Valerie Vaughn
@valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
#hospitalist & #steward in Utah devoted to improving patient care through generating and implementing high quality, high value evidence across diverse contexts with teams that are compassionate, collaborative, and transformational. #uphillathlete
Pinned
🔥🔥🔥 Save this @JAMA_current article to share w/learners! Everything you need to know about community-acquired pneumonia in one spot! So much fun to write with
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Our work just published in @ashejournal.bsky.social on our new DOOR endpoint for adult CAP -- we found patients and their doctors ranked outcomes differently
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October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Our work just published in @ashejournal.bsky.social on our new DOOR endpoint for adult CAP -- we found patients and their doctors ranked outcomes differently
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
doi.org/10.1017/ash....
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
📢 #IDWeek2025 feature by @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social: HMS data supported validation of 2 eCQMs for hospitalized patients with uncomplicated CAP
These measures:
✅ Target abx duration & empiric selection
✅ Reliable, valid, Battelle-endorsed
✅ Under review for CMS MUC list
#ABXStewardship
These measures:
✅ Target abx duration & empiric selection
✅ Reliable, valid, Battelle-endorsed
✅ Under review for CMS MUC list
#ABXStewardship
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📢 #IDWeek2025 feature by @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social: HMS data supported validation of 2 eCQMs for hospitalized patients with uncomplicated CAP
These measures:
✅ Target abx duration & empiric selection
✅ Reliable, valid, Battelle-endorsed
✅ Under review for CMS MUC list
#ABXStewardship
These measures:
✅ Target abx duration & empiric selection
✅ Reliable, valid, Battelle-endorsed
✅ Under review for CMS MUC list
#ABXStewardship
Exciting new project by @pcori.bsky.social
--follow as we create a growing community of people interested in helping those with substance use disorder experience better care transitions!
--follow as we create a growing community of people interested in helping those with substance use disorder experience better care transitions!
CONNECT (Community Network to Navigate and Enhance Care Transitions) is excited to kick off our project on improving care transitions for people with substance use problems.
Follow us here for updates and ways to get involved!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityEngagedResearch #SubstanceUseCare
Follow us here for updates and ways to get involved!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityEngagedResearch #SubstanceUseCare
August 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Exciting new project by @pcori.bsky.social
--follow as we create a growing community of people interested in helping those with substance use disorder experience better care transitions!
--follow as we create a growing community of people interested in helping those with substance use disorder experience better care transitions!
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Did you know that 1 in 4 people with opioid use disorder experienced a medical hospitalization within the past year?
These are often missed chances to connect people to care.
CONNECT is committed to a person-centered and effective way to improve linkage to treatment after a hospital or ER visit.
These are often missed chances to connect people to care.
CONNECT is committed to a person-centered and effective way to improve linkage to treatment after a hospital or ER visit.
July 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Did you know that 1 in 4 people with opioid use disorder experienced a medical hospitalization within the past year?
These are often missed chances to connect people to care.
CONNECT is committed to a person-centered and effective way to improve linkage to treatment after a hospital or ER visit.
These are often missed chances to connect people to care.
CONNECT is committed to a person-centered and effective way to improve linkage to treatment after a hospital or ER visit.
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Big changes are coming to Medicaid and could reshape access
hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-med...
💡How might these changes impact people in care transitions or communities we all work with?
📣We’d love to hear your thoughts!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityVoices
hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-med...
💡How might these changes impact people in care transitions or communities we all work with?
📣We’d love to hear your thoughts!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityVoices
How Medicaid cuts could lead to loss of coverage for millions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers and Adrianna McIntyre share their reactions to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and discuss potential consequences for Medicaid recipients and the U.S. health ca...
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August 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Big changes are coming to Medicaid and could reshape access
hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-med...
💡How might these changes impact people in care transitions or communities we all work with?
📣We’d love to hear your thoughts!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityVoices
hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-med...
💡How might these changes impact people in care transitions or communities we all work with?
📣We’d love to hear your thoughts!
#CONNECTProject #CommunityVoices
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
If you're attending @sheaepi.bsky.social 2025, don't miss the oral presentations by Dr. @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social on April 28th in Orlando, FL.🌴
April 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you're attending @sheaepi.bsky.social 2025, don't miss the oral presentations by Dr. @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social on April 28th in Orlando, FL.🌴
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Proud to see @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social presenting the 2024 Best of Research & Innovations Awards at #SHMConverge25! Excited to celebrate the top work shaping hospital medicine. ⚕️
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Proud to see @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social presenting the 2024 Best of Research & Innovations Awards at #SHMConverge25! Excited to celebrate the top work shaping hospital medicine. ⚕️
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Don’t miss @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social from #HMS at 2:45 PM today in Mandalay Bay K at #SHMConverge25!
She’ll highlight the UQuAL Scholars program—training hospitalists to lead & publish impactful QI work. 🧠📈
#QualityImprovement #HospitalMedicine 💡🏥
She’ll highlight the UQuAL Scholars program—training hospitalists to lead & publish impactful QI work. 🧠📈
#QualityImprovement #HospitalMedicine 💡🏥
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Don’t miss @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social from #HMS at 2:45 PM today in Mandalay Bay K at #SHMConverge25!
She’ll highlight the UQuAL Scholars program—training hospitalists to lead & publish impactful QI work. 🧠📈
#QualityImprovement #HospitalMedicine 💡🏥
She’ll highlight the UQuAL Scholars program—training hospitalists to lead & publish impactful QI work. 🧠📈
#QualityImprovement #HospitalMedicine 💡🏥
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
🎰 Kicking off the 1st of 7 HMS posters at #SHMConverge25!
📝 Feasibility & Sustainability of #AntibioticStewardship Interventions
@valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
🔑 Key insights:
- Audit & feedback = most feasible
- Consider hospital size for best intervention fit
#HMS
📝 Feasibility & Sustainability of #AntibioticStewardship Interventions
@valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
🔑 Key insights:
- Audit & feedback = most feasible
- Consider hospital size for best intervention fit
#HMS
April 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎰 Kicking off the 1st of 7 HMS posters at #SHMConverge25!
📝 Feasibility & Sustainability of #AntibioticStewardship Interventions
@valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
🔑 Key insights:
- Audit & feedback = most feasible
- Consider hospital size for best intervention fit
#HMS
📝 Feasibility & Sustainability of #AntibioticStewardship Interventions
@valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
🔑 Key insights:
- Audit & feedback = most feasible
- Consider hospital size for best intervention fit
#HMS
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Joined today to promote our paper! Proud to be a part of this team. @athorpe8.bsky.social @angiefagerlin.bsky.social @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
Super excited to share key findings from our study in JAMA NO!
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Characteristics and Antibiotic Preferences by Frequency of Antibiotic Use
This survey study compares demographic characteristics, beliefs, and antibiotic preferences of US adults who frequently use antibiotics with those who have not used antibiotics over the past year.
jamanetwork.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Joined today to promote our paper! Proud to be a part of this team. @athorpe8.bsky.social @angiefagerlin.bsky.social @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Super excited to share key findings from our study in JAMA NO!
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Characteristics and Antibiotic Preferences by Frequency of Antibiotic Use
This survey study compares demographic characteristics, beliefs, and antibiotic preferences of US adults who frequently use antibiotics with those who have not used antibiotics over the past year.
jamanetwork.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Super excited to share key findings from our study in JAMA NO!
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Freq abx users (≥3 in 12mo) more likely to report:
-wanting abx for an URI 💊
-Needing help w/health-related materials 📖
-Medical maximizing (prefer to act vs watch/wait) 🚀
-Disbelief in science 🚫🔬
💻: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
Interesting implications for tailoring messaging and education to patients with frequent abx exposure.
Thanks to my amazing collaborators Rachael Lee, @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social, and Julie Szymczak!
#AMS #AMR
@uofuphs.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @jama.com
Thanks to my amazing collaborators Rachael Lee, @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social, and Julie Szymczak!
#AMS #AMR
@uofuphs.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @jama.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Interesting implications for tailoring messaging and education to patients with frequent abx exposure.
Thanks to my amazing collaborators Rachael Lee, @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social, and Julie Szymczak!
#AMS #AMR
@uofuphs.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @jama.com
Thanks to my amazing collaborators Rachael Lee, @angiefagerlin.bsky.social, @valerievaughnmd.bsky.social, and Julie Szymczak!
#AMS #AMR
@uofuphs.bsky.social @uuhsresearch.bsky.social @jama.com
🏥 AHRQ is the only federal agency dedicated to health services research. There's a risk to it now. With bipartisan support from 194 leading organizations, let's urge Congress to demand any reforms are transparent and strategic. Contact your reps today! #HealthForAll ow.ly/aPUe50VjnQe
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March 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
🏥 AHRQ is the only federal agency dedicated to health services research. There's a risk to it now. With bipartisan support from 194 leading organizations, let's urge Congress to demand any reforms are transparent and strategic. Contact your reps today! #HealthForAll ow.ly/aPUe50VjnQe
Congrats to Julie Szymczak and co-investigators for her PCORI work to look at antibiotic prescribing strategies for little ones with pneumonia! medicine.utah.edu/internal-med...
Julia E. Szymczak, PhD, Receives $12 million PCORI Broad Pragmatic Trial Award
Julia E.
medicine.utah.edu
December 20, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Congrats to Julie Szymczak and co-investigators for her PCORI work to look at antibiotic prescribing strategies for little ones with pneumonia! medicine.utah.edu/internal-med...
Every time I do this it makes me so productive. I’m just too competitive not to make my fingers bleed from all that excessive typing. @uofugim.bsky.social
🔔 Ring in the New Year in style!!!! Join your fellow healthcare workers from across the country (or even the world!) on the MOST FUN writing challenge EVER!!! 📝 🥳
@societyhospmed.bsky.social
@jhospmedicine.bsky.social
@maryannsciwriter.bsky.social
@societyhospmed.bsky.social
@jhospmedicine.bsky.social
@maryannsciwriter.bsky.social
Finding time and inspiration to write can be a difficult hurdle to clear. Join our #WritingChallenge starting January 6th, 2025 to build a daily habit of writing. During this challenge, you will commit to 4 days of writing per week for 4 weeks.
✍️ Register today: bit.ly/49oZofK
✍️ Register today: bit.ly/49oZofK
December 9, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Every time I do this it makes me so productive. I’m just too competitive not to make my fingers bleed from all that excessive typing. @uofugim.bsky.social
Join this!!! It’s great for anyone interested in hospital medicine research—whether you’re a dabbler or a career investigator we want YOU!!!
🎉🎉🎉 Super excited to announce the brand-new Society of Hospital Medicine Research Special Interest Group!!!!
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
December 9, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Join this!!! It’s great for anyone interested in hospital medicine research—whether you’re a dabbler or a career investigator we want YOU!!!
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
🎉🎉🎉 Super excited to announce the brand-new Society of Hospital Medicine Research Special Interest Group!!!!
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
November 18, 2024 at 11:21 PM
🎉🎉🎉 Super excited to announce the brand-new Society of Hospital Medicine Research Special Interest Group!!!!
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
Join TODAY: www.hospitalmedicine.org/membership/s...
#HospitalMedicine #Research #Changetheworld
Got our tree and cross country skied all at the same time! #christmas #utah
December 7, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Got our tree and cross country skied all at the same time! #christmas #utah
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
🚨 2 Open ID Fellowship Spots at the University of Utah! 🚨
🏥 State-of-the-art hospital
🌄 Live the good life in stunning Salt Lake City
👥 Train with amazing people who truly care
📩 Apply: Adele.Hamilton@hsc.utah.edu & Adrienne.Carey@hsc.utah.edu
🔁 Please amplify
#InfectiousDiseases #IDsky
🏥 State-of-the-art hospital
🌄 Live the good life in stunning Salt Lake City
👥 Train with amazing people who truly care
📩 Apply: Adele.Hamilton@hsc.utah.edu & Adrienne.Carey@hsc.utah.edu
🔁 Please amplify
#InfectiousDiseases #IDsky
December 4, 2024 at 8:53 PM
🚨 2 Open ID Fellowship Spots at the University of Utah! 🚨
🏥 State-of-the-art hospital
🌄 Live the good life in stunning Salt Lake City
👥 Train with amazing people who truly care
📩 Apply: Adele.Hamilton@hsc.utah.edu & Adrienne.Carey@hsc.utah.edu
🔁 Please amplify
#InfectiousDiseases #IDsky
🏥 State-of-the-art hospital
🌄 Live the good life in stunning Salt Lake City
👥 Train with amazing people who truly care
📩 Apply: Adele.Hamilton@hsc.utah.edu & Adrienne.Carey@hsc.utah.edu
🔁 Please amplify
#InfectiousDiseases #IDsky
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
🚨1 in 3 patients admitted to a VA with #AlcoholUseDisorder die in 5 yrs, with disproportionally high admissions in rural areas.
Study by #Hospitalist Dr James Willey reinforces need for urgent action to address AUD in the veteran population.
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Study by #Hospitalist Dr James Willey reinforces need for urgent action to address AUD in the veteran population.
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Impact of alcohol use disorder on inpatient hospitalizations: A comparison of outcomes between urban and rural Veterans Affairs hospitals
Background Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality that disproportionately affects rural residents and Veterans. Objective To evaluate the burden of AUD in admissi...
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
🚨1 in 3 patients admitted to a VA with #AlcoholUseDisorder die in 5 yrs, with disproportionally high admissions in rural areas.
Study by #Hospitalist Dr James Willey reinforces need for urgent action to address AUD in the veteran population.
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Study by #Hospitalist Dr James Willey reinforces need for urgent action to address AUD in the veteran population.
shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Valerie Vaughn
🎉 Save the Date! 📅 The 27th Annual MAD-ID Meeting is happening May 28-31, 2025, in sunny Orlando, FL! 🌴✨ Join us for an opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate with experts in infectious diseases. Stay tuned for more details! 🌟 #MADID2025 #IDSky #MedSky #PharmSky
Annual Meeting | MAD-ID.org
MAD-ID offers an Annual Meeting where pharmacists, physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers will be given the opportunity to participate in this three-and-a-half-day educational program…
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December 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
🎉 Save the Date! 📅 The 27th Annual MAD-ID Meeting is happening May 28-31, 2025, in sunny Orlando, FL! 🌴✨ Join us for an opportunity to connect, learn, and collaborate with experts in infectious diseases. Stay tuned for more details! 🌟 #MADID2025 #IDSky #MedSky #PharmSky
Thanksgiving Utah style!
November 29, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Thanksgiving Utah style!
First run to work in snow of the season. Harder? Yes! So worth it for the serenity and beauty of being the first tracks after the deer. #MedicineElevated #Utah @universityofutah.bsky.social @uofugim.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 3:39 PM
First run to work in snow of the season. Harder? Yes! So worth it for the serenity and beauty of being the first tracks after the deer. #MedicineElevated #Utah @universityofutah.bsky.social @uofugim.bsky.social