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.
2012
Rapid Assessment Unit – The Difference at the Emergency Department Door, Diane Haines MSN, RN, CEN (Poster)
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Presenting as Diuretic-Refractory Cardiorenal Syndrome, Brigid Hallinan DO (Poster)
Posters: Bedside Nurse Shift Report: Standardizing the Approach at the Bedside, Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Posters: SORE NO MORE: The Power of a Microscope in Skin Integrity., Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN and Denise Pisciotta BSN, RN. (Poster)
Posters: PALMs, Cheryl Heffner BS, RRT (Poster)
Parenteral Nutrition Order Entry Privileges for Registered Dietitians: Unique Approach to Improve Patient Outcomes (Poster), Judy Holaska RD, MS, CNSC , LDN (Poster)
Parenteral Nutrition Web-based Order Writing: Educating Prescribers and Registered Dietitians, Judy Holaska RD, MS, CNSC , LDN (Poster)
The Gift of Life: Optimizing Organ Donation through Collaboration, Jennifer Houp RN, CNRN (Poster)
A Comparative Study of the Cost of Total Hip Replacements, Samantha Hower (Poster)
Posters: Program...Validate...Infuse: Developing an IV Infusion Validation Tool, Nancy Humes BSN, RN and Nicole Zimmerman BSN, RN (Poster)
The Daily Metric Board: A Lean Approach to Performance Improvement., Hope Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Posters: Enhancing Perioperative Teamwork to Improve Patient Safety, Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
The Residency CPC as a Means of Faculty Development, Kathleen E. Kane MD, Kevin R. Weaver DO, Gavin C. Barr Jr. MD, Amy B. Smith PhD, Andrew C. Miller DO, Charles C. Worrilow MD, Terrence E. Goyke DO, Dawn M. Yenser, and Bryan G. Kane MD (Poster)
Reliability in Assessment of Competency Based Education, Benjamin F. Karabasz (Poster)
The Clinical Trial Process, Sara Kaskowitz (Poster)
Time for change: Dyslipidemia Management by Internal Medicine Housestaff, Haseeb Kazi MD, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, and David Leh (Poster)
Comparison of Readmission Risk Assessment, Jessica Kemmerer (Poster)
A Networkwide, Multidisciplinary Approach to Improving Perioperative Medication Safety, Diane Kimsey RN, MS, CNOR and Jeanne P. Luke MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Supportive Weight Loss Program, Jenny Koscho RD, LDN, CDE (Poster)
Acute Leukemia Care in a Community Hospital: We Did It and So Can You!, Barbara Labriola MSW, BA, RN, CMSRN and Donna Wegner RN (Poster)
Utilization of Technology for Enhancement and Empowering the Learner During Trauma Education, Ryan Lawless MD and Dale A. Dangleben MD (Poster)
Simulation Enhanced by The National Patient Safety Goals, Jamie Lawson (Poster)
“I Think, Therefore I Count”: Changing the Count Process While Encouraging Critical Thinking, Marlene H. Leidy and Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Posters: Racing to 100%: A Certification Initiative for Surgical Technicians., Marlene Leidy BSN, RN, CNOR and Hope L. Johnson MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
How Virtual Reality will Contribute to the Evolution of Medical Education, Alexander J. Lemheney MEd (Poster)
Car Seat Dermatitis - A Case Report, Marie S. Lewars DO, Joshua M. Levin MD, and Stephen Purcell DO (Poster)
It Takes More Than A Village… A Compendium of Strategies to Raise the Quality Bar (Poster), Tiffany Lopez BSN, RN, CMSRN (Poster)
Striving for Zero IV Pump Errors – A Unique Approach, Kristie Lowery RN, BS, CPHQ, CPHRM; Gwenis L. Browning RN, MSN; Georgene Saliba RN, BSN, MBA, CPHRM; and Leroy Kromis PharmD (Poster)
Lessons Learned: Listening to the Interns, Jeanne Luke MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
Posters: Lessons Learned: Listening to the Interns, Jeanne Luke MSN, RN, CNOR (Poster)
A Quality Improvement Initiative Using A Novel Travel Survey to Define High-Risk International Travel and Promote Patient-Centered Counseling, Craig A. Mackaness DO, Mark Knouse MD, Suzanne J. Templer DO, Deepti Verma MD, Allison Osborne BA, and Michael J. Weiss MPH (Poster)
Challenging Cases in Pediatric Trauma: Management of the Open Abdomen, Firas Madbak MD and William D. Hardin Jr, MD, FACS, FAAP (Poster)
Two Post-Cardiac Surgery IV Insulin Protocols Targeting Blood Glucose 110-1140mg/dL in Patients With and Without Diabetes, Vasudev Magaji MD, MS; Amy C. Donihi PharmD, BCPS; Shriddha Nayak MD; Srinivas Jampana MD; Lauren Willard DO; Parachur Nivedita MD; Raymond A. Eder PharmD; Jann M. Johnston MD; and Mary T. Korytkowski MD (Poster)
Posters: ON THE BEAT: Partnering with Security for a Safer Nursing Environment, Tiana Mahr BSN, RN and Maureen Horvath BSN, RN (Poster)
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: A Rare but Deadly Cause of ACS in Younger Patients, Daniel J. Makowski DO and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
Clinic Flow in a Multidisciplinary Setting: The USF Diabetes Center, Ian T. Mark MS, Chris Pothering MS, and Henry Rodriguez MD (Poster)
Community Fall Expo: Promoting Health and Preventing Falls, Shelly Marks (Poster)
Is Auscultation the Achilles' Heel of Sports Screening? -Evidence on the Proficiency of Primary Care Physicians, Matthew W. Martinez MD, Bilal Ayub MD, and Michael J. Barrett MD (Poster)
An Analysis of Quality Outcomes in Patients Having a Hysterectomy: Robotics vs the Vaginal Approach, Martin A. Martino MD, Jocelyn Shubella, and Elizabeth A. Berger DO (Poster)
How to Effectively Reduce Costs Associated with Robotic Surgery: Is This Even Possible?, Martin A. Martino MD, Jocelyn Shubella, Wesly Menard, Jeremy Patriarco, Brian Leader, Rachel Miller PA-C, Megan Allen RN, M Bijoy Thomas MD, and Richard Boulay MD (Poster)
Benchmarking Quality Metrics for Endometrial Cancer Patients: Robotics vs. Laparoscopy, Martin A. Martino MD, Jocelyn Shubella, Shamol Williams MSII, Rachel Morcrette PA-C, Jeremy Patriarco, Hai-Yen Nguyen MD, Amy Hordendorf, M Bijoy Thomas MD, and Richard Boulay MD (Poster)
WE ROCK – YOU ROLL: Surgical Staging Unit Propels On-Time First Case Start Initiative, Marlene Mayza BSN, RN and Janice Magliane ADN, RN (Poster)
Employment Engagement: The Recipe for Success, Peter McCullough (Poster)
Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Mitral Valve Surgery: Seeking the effects of elevated pulmonary artery pressure on postoperative mitral valve surgery outcome, Kelsey McLeod and Elizabeth Sander (Poster)
Posters: The Utilization of a Sub-Glottic Endotracheal Tube to Reduce Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Rates, Kenneth Miller MEd, MSRT, RRT-ACCS, NPS, AE-C, FAARC; Robert Leshko RRT; Angela Lutz RRT-NPS; and Linda Cornman RRT-NPS (Poster)
Critical Assessment of Outcomes in Acute Aortic Dissection (Type A) at a Community Hospital: A 10 year review, Timothy S. Misselbeck, James K. Wu MD, Stephen Deturk BA, Michael F. Szwerc MD, Sanjay M. Mehta MD, Theodore G. Phillips MD, Gary W. Szydlowski MD, and Raymond L. Singer MD (Poster)
Severe Lamotrigine Neurotoxicity Treated with Intralipid Emulsion Therapy, Philip W. Moore DO; Megan C. Urquhart DO; Dale L. McMillion DO; Keith K. Burkhart MD; Louis R. Cantilena Jr, MD; and J Ward Donovan MD (Poster)
Increase in Renal Transplantation of Sensitized Recipients Following the Introduction of Virtual Crossmatching: One Center’s Experience, Michael J. Moritz MD, Lynsey S. Biondi MD, Patricia Kimble BS, and Robert Cirocco PhD (Poster)
Assessment of LVHN's Research Scholar Program's Evaluative Surveys and Awareness of Competitive Programs, Andrea Moshier (Poster)
Optimizing the Efficiency of Regionalization for Patients Enrolled in the OACIS Home-Based Service, Ryan Mulligan (Poster)
Malpositioned Pacemaker Lead Presenting as a Peculiar 12-Lead EKG, Amit Nanavati MD and Robert F. Malacoff MD, FACC (Poster)
Infrapopliteal Stenosis Requiring Proximal and Distal Approach, Amit N. Nanavati MD, Adrian C. Bell DO, and Sarang S. Mangalmurti MD (Poster)
Rapid Door to Balloon Time in the Treatment of Acute ST- Elevation Myocardial Infarction Meaningfully Reduces Overall Hospital Stay, Amit N. Nanavati MD, Nainesh Patel MD, Bruce Feldman DO, J Patrick Kleaveland MD, Orlando E. Rivera RN, and David A. Cox MD (Poster)
Evaluating Psychiatric Patients’ Attitudes of a Shared Electronic Medical Record, Edward R. Norris MD, FAPA, FAPM; Julia R. Correll BA; Jamie Bongiovi LCSW; David Dylewski MS; Gail Stern MSN; and Michael Kaufmann MD (Poster)
Livedoid Vasculopathy in the Setting of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Diagnosed as Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Steven Oberlender MD, PhD; Anthony J. Gust MD; and Christian W. Oram DO (Poster)
A Multi-Disciplinary Definition of an Episode of Care for Patients in Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery Practice, Keith O'Brien; Kyle Ingram; Lennox Hoyte MD; Renee Bassaly DO; and H Leigh Terwilliger MSN, FNP-BC (Poster)
De-branching of the Aortic Arch during Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair, Caitlin O'Connor BS (Poster)
There is No “I” in Team: A Quality Improvement Survey, Ian Osburn, Jennifer Chevinsky BS, and June Leland MD (Poster)
Multidisciplinary Care & Parkinson’s: Miracle or Mess?, Sven Owen BA, Yasir Abunamous MS, and Robert Hauser MD (Poster)
Identifying Delirium: The Right Tool for the Job., Michaelen Panzarella MSN, RN, CCRN (Poster)
It's Time to Teach Back: An Inter-professional Approach to Enhance Learning and Reduce Neuroscience Readmissions, Jill P. Peoples BSN, RN, CMSRN, CNRN and Amanda Yerkes RN, BSN, CMSRN, CNRN (Poster)
Newborn Nursery – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: What’s in Between?, Judith Pfeiffer BSN, RN-C and Denise Keeler BSN, RN-NIC (Poster)
Normal Newborn Nursery – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: What’s in between?, Judith Pfeiffer BSN, RN-C and Denise Keeler BSN, RN-NIC (Poster)
Public Reporting of Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in Pennsylvania, Thomas Pham (Poster)
Posters: A Simulation Journey: Development and Implementation of a Hospital-Based Process for Using Simulation to Enhance Teaching in Acute Care, Mary Jean Potylycki MSN, RN-BC (Poster)
Atypical Vascular Lesion Arising in an Area of Previous Radiation Treatment on the Breast, Stephen M. Purcell DO and Christian W. Oram DO (Poster)
Finding the Meaning in “Meaningful Use” of Electronic Health Records, Emma Qureshy MS1 and Aresh Ramin MS1 (Poster)
Improving Quality of Care Through Connections, Kari Raffensberger (Poster)
Predicting Re-Intubation in Patients Who Self Extubate in the ICU, John Reed RRT; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Robert Leshko BS,RRT; and Michael J. Weiss MPH (Poster)
Diet and Child Obesity, Yochai Re'em (Poster)
Surgery Olympics, Daniel Relles MD (Poster)
Thymoquinone Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Cell Death and Reduction of Tumor Size through Combined Inhibition of Histone Deacetylation and Induction of Histone Acetylation (Poster), Daniel Relles MD; Galina I. Chipitsyna PhD; Qiaoke Gong; Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS; and Hwyda A. Arafat MD, PhD (Poster)
CIRCADIAN GENES IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA: ALTERATIONS AND CLINICAL CORRELATIONS, Daniel Relles MD; Galina I. Chipitsyna PhD; Terry Hyslop PhD; Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS; and Hwyda A. Arafat MD, PhD (Poster)
Optimizing intraoperative camera phone photography for use in medical education, Daniel Relles MD, Konrad Sarosiek MD, and Richard A. Burkhart MD (Poster)
Nurses in Technology, Sheryl Repischak RN, BSN, MS (Poster)
Posters: Nurses in Technology, Sheryl Repischak RN, BSN, MS (Poster)
Community Cancer Services, Clinical Trials, and Quality Initiatives--Year 2 NCCCP at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Ada M. Rivera BA; Lenore A. McGonigle Ms; MaryEllen Shiels BS; Smiyyah Q. Whitney RN; Suresh G. Nair MD; Janelle M. Sharma; Kathy Sevedge RN, MA, AOCN; Eliot L. Friedman MD; Nadesda Mack RN, BSN, MBA, OCN; and Gregory R. Harper MD, PhD (Poster)
Care Optimization, Lucia Romano (Poster)
Bilingual Navigation in Cancer Care, Raizalie Roman-Rosado BSN, OCN, CMSRN; Martiza Y. Chicas RN, PCCN; Kathy Sevedge RN, MA, AOCN; Ada M. Rivera BA; Nadesda Mack RN, BSN, MBA, OCN; and Tina Mellinger (Poster)
Regulation of Ran GTPase By Cigarette Smoke in the Pancreas and in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells, Shivam Saxena BS; Galina I. Chipitsyna PhD; Ankit V. Gandhi BS; Daniel Relles MD; Charles J. Yeo MD, FACS; and Hwyda A. Arafat MD, PhD (Poster)
Lean Manufacturing Problem Solving Approach to Journal Access Issues, Linda Matula Schwartz MDE, AHIP, CM and Kristine A. Petre MLS, AHIP, CM (Poster)
A new twist on a known side effect of piperacillin-Tazobactam, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Haseeb A. Kazi MD, and Peter T. Ender MD (Poster)
An Incidental Pituitary Adenoma with intact LH Hypersecretion, Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Haseeb Kazi MD, Bankim Bhat MD, and Mohammad Arastu MD (Poster)
Does age and gender correlate significantly with Dyslipidemia?., Shamsuddin Shaik MD, Haseeb Kazi MD, and David Leh (Poster)
Rights Checking for LVHN Scholarly Works: Piecing Together the Repository, Katie Sheinberg (Poster)
Aligning Network Quality Goals: Mammography Metrics, Michael Sheinberg MD (Poster)
Determining Co-Infection Rates of Tick-Borne Diseases in Lehigh County, Cara Sheridan (Poster)
A Successful Patient Rounding Redesign: Staff Empowerment Blended with a Research Project (Poster), Jody Shigo RN, CMSRN; Holly Tavianini RN, BSN, MSHSA, CNRN; Lynn M. Deitrick RN, PhD; Kathy Baker MPH, RN; Hannah D. Paxton BSN, RN; and Michelle D. Flores (Poster)
Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in HIV-infected patients: A Report of Four Cases., William R. Short MD, MPH and Amy Slenker MD (Poster)
Translating Quality to the Bedside: Collaboration Improves Patient Outcomes, Maureen T. Smith MSN, RN, CNRN (Poster)
Oxytocin Discontinuation During Active Labor in Women Who Undergo Labor Induction, John C. Smulian MD, MPH (Poster)
Improving Sexual Function Using a Multidisciplinary Approach for a Breast Cancer Survivor: A Case Report, Karen Snowden PT, DPT, WCS and Carole Moretz PsyD, MSN (Poster)
Stop the Chaos! One Patient at a Time, Please, Megan Snyder BSN, RN, BC (Poster)
A Case of Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma Treated with Electron Beam Radiation Therapy, Luis A. Soro DO; Stephen M. Purcell DO; and Lusia S. Yi DO, MS (Poster)
Improving Decision-Making and Performance of Surgical and Obstetrics-Gynecology Residents Under Stress, Leo Spear (Poster)
Educational Interventions to Improve Clinician Documentation, Joel Strohecker BS, RRT; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Linda Cornman BS, RRT-NPS; Kristen Lal RRT; Kelly M. Torres RRT; and Magdaline Brezak (Poster)
Robotic Surgery vs. VATS vs. Open Thoracotomy: Research and Outcomes, Ryan Stuart (Poster)
Retrospective Comparison of the Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Treated with Intravenous Polymyxin B or Intravenous Colistimethate Sodium, Rebecca A. Sumner PharmD and Jarrod W. Kile RPh, BCPS (Poster)
Botryoid Rhabdomyosarcoma Arising From Exstrophy Bladder In The Setting Of Pelvis Syndrome, Jihong Sun MD and R Fan (Poster)
Tumors of Acetabulum in Adult Population, Jihong Sun MD and R Fan (Poster)