March 29, 2017

HMS Represented at Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Conference in St. Louis, MO

Tejal Gandhi, MD and Valerie Vaughn, MD attended the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) conference March 29-31 in St. Louis, MO.  They had 5 abstracts presented as posters during the meeting. The five abstracts are entitled:

"Stewardship Interventions Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotics for Pneumonia and Asymptomatic Bacteria" - Authors: Tejal Gandhi, MD, Valerie Vaughn, MD, Anna Conlon, PhD, Daniel Nielsen, MS, Lama Hsaiky, MD, Rama Thyagarajan, MD, Anurag Malani, MD, Scott Flanders, MD

"Factors Associated with Excess Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia" - Authors: Valerie Vaughn, MD, Scott Flanders, MD, Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Anna Conlon, PhD, Anurag Malani, MD, Rama Thyagarajan, MD, Lama Hsaiky, MD, Tejal Gandhi, MD

'"Cannot Rule out Pneumonia" Diagnostic Uncertainty in Patients Admitted with Pneumonia in Michigan Hospitals" - Authors: Valerie Vaughn, MD, Scott Flanders, MD, Anna Conlon, PhD, Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Daniel Nielsen, MS, Anurag Malani, MD, Rama Thyagarajan, MD, Lama Hsaiky, MD, Tejal Gandhi, MD

Winners - Top Award Posters

"Patient-Level Factors Associated with Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in hospitalized Patients" - Authors: Tejal Gandhi, MD, Valerie Vaughn, MD, Anna Conlon, PhD, Daniel Nielsen, MS, Gregory Eschenauer, PharmD, Lama Hsaiky, MD, Rama Thyagarajan, MD, Anurag Malani, MD, Scott Flanders, MD

"Urinary Catheter Appropriateness in Michigan Hospitals: A Cohort Study" - Authors: Valerie Vaughn, MD, Scott Flanders, MD, Jennifer Meddings, MD, Sanjay Saint, MD, Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc, Daniel Nielsen, MS, Anna Conlon, PhD, Anurag Malani, MD, Rama Thyagarajan, MD, Lama Hsaiky, MD, Tejal Gandhi, MD