
Ed Vasilevskis
@evasilevskis
Division Chief of Hospital Medicine at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Research #delirium, #deprescribing, and care transitions. Tweets are my own
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16-04-2009 14:07:58
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Thanks Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine for the chance to contribute! Also to Kelly C Sponsler for her guidance.

It is no longer a requirement to master all procedures during residency. 🏥 This results in an urgent need to find a solution to the educational gap in procedural training and to study Medical Procedure Services as a potential solution. 💡 Journal of Hospital Medicine bit.ly/3obp6h5


The VUMC IM Bedside procedure service is the perfect blend of “teaching and doing” to improve patient care. Teamwork makes the dream work. Ultrasound also helps! Great job team 👏👏👏 David Walsh Kate Wooldridge Ed Vasilevskis Kevin Buell VanderbiltIMPocus @VUMCMedicineRes @VUMCHospitalMed

🚨 Spoiler alert! Supervised residents require comparable number of procedure attempts as attendings & carry similar risks. bit.ly/3Q8U4SC @VUMCHospitalMed @VUMCMedicineRes Kevin Buell Ed Vasilevskis Mahar Hashim Hayat Lak Kate Wooldridge David Walsh #VisualAbstract Gian Toledanes


Deprescribing in the hospital can be safely and effectively performed among older adults needing ongoing post acute care. #ShedMeds #polypharmacy @VUMCHospitalMed US Deprescribing Research Network (USDeN) @Deprescribing jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

We look forward to supporting BEST-ICU investigators Michele Balas balas of University of Nebraska Medical Center and Eduard Vasilevskis Ed Vasilevskis of Vanderbilt Health as they apply behavioral economics and #ImpSci frameworks to reduce preventable health impairments for critically ill adults in the ICU.

Happy to finally see this one in print! "Using phenotypic data from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) to predict discharge" 😀✅📰 Ed Vasilevskis Jesse Ehrenfeld MD MPH Vanderbilt Health rdcu.be/dgCDB

Thrilled to be joining the amazing team University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine . Many thanks to all of my mentors and amazing colleagues @VUMCHospitalMed who provided so much wisdom. Following in the incredible footsteps Ann Sheehy and thankful for the tremendous support from the UW Hospitalist team.

Division watch party today for University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Town Hall. Great way to end the day; celebrating faculty recognition for Outstanding efforts in QI, Clinical care, Professionalism, and Chair commendations for going above and beyond. Congrats to all! #UWHospMed

Insightful framework by Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP et al. regarding Hospitalized While Incarcerated: Incarceration-Specific Care Practices | Annals of Internal Medicine. #UWHospMed University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M2…


Who may benefit from a #PrimaryHospitalistProvider? Characterizing Hospitalization Trajectories in the High-Need, High-Cost Population using Electronic Health Record Data @zzzigz Michael D McCann, MD, MBA, FACP, FAAP @VUMCHospitalMed University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine #UWHospitalMedicine academic.oup.com/healthaffairss…

Many vital lessons for hospitalists who care for persons with dementia. Build skills, enhance communication, team with caregivers, and more. Blair Golden Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP Kate Wooldridge #UWHospitalMed agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…


Otstanding work by Blair Golden et al. Love our chairs at UW. So simple yet effective. “Wall‐mounted folding chairs to promote resident physician sitting at the hospital bedside”#UWHospMed - …mpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

What medications are patients taking soon after returning home from skilled nursing? Hint: Not the same ones as on the discharge list. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #ShedMEDS #Polypharmacy Amanda S. Mixon Avantika Saraf Shah, MPH

🚨 Meta-Analysis shows medication reviews + #Deprescribing in hospital inpatients associated with an 8% reduction in hospital readmissions (statistically-significant) across studies: buff.ly/3XaiKRw American Geriatrics Society Another reason to #Deprescribe buff.ly/2pVXiz9



The F in the A2F bundle is a pillar of ICU delirium care. Similar partnerships are needed in other acute care settings. Partnering is Paramount: Engaging Care Partners to Improve Delirium Identification. Nicely highlighted by Blair Golden Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP wmjonline.org/123no3/golden/
