Denver Health Office of Research

Why does research matter at Denver Health? Listen in as Scott Simpson, MD, MPH answers. #learninghealthsystem #researchequity #healthisequity

Denver Health has partnered with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) to build single-room occupancy units on the hospital’s campus which give unhoused patients just released from the hospital the opportunity to rest, heal and be supported while working toward securing more permanent housing. Through the Transitional Housing Program, Denver Health can address the often-complicated issues of healing patients face after hospitalization and work through multiple partnerships to help patients move toward stable, secure and longer-term housing. Taylor Sun, Denver Health social worker, and Sarah Stella, MD, hospitalist, call the Transitional Housing Program a “game changer.” It provides a stable transitional home for patient-residents — a unit of their own — while they work through the process of obtaining long-term housing. Read the whole story in our patient newsletter Journeys! https://lnkd.in/eFw-vRqM

For your weekend health care research reflections, 💡 here's an interesting clip 💡 of our Associate Chief of Research Operations Amanda Breeden, CRA talking with colleagues at a PEX Network conference about AI applied to clinical care. Breeden describes AI in American health care as a "go forward, stop" dynamic and says that more testing and data security is needed. As a learning health system, Denver Health embraces conversations like these as we continue to innovate and evolve how we implement evidence into practice for the benefit of our patients. Share to your networks to keep the conversation going! #researchexcellence #processexcellence #AI #learninghealthsystem

Sharing research from one of our Denver Health emergency department physicians, Stacy Trent, MD, MPH, who with others conducted a randomized trial studying the effect of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation, as compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask, on the incidence of hypoxemia during tracheal intubation. The study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine NEJM Group. https://lnkd.in/gAefJ-mU #clinicalresearch #researchexcellence

To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report on gender-affirming vaginoplasty outcomes from a U.S. program established in a county safety-net health care hospital. Published in Transgender Health, "Postoperative Vaginoplasty Outcomes for Transgender and Nonbinary Patients in a U.S. County Safety-Net Health System" characterizes postoperative outcomes and associated demographic and medical factors among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) patients who received vaginoplasty in Denver Health's newly established nonfellowship surgical program that trained our existing surgeons. Congratulations to Liz Kvach and Jennifer Hyer for leading the study and to Nancy Wittmer, MPH Ryan O. Marci Bowers and Dr. Corey Walsh. https://lnkd.in/eSjQyHHM #researchequity #learninghealthsystem #TNBcare

A new study by Denver Health researcher Josh Williams, MD, FAAP and others at eight American health care systems used electronic health records (EHR) to assess the association between prior COVID-19 vaccination status and incident post Covid conditions (PCC). This research contributes to the most robust evidence to date on the relationship between prior COVID-19 vaccination and PCC. Large-scale integrated healthcare systems like Denver Health (which is also a learning health system) are able to use standardized EHR data to capture PCC outcomes across all healthcare settings among large populations. The study demonstrated a reduction in the incidence of most PCC outcomes associated with COVID-19 vaccination among more than 300,000 patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Read the full study published in Nature https://lnkd.in/g5473mCW https://lnkd.in/gWTqCpxT #ehr #research #covid19

Foster youth are a vulnerable group who experience health disparities when compared with other Medicaid-enrolled children, according to this study by Denver Health's James Kaferly, MD. His research shows that children placed in foster care experience worse health outcomes than other youth, including *three times* the prevalence of asthma and obesity and *five times* the prevalence of mental health conditions. Read the story on Dr. Kaferly's study by Melinda Young at Relias Media. https://lnkd.in/gBUxcYxJ #researchequity #learninghealthsystem

Denver Health researchers Deborah Rinehart ,PhD, Karina Duarte, MPH, Aiden Gilbert, MPA, Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD, MSPH, Katherine Camfield, MD, MPH and Scott Simpson, MD, MPH just published a qualitative study on emergency department experiences among patients with methamphetamine use disorder. “If You Plant That Seed, It Will Grow”: A Qualitative Study to Improve Linkage to Care among Patients with Methamphetamine Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings" reflects our mission clearly: Impactful research necessarily includes the voice and perspective of the patient. The study sought to understand patients' perspectives on their emergency department experience in the context of their methamphetamine use. It offers their points-of-view regarding the development of services to support, engage, and link those with methamphetamine use disorder with services after discharge from the ED. https://lnkd.in/gZv5z876 Thank you for reading and reposting to your networks! #researchequity #learninghealthsystem #MUD

Sharing such a fantastic research program from Denver Health and our Public Health Institute at Denver Health (PHIDH). 👁️YOUTH LED👁️ PHIDH has a youth-led research program called Engaging Youth Expertise (EYE) for Prevention. EYE has a project called "Stronger Without." 🧐SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION🧐 Through their research, EYE for Prevention youth leaders have discovered strategies for working with substance use disorder such as positive coping, culturally relevant healing, art programming and other qualitative approaches. These researchers are in the process of submitting their first peer-reviewed paper! 💪🏾STRONGER WITHOUT💪🏾 Sedona Allen Moreno says that as youth leaders, they know that the struggle is real. “But so is our strength!” she says. Read the longer story in our patient newsletter here https://lnkd.in/gk_6PXZy #strongerwithout #denverhealthresearch #researchequity

As an AHRQ-designated learning health system, we have long applied lean management tools to refine our systems infrastructure, especially in research administration. This systems-based approach has a lot to do with how our safety-net institution has been efficient and smart with grant-based and other resources while we generate evidence that supports the highest quality and equitable care. Our new Associate Chief of Research Operations Amanda Breeden, CRA writes in theleanmag about what happens when lean management principles are used to integrate AI into an organization's processes. With AI on the tip of everyone's tongues, we love this piece on how AI will transform many processes in health care. Enjoy this read and let us know what you think! Denver Health #AI #research #leansystems Pedro Monteiro