Penicillin allergy delabeling: a multidisciplinary opportunity

ML Staicu, D Vyles, ES Shenoy, CA Stone… - The Journal of Allergy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The penicillin allergy label has been consistently linked with deleterious effects that span the
health care spectrum, including suboptimal clinical outcomes, the emergence of bacterial …

A proactive approach to penicillin allergy testing in hospitalized patients

JR Chen, SA Tarver, KS Alvarez, T Tran… - The Journal of Allergy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Penicillin allergy testing is underutilized in inpatients despite its potential to
immediately impact antibiotic treatment. Although most tested patients are able to tolerate …

Allocating scarce resources in real-time to reduce heart failure readmissions: a prospective, controlled study

R Amarasingham, PC Patel, K Toto… - BMJ quality & …, 2013 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Objective To test a multidisciplinary approach to reduce heart failure (HF) readmissions that
tailors the intensity of care transition intervention to the risk of the patient using a suite of …

Low–health literacy flashcards & mobile video reinforcement to improve medication adherence in patients on oral diabetes, heart failure, and hypertension …

DL Yeung, KS Alvarez, ME Quinones, CA Clark… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To design and investigate a pharmacist-run intervention using low health literacy
flashcards and a smartphone-activated quick response (QR) barcoded educational …

Improving aztreonam stewardship and cost through a penicillin allergy testing clinical guideline

JR Chen, SA Tarver, KS Alvarez, W Wei… - Open Forum Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients reporting penicillin allergy often receive unnecessary and costly broad-
spectrum alternatives such as aztreonam with negative consequences. Penicillin allergy …

Maintaining penicillin allergy delabeling: a quality improvement initiative

S Lutfeali, FF DiLoreto, KS Alvarez… - The Journal of …, 2021 - jaci-inpractice.org
Penicillin skin testing and drug challenge is effective in removing penicillin allergy labels.
However, studies show that penicillin allergy labels persist in 9% to 51% of patients after …

Addressing childcare as a barrier to healthcare access through community partnerships in a large public health system

KS Alvarez, K Bhavan, S Mathew… - BMJ Open …, 2022 - bmjopenquality.bmj.com
Objective In our public health system, a survey of reproductive-aged women identified lack
of childcare as the most common reason for missing or delaying healthcare. Community …

Co-created messaging for influenza vaccination in a high-risk Hispanic community provides groundwork for COVID-19 vaccine

A Long, S Mathew, KS Alvarez, J Smartt, M Shah… - Health …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: Influenza/pneumonia is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. The
2020–2021 influenza season is predicted to be further impacted by COVID-19 infections …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation of Sexual Health Curriculum Series: Educational Initiative to Increase STI Screening and Treatment in Dallas, Texas

HL King, E Park, H Blanchard, KS Alvarez… - Journal of community …, 2023 - Springer
Objective A new monthly virtual education curriculum on sexual healthcare was launched in
2021. This is an analysis of the pilot education series designed to increase primary care …

[HTML][HTML] Intersecting social determinants of health among patients with childcare needs: a cross-sectional analysis of social vulnerability

AP Ganguly, KS Alvarez, SR Mathew, V Soni… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Access to childcare is an understudied social determinant of health (SDOH).
Our health system established a childcare facility for patients to address childcare barriers to …