Category: Acute Medicine

Observation Status: The Consequences of a Medicare Policy

Value Institute Scholars meet regularly to discuss ongoing research projects, various investigative techniques, and current issues from a variety of fields. Our scholars include Value Institute leadership and staff members, as well as clinicians practicing across a broad range of specialties within the Christiana Care Health System. We study pressing issues identified as part of […]

Handoffs from Operating Room to Intensive Care Unit

Value Institute Scholars meet regularly to discuss ongoing research projects, various investigative techniques, and current issues from a variety of fields. Our scholars include Value Institute leadership and staff members, as well as clinicians practicing across a broad range of specialties within the Christiana Care Health System. We study pressing issues identified as part of […]

Time Series Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Rates: Health Care Innovation – Bridging the Divide

Application of times series methods to 30-day readmission rates of PCI patients in the BRIDGES database. Methods include interrupted time series, cross-correlation and Granger causality. Dr. Paul Kolm, DAC-CTR Associate Director, is Director of Biostatistics at Christiana Care Health System, and Research Professor of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson Medical College. He has been and is […]

Time Series Analysis of 30-day Readmission Rates: Program Evaluation and Causality

This seminar will present a time series analysis of 30-day readmission rates using data from the BRIDGES project. The presentation will include a description of times series analysis and how it differs from other analyses of longitudinal data, the use of interrupted times series for program evaluation, how different times series can be cross-correlated to […]

The Impact of Toxic Stress on Lifelong Health

This will be a didactic and interactive presentation to define toxic stress and the biology of exposures to adverse experiences, describe the prevalence nationally and in Delaware, describe screening methods in clinical care and research tools, and discuss evidence based treatments. Dr. Sharif is Chief, Division of General Pediatrics at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for […]

What CAN Be Done About the Cost of Care for Chronic Diseases and Conditions

The annual cost of care in the United States for people with chronic diseases accounts for more that 83 percent ($1.2 trillion) of all healthcare costs – and this cost continues to rise. Yet many chronic diseases and conditions are linked to lifestyle choices so they can be prevented. This presentation will review the current […]