Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; and J Alan Otsuki MD, MBA (Poster)
SELECT Readiness: Lessons Learned in Assessing the Clinical Learning Environment of a Regional Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Erica T. Mahady MA; Edward Norris MD, FAPM; J Alan Otsuki MD, MBA; and Hubert K. Huang (Poster)
1,000 Miles Next Door: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Jennifer D. McCormick MBA; and J Alan Otsuki MD, MBA (Poster)
1,000 Miles Next Door: The Development of a Branch Medical Campus, Margaret A. Hadinger EdD, MS; Jennifer D. McCormick MBA; and J Alan Otsuki MD, MBA (Poster)
Engagement of Patients in Self-Care, Teressa Hamsher (Poster)
Diabetes Care Management During Cancer Treatment, Gregory R. Harper MD, PhD; Janelle M. Sharma DNP, CRNP; Cara Habeck RN, CDE; Cathy A. Coyne PhD, MPH; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Roya Hamadani MPH; Ada M. Rivera MBA, CPH; Gretchen Perilli MD; and Nicole R. Sully DO (Poster)
Posters: Forging a NICHE to Strengthen the Inpatient Geriatric Service Line - Lessons from the Field, Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Forging a NICHE to Strengthen the Inpatient Geriatric Service Line - Lessons from the Field, Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN and Carolyn L. Davidson RN, PhD (Poster)
The Utility of Standard Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Autistic Children Savitra Bandari, Wenzhuan He, Jilu Jilu Jacob, Xue Ming, and Savitra Bandari (Poster)
Transforming From a Freestanding ASF to a Hospital-based Unit, Darlene Hinkle MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
ROADMAP...Setting the Course for Patient and Family Involvement in Their Plan of Care (Poster), Kristina Holleran and Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Burn Disaster Management Planning: A Preparedness Toolkit (Poster), Brian S. Joho MSN, RN; Daniel D. Lozano MD; Patrick Pagella MSN, ARNP; Michael Wargo MBA, RN; and Hamed Amani MD, FACS (Poster)
Constructing Hospice & Palliative Medicine Standardized Patient Cases for Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine Residents, Gavin Jones; William Bond MD, MS; and Daniel Ray MD (Poster)
Gender Differences in Emergency Department (ED) Patient Mechanical Fall Risk and Openness to Communication with Providers, Bryan G. Kane MD; Michael Nguyen MD; Robert D. Barraco MD; Brian Stello MD; Arnold R. Goldberg MD; Clare M. Lenhart PhD, MPH; Bernadette Gl-Porter BS; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Sex Differences in Emergency Department Patient Mechanical Fall Risk and Openess to Communication With Providers, Bryan G. Kane MD, Michael Nguyen MD, Robert D. Barraco MD, Brian Stello MD, Arnold R. Goldberg MD, C M. Lenhart, and Bernadette Gl-Porter BS (Poster)
Posters: SWAT: Empowering Staff to OWN Their Environment through Peer Accountability, Julie Kaszuba BSN, RN and Sharon Clark BS, RN (Poster)
Reliability in Assessment of Competency-Based Medicine (Poster), Drew Keister MD and Benjamin F. Karabasz (Poster)
Use of an ED-based Observation Unit Followed by Outpatient Stress Testing in Chest Pain Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Disease History: Evaluation of Safety and Prognostic Utility, Yasser Khalil MD, Prasant Pandey MD, Melvin H. Schwartz MD, Maida Abdul-Latif MD, and Martin E. Matsumura MD (Poster)
A Novel, Network-wide Outpatient Generational Urine Antibiogram, Jarrod W. Kile RPhD and Lalita G. Shastry MD (Poster)
Integrating Evidence for Excellence in the Care of Women and Newborns - The Evidence-Based FellowS² Program (Poster), Jennifer King RNC, BSN (Poster)
Operating Room Holds: How One PACU Worked Collaboratively to Solve the Problem (Poster), Jodi Koch BSN, RN and Kathleen Duckworth RN, CPAN (Poster)
Inappropriate Boarding: Cost and Quality Issues of Incapacitated Patients Requiring Guardianship, Margaret Kornuszko-Story MHA; Kari Jones PhD; Michelle D. Flores RN; Hannah D. Paxton RN, MPH; and Jeffrey Etchason MD (Poster)
Continuing Education Electronic Forms: Before & After, Evan Kriner (Poster)
Pseudo Hyperphosphatemia in Multiple Myeloma, Anshul Kumar, Pradeep Dhakarwal MD, Vibha Agrawal, and Tayyab Ali (Poster)
Optic Neuritis Due to Toxoplasmosis: First and Only Manifestation of Newly Diagnosed AIDS, Rajesh Kumar MD and Yehia Y. Mishriki MD (Poster)
Effective Use of the PleuX (R) Catheter in Pericardial Space, Steven Kurban and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Posters: Pursuing Wellness: Achieving Fall Reduction Through Staff and Patient Partnership, Lisa A. Lacy and Nicole J. Urban-Miller RN, BSN (Poster)
Posters: Reducing Restraints: A Patient Safety, Staff Driven Initiative, Lisa A. Lacy and Nicole J. Urban-Miller RN, BSN (Poster)
Pursuing Wellness: Achieving Fall Reduction Through Staff and Patient Partnership, Lisa A. Lacy; Nicole J. Urban-Miller RN, BSN; Denise Bodish BSN, RNBC; Jane Halpin RNC, PCC; Colleen S. Green; and Kathryn P. Mercadante RN (Poster)
Reducing Restraints: A Patient Safety, Staff Driven Initiative, Lisa A. Lacy; Nicole J. Urban-Miller RN, BSN; Denise Bodish BSN, RNBC; Jane Halpin RNC, PCC; Colleen S. Green; and Kathryn P. Mercadante RN (Poster)
Prevalence of Hemoglobin Variants in Stored Blood, Devika S Lal MD, Richard Francis, and Jeffrey Jhang (Poster)
Evaluation of Vancomycin Dosing and Corresponding Drug Concentrations in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Patients, Christine Lam PharmD and Jenny Boucher BS, PharmD, JD, BCPS (Poster)
Achieving Meaningful Medical Student Evaluations Through a Clinical Encounter Card, Liborio LaRussa MD and Kris Rooney MD (Poster)
Patient Rounding: Improving the Process Through On-Line Documentation, Marjorie Lavin RN, MS, CNRN (Poster)
Progressive Extra-Oral Static/Dynamic Splint, Lisa LePage OTR/L and Brian Graeff Ms, OTR/L (Poster)
A Mixed Method Study of Information Availability on Pregnancy Outcomes, Donald Levick MD (Poster)
Information Flow and Clinical Outcomes in a Fully Functional Perinatal Continuum of Care, Donald Levick MD, Michael Sheinberg MD, Chad D. Meyerhoefer PhD, Mary E. Deily, Shin-Yi Chou PhD, and Susan A. Sherer PhD (Poster)
Secondary Cutaneous Plasmacytoma in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma, Joshua M. Levin MD and Christian W. Oram DO (Poster)
Responding to Draft Site Visit Reports, Preparing Status Reports and Improvement Plans, Scott Lipkin DPM (Poster)
Improving the Quality of the HRPP by Integrating Compliance, Quality Improvement, and Education, Scott J. Lipkin DPM; Lisa Gogel-Bissell; Victoria Sabella BSN; Maria Dreher; Jennifer Phillips; Margaret Hoffman-Terry MD, FACP; and Jane E. Scott (Poster)
Optimizing Web Based Searching Results in Favor of LVHN, Ryan Luke (Poster)
Implementation of a Rapid Assessment Unit (Intake Team): Impact on Emergency Department Length of Stay, Richard S. MacKenzie MD; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP; Jennifer A. Brown RN; Melissa Teitsworth RN, BSN; Christopher J. Kita MEd; Megan J. Dambach DO; Shaheen Shamji DO; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; Susan Friend; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Comparison of Vaginal Cuff Closure Outcomes in Patients Having Robotic-assisted Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: V-Loc vs. Vicryl (Poster), Martin A. Martino MD, R Melody Reynolds MD, A EI Haraki MD, Rachel Morcrette PA-C, Kyle M. Langston PA-C, Gregory F. Kainz MD, Richard Boulay MD, and M Bijoy Thomas MD (Poster)
Capturing the Progress of Lehigh Valley Hospital from Past to Present, Sarah Martin (Poster)
Posters: “24” – Hours to Discharge after Robotic Surgery for Complex Gynecologic Malignancies (Standards of Care Even Jack Bauer Couldn’t Achieve, Sarah R. Mason RN (Poster)
“24” – Hours to Discharge after Robotic Surgery for Complex Gynecologic Malignancies (Standards of Care Even Jack Bauer Couldn’t Achieve, Sarah R. Mason RN and Nicole Reimer BSN, RN, OCN (Poster)
A Case of Worsening Stridor in a Neonate, Richard J. Mazzaccaro MD (Poster)
The Predictive Value of Renal Ultrasound of Vesicoureteral Reflux After First Urinary Tract Infection in Neonates and Infants 0-24 Months, Richard J. Mazzaccaro MD and Michael J. Weiss MPH (Poster)
Preparing Contaminated Instrumentation for Quick Turnover: A Team Approach, James C. Mcdonald (Poster)
Evaluating Palliative Medicine Competency Training in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs, Matthew Meyers and Anita Kurt PhD, RN (Poster)
Closing the Gap: Revising Sterility Testing Policies and Procedures Based on the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) 797 Guidelines and a Near Miss, Cindy L. Mitman Pharm D; Terry Burger MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CIC; Deborah Fry MT (ASCP), MBA, CIC; and Gary Tallarita MT (ASCP) (Poster)
Austrian Syndrome: Triad of the Past or Harbinger of the Future?, Mira Mitry MD; Suzanne J. Templer DO; Stacey Smith MD, FACP; and Eugene P. York MD, FACP (Poster)
Evaluating The Effectiveness of Risk Assessments, Nishant Modi (Poster)
18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging of Extra nodal Rosai- Dorfman Syndrome with Hepatopancreatic Involvement, Sohaib A. Mohiuddin MD, Faiq A. Shaikh MD, K Ali, Saleem Farooqui, and William McCartney (Poster)
Practice What You Preach: Invest In A Successful Nursing Professional Development Specialist Orientation, Larissa Morgan MSN, RN; Susan Cobb PhD, RN; and Christine Lombardi MSN RN OCN (Poster)
Initial Results Tracking Patient Satisfaction in an Oncology Navigation Program, Dorothy Morrone RNC, MS, OCN; Diane McHugh BSN, OCN, CBPN-IC; Laura Beaupre BSN, OCN, CBPN-IC; Kathy Sevedge RN, MA, AOCN; Jane Zubia RN, OCN, CBPN I-C; Raizalie Roman-Rosado BSN, OCN, CMSRN; and Martiza Y. Chicas RN, PCCN (Poster)
Conference Learnings, Jennifer Murray RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Successful Long-term Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Membrane Oxygenation without Anti-Coagulation, Janissa Nair; Dorothea T. Watson DO; Rita Pechulis MD, FCCP; Nicholas M. Rini PA-C; Timothy S. Misselbeck; Kenneth Miller RRT; and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Causes of Post Cardiac Surgical Readmissions, Janissa Nair and James K. Wu MD (Poster)
Rallying the Team to Improve Glycemic Control in the Acute Care Setting: Mission Possible, Joyce Najarian MSN, RN, CDE; Ann Flickinger MS, RD, LDN; Marie Claude-Gutekunst MSN, RN, PCCN; and Brian D. Spadt (Poster)
Rapid Door to Balloon Time in the Treatment of Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Reduced Length of Hospital Stay, Amit Nanavati MD, David A. Cox MD, J Patrick Kleaveland MD, Orlando E. Rivera RN, and Nainesh Patel MD (Poster)
Interrupted Aortic Arch in the Adult, Amit Nanavati MD, Matthew W. Martinez, and Nainesh Patel MD (Poster)
Visualization and Management of a Distally Embolized Stent After ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Amit Nanavati MD and Nainesh C. Patel MD (Poster)
Engaging Robotic Care Teams Across the Perioperative Continuum, Stephanie E. Nelson RN, CNOR (Poster)
Participation in Perinatal Interventional Research: Which Characteristics Matter?, Hai-Yen T. Nguyen MD; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; Daniel G. Kiefer MD; Anita Kurt PhD, RN; Felisa Saldutti; and John C. Smulian MD, MPH (Poster)
Geriatric Hip Fracture, Andrei Nistor (Poster)
Trigeminal Trophic Syndrome, Ryan Owen DO, Joshua M. Levin MD, and Stephen M. Purcell DO (Poster)
Posters: Translating Evidence to the Bedside: Recognizing Delirium, Michaelen Panzarella MSN, RN, CCRN (Poster)
Translating Evidence to the Bedside: Recognizing Delirium, Michaelen Panzarella MSN, RN, CCRN (Poster)
An Analysis of the Educational Value and Impact of a Dual, Versus Single, Robotic Surgical Console in the Training of OBGYN Residents, Joseph E. Patruno MD; Hubert K. Huang MS, MED; Michelle W. Huang MD; Thomas Hutchinson MD; and Martin A. Martino MD (Poster)
Cost Analysis in Supply Management, Kelsey Pecka (Poster)
Adaptive Support Ventilation Reduces The Number of Ventilator Changes From Initiation To Liberation, Bryn S. Pencil BS, RRT-ACCS; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Courtney Edwards MD (Poster)
Adaptive Support Ventilation Reduces The Number of Ventilator Changes From Initiation To Liberation, Bryn S. Pencil BS, RRT-ACCS; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; and Courtney Edwards MD (Poster)
Breaking the Barriers With the Perioperative Round Table (Poster), Toni J. Perez ADN, RN and Amanda L. Knoll BSN, RN (Poster)
Factors That Influence Poor Health, Gregory Picone (Poster)
A Stroke of Bad Luck, Hyma V. Polimera, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, and David Leh (Poster)
Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Endoscopy Unit Reducing Smooth Muscle Hypertrophy Asthmatic, Marie Porter RN, BSN, CGRN (Poster)
Does Resident Experience Affect Outcomes in Complex Abdominal Surgery?, Daniel Relles MD; Richard A. Burkhart MD; Michael J. Pucci; Jocelyn Sendecki MSPH; Renee Tholey; Ross E. Drueding; Patricia K. Sauter; Eugene P. Kennedy; Jordan M. Winter; Harish Lavu; and Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS (Poster)
Beware, Don’t Overshare - Proper Use of Social Media for Nurses, Sheryl Repischak RN, BSN, MS (Poster)
Posters: Beware, Don’t Overshare - Proper Use of Social Media for Nurses, Sheryl Repischak RN, BSN, MS (Poster)
Screening Lehigh Valley Area Ticks for Infectious Disease Agents, Sarah Richardson and Luther Rhodes III MD (Poster)
ST-Segment Elevation (STEMI) Real Time Data Feedback –A Process of Care Initiative, Orlando E. Rivera RN, Nainesh Patel MD, Bruce Feldman DO, Mercedes Rios-Scott BS, David M. Richardson MD, J Patrick Kleaveland MD, David A. Cox MD, and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)
Coordinating Quality Across the Palliative Care Continuum: OACIS/Palliative Medicine Services, Elke H. Rockwell PhD, Donna Stevens BS, and Daniel Ray MD (Poster)
Effectiveness of P-DAT Training in Medical Education, Rebecca Royce-Hickey DO, Sweety Jain MD, Susan E. Hansen MA, and Nyann Biery MS (Poster)
Patients With Disabilities as Teachers (P-DAT) Training in Medical Education, Rebecca Royce-Hickey DO, Sweety Jain MD, Susan E. Hansen MA, and Nyann Biery MS (Poster)
Long Term STEMI Outcome Data Acquisition, Tina Ruhf RN, Orlando E. Rivera RN, Nainesh C. Patel MD, Bruce Feldman DO, J Patrick Kleaveland MD, Mercedes Rios-Scott BS, Kevin T. Whalen BS, Susan Bernhard BS, and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
The Effects Of Therapeutic Music On Anxiety, Nausea And Depression In Cancer Patients, Jacob Rust (Poster)
Making It Happen – A Model to Bring Evidence-Based Practice to Life, Sandra Sabbatini BSN, RN; Judith Baker BSN, RN; Carolyn L. Davidson RN, PhD; and Julie Albertson BSN, RN (Poster)
A Cross-Cultural Health Care Approach to Improve Veteran Health Services in an Academic Community Hospital, Judith Sabino MPH; Eric Johnson MPSA, CPS, CAAMA, CHS, CHEP, CDP; and James F. Geiger MPA, FACHE (Poster)
Management of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: A Randomized Control Trial, Regina Sacco DPT, BA, BHSc; David B. Burmeister DO, FACEP; Valerie Rupp RN, BSN; and Marna R. Greenberg DO, MPH, FACEP (Poster)
Intracardiac Echocardiogram in Patient with Patent Foramen Ovale and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hassam Saif MD, Shameer Ahmed MD, Bilal Ayub Md, and Bryan W. Kluck DO (Poster)
SMALL Changes Now, BIG Impact Later: “Non -Attendance” For Appointments In a Patient Centered Medical Home Model--Impact of a Personalized Appointment Reminder In A Vulnerable Population, Veronica Sanchez-Medina; Sheyla M. Torres; and Orlando J. Penaloza MD, FACP (Poster)
Trends in Outcome and Hospitalization Charges of Pediatric Patients Admitted with Guillain Barre Syndrome in the United States.Data from Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID), Howard Sander, Rania Elenein, Wenzhuan He, Zubeda Begum Sheikh, Zaid A. Al-Qudah MD, and Nizar Souayah MD (Poster)
Trends in Outcomes and Hospitalization Costs Among Pediatric Myasthenia Gravis Patients in the United States. Data from Kids’ Inpatient Database (KID) 1997-2009, Howard Sander, Rania Elenein, Wenzhuan He, Zubeda Begum Sheikh, Zaid A. Al-Qudah MD, and Nizar Souayah MD (Poster)
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (Collagenous Fibroma), Filomena Scolas DO, Tanya Ermolovich DO, Sean Branch DO, Alan J. Shienbaum DO, and Sidney Jacoby (Poster)
Virual Worlds, Allison Seidel (Poster)
A case of Hypokalemic Hypertension...Primum non Nocere, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Aja Abichandani, Robert Gayner, and Mohammad Arastu MD (Poster)
An ounce of prevention: The importance of calcium and vitamin D supplementation prior to using Denosumab, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Hyma Polimera, Mohammad Arastu MD, Robert Gayner, Padmanabhan Raghu, and Gloria Fioravanti (Poster)
Comparison of Chronic Persistent and Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation on Long Term Survival in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Valve Surgery, Nasir Shariff, Ravi V. Desai MD, Sherrine Eid, Michael J. Weiss, Matthew W. Martinez, Sultan M. Siddique, and Ronald S. Freudenberger MD (Poster)