Study protocol testing feasibility of the Comfort Measures Only Time out (CMOT) to reduce distress during palliative withdrawal of mechanical ventilation by Abigail G. Fischer, Margaret L. Campbell, Margaret M. Hayes, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Douglas B. White, Susan L. Mitchell, Corey R. Fehnel

“…Nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, and respiratory therapists will convene within an hour before withdrawal of mechanical ventilation to complete the checklist. …”
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A Proposed Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithm for the Management of Lumbar Discogenic Pain by Lorio MP, Beall DP, Myers TJ, Naidu RK, McRoberts WP, Davis TT, Gage EG, Calodney AK, Verrills P, De Palma MJ, Amirdelfan K, Block JE

“…The successful implementation of this algorithm involves an important interplay between advanced practice providers, interventional pain physicians and spine surgeons.Keywords: discogenic pain, disc degeneration, intradiscal, minimally-invasive, algorithm…”
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Stressors contributing to burnout among acute care and trauma surgery care teams: a systems-analysis approach by Karthik Adapa, Lukasz Mazur, Elizabeth Kwong, Thomas Ivester, Caprice Greenberg, Viola Goodacre, Lisa Vizer, Jin Ra, Nadia Charguia, Lawrence B Marks

“…Non-faculty (advanced practice providers (APPs), nurses, staff) classified the following for improvement: (i) align APP job responsibilities, (ii) improve lack of recognition from leadership, and (iii) robust and consistent APP training.Conclusions A contextual design approach to studying burnout using surveys, focus groups, CIs, modeling, and validation and prioritization is a feasible method for identifying key stressors and improvements that may enable more impactful and appropriately targeted interventions. …”
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Development and implementation of paging and escalation guidelines to improve interprofessional communication on surgical units by Michael A Kochis, Lynze R Franko, Kathleen Swierzewski, Alison Parmar, Suzanne Algeri, Rajshri M Gartland

“…Our departmental quality committee identified numerous safety events resulting from discordant expectations between surgical floor nurses and surgical residents or advanced practice providers (APPs) who serve as responding clinicians (RCs), and from reluctance to escalate clinical concerns. …”
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Decision‐making for pediatric cervical spine imaging after blunt trauma: Investigating team dynamics in the emergency department by Megan E. Gregory, Annie Truelove, Fahd Ahmad, Daniel Corwin, Leah Tzimenatos, Scott J. Oglesbee, Martin J. Herman, Julie C. Leonard

“…Results Forty‐eight physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses from 21 hospitals (inclusive of three US regions, trauma levels I–III, and serving towns/cities of various population sizes) were interviewed. …”
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Exploring Dysphagia in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Retrospective Analysis by Jamie Gilley, Elise Whalen, Audrey Latimore, Viviane Jung, Joseph Hagan, Alice King

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The Role of Telehealth in PAH Management: Benefits, Barriers, and Solutions by Susanne McDevitt, Martha Kingman, Lana Melendres Groves, Gabriela Gomez Rendon, Michelle Han, Christina Benninger, Sylvia Georgi, Medi Stone, Daisy Bridge, Richard Perry, Ashley Enstone, Lisa Perrett, Holly Smith, Gurinderpal Doad, Jean M. Elwing

“…Physicians (n = 11) and advanced practice providers (n = 6) based in the United States with experience with telehealth in PAH were recruited to a double‐blinded modified Delphi panel (two survey rounds and a virtual consensus meeting). …”
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Limiting the number of open charts does not impact wrong patient order entry in the emergency department by Christina Canfield, Chiedozie Udeh, Heather Blonsky, Aaron C. Hamilton, Baruch S. Fertel

“…Retraction rates varied by clinician type with residents retracting more often than physicians (odds ratio [OR] = 1.443 [1.349, 1.545]). Advanced practice providers also showed a slightly higher rate than physicians (OR = 1.114 [1.071, 1.160]). …”
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Defining conditions for effective interdisciplinary care team communication in an open surgical intensive care unit: a qualitative study by Andrew Berry, Julie Johnson, Abahuje Egide, Michael Shapiro, Carmen M Diaz, Miriam Rafferty, Ali Amro, Kaithlyn Tesorero, Bona Ko, Whitney Jones, John D Slocum, Anne Madeleine Stey

“…Participants included intensivist, transplant, colorectal, vascular, surgical oncology, trauma faculty surgeons (n=10); emergency medicine, surgery, gynaecology, radiology physicians-in-training (n=6), advanced practice providers (n=5), nurses (n=7), fellows (n=1) and subspecialist clinicians such as respiratory therapists, pharmacists and dieticians (n=4). …”
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User Requirements and Conceptual Design for an Electronic Data Platform for Interhospital Transfer Between Acute Care Hospitals: User-Centered Design Study by Pamela Garabedian, Jazzarae Kain, Srinivas Emani, Stephanie Singleton, Ronen Rozenblum, Lipika Samal, Stephanie Mueller

“…A total of 8 UCD sessions were held between February and July 2023, involving 18 clinicians who interact with the EHR during IHT, including 3 medicine residents, 10 advanced practice providers (APPs), and 5 direct care attendings—all responsible for caring for IHT patients at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Cardiology, Medicine, Oncology, and intensive care unit services. …”
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Identifying and breaking barriers: Addressing disparities in the care of patients with gynecologic cancers by Bhavana Pothuri, Michele Muir, Jean Hurteau, John Farley, Michelle D.S. Lightfoot, Summer Dewdney, Tara Castellano, John K. Chan, Sharad Ghamande, Al Asante-Facey, Marina Stasenko, B.J. Rimel, Electra D. Paskett

“…Gynecologic oncologists, health researchers, advanced practice providers, patients, and patient advocacy group representatives who worked with and/or were themselves members of the focus population participated. …”
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Addressing cancer-related fatigue through sleep: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial comparing acupuncture and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia by Xiaotong Li, Kevin T. Liou, Susan Chimonas, Karolina Bryl, Greta Wong, Eugenie Spiguel, Susan Q. Li, Sheila N. Garland, Ting Bao, Jun J. Mao

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New Patient PROMIS Scores of Patients Presenting with Low Back Pain Predict Time to Elective Spine Surgery by Justin E. Kung, Chase Gauthier, Yianni Bakaes, Michael Spitnale, Richard A. Bidwell, David G. Edelman, Heidi C. Ventresca, J. Benjamin Jackson, Shari Cui, Gregory Grabowski

“…Results: Overall, 116 (8.4%) of 1,387 new patients underwent surgery within 1 year. Race, Surgeon vs. Advanced Practice Provider (APP), and whether advanced imaging (MRI or CT myelogram) was available for interpretation were statistically associated with undergoing surgery. …”
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Wellness-Centered Leadership: A Key Differentiator for Successfully Reducing Burnout and Building a Culture of Well-Being Among Physicians and APPs by Hartung K, Swann-Thomsen HE, Schneider KR

“…Luke’s Health System, 190 E Bannock St, Boise, ID, 83712, USA, Email schneika@slhs.orgAbstract: Physician and advanced practice provider (APP) burnout is a significant issue in healthcare, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Clinician and patient readiness to engage with community health workers at epilepsy care centers by Felicia C. Chu, Barbara C. Jobst, Barbara C. Jobst, Anna Murray, Trina Dawson, Christine F. Frisard, Barbara Glidden, Sarah J. Kaden, Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos

“…These gaps could potentially be addressed by a nontraditional healthcare professional, such as a CHW, instead of a social worker or nurse, thus alleviating burden from advanced practice provider members to address other clinically based patient needs.ConclusionDespite limited understanding of CHW roles or firsthand experience with CHWs, clinician and patient readiness for integration of CHW was high, with a strong indication that clinicians would refer patients to a CHW and that patients felt the potential for health benefit if provided with assistance from a CHW.…”
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Medication optimization clinic decreases hospitalizations and mortality for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction by James C. Coons, Jennifer Kliner, Michael A. Mathier, Suresh Mulukutla, Floyd Thoma, Ahmet Sezer, Mary Keebler

“…Interventions: GDMT use managed by an advanced practice provider or clinical pharmacist through weekly telemedicine visits. …”
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