Publications by authors named "Salimah Velji"
Introduction: We developed a comprehensive wellness initiative to address burnout with specific interventions targeted at faculty, residents, nurses, administrators, coordinators, and other departmental personnel.
Methods: A department-wide wellness initiative was implemented in October 2020. General interventions included monthly holiday-themed lunches, weekly pizza lunches, employee recognition events, and initiation of a virtual networking board.
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- The study aims to reduce last-minute cancellations of surgical procedures, which can harm efficiency and incur additional costs for hospitals as well as emotional distress for patients and families.
- A prediction tool was developed using data from over 246,000 scheduled surgeries, identifying 29 factors that may indicate a higher risk of cancellation within 24 hours.
- The tool showed good accuracy in predicting cancellations, allowing hospitals to target high-risk patients and improve overall surgical scheduling efficiency.
Purpose: End-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer is aggressive and costly. Oncologists inconsistently estimate life expectancy and address goals of care. Currently available prognostication tools are based on subjective clinical assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMost cancer centers are ill-equipped to pursue value-based payment (VBP) because of limited information on their population's cost of care. Herein, we outline the stepwise approach used by Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven in our pursuit of better value care. First, we addressed institutional barriers.
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