Publications by authors named "G Kalkut"
Introduction: Failure to document colonoscopy follow-up needs postpolypectomy can lead to delayed detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). Automating the update of a unified follow-up date in the electronic health record (EHR) may increase the number of patients with guideline-concordant CRC follow-up screening.
Methods: Prospective pre-post design study of an automated rules engine-based tool using colonoscopy pathology results to automate updates to documented CRC screening due dates was performed as an operational initiative, deployed enterprise-wide May 2023.
Background And Objectives: Healthcare is increasingly being delivered in the outpatient setting, but robust quality improvement programs and performance metrics are lacking in ambulatory care, particularly specialty-based ambulatory care.
Methods: To promote quality improvement in ambulatory care, we developed an infrastructure to create specialty-specific quality measures and dashboards that could be used to display providers' performance across relevant measures to individual providers and institutional leaders.
Results: The products of this program include a governance and infrastructure for specialty-specific ambulatory quality metrics as well as two distinct dashboards for data display.
Article Synopsis
- This study evaluates the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in treating outpatients with COVID-19 to provide more clinical data for their use.
- Conducted at multiple campuses in New York, the study compared 1,344 mAb-treated patients with 1,344 patients who did not receive mAb therapy, assessing outcomes like emergency visits and hospital admissions within 30 days.
- Results showed that mAb therapy significantly reduced the likelihood of emergency department visits (7.5% vs. 12.3%) and inpatient admissions (5.9% vs. 11.6%), indicating its potential benefits for outpatient COVID-19 treatment.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction employee testing was implemented across New York University Langone Health. Over 8 weeks, 14 764 employees were tested; 33% of symptomatic employees, 8% of asymptomatic employees reporting COVID-19 exposure, and 3% of employees returning to work were positive. Positivity rates declined over time, possibly reflecting the importance of community transmission and efficacy of personal protective equipment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model was implemented to address the 2 most commonly billed inpatient surgical procedures, total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty. The primary purpose of this study was to review the economic implications of 1 institution's mandatory involvement in the CJR in comparison with prior involvement in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative.
Methods: The mean cost per episode of care was calculated using our institution's historical data.