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“Predicting early hospital readmission for a cohort of adult inpatients using the Probability of Repeated Admission (Pra) instrument” at the Society of Hospital Medicine, Washington, D.C. May 2006
“Predicting early hospital readmission for a cohort of adult inpatients using the Probability of Repeated Admission (Pra) instrument” at the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Montreal , July 2006.
“A survey of activities, personnel, and fees of domestic institutional review boards” selected for inclusion in the Student Poster Event at the 29th Annual Midwest Nursing Research Society Conference, Cincinnati , Ohio , April 2005.
“Pilot of the Evaluation of Polypharmacy on Hospitalized Adults Through Routine Acquisition of Outpatient Pharmacy Records” at InterChange VI: The Aging Patient, 23 March 2000 .
“Influence of Physician Training Level on Patients with Low Risk Pneumonia in the ED” and “Characteristics Influencing Discharge Disposition for Low Risk Community Acquired Pneumonia Patients from the Emergency Department” at InterChange VI: The Aging Patient, 23 March 2000.
"Use of Heliox in the Emergency Department Treatment of Status Asthmaticus" at InterChange III: Putting Prevention Into Practice 6 March 1997 .
External research speaker for Nursing Research and Nursing Perspectives classes at Mennonite College of Nursing, Bradley University , Methodist Medical Center of Illinois School of Nursing, and Saint Francis College of Nursing, intermittently 1991 to present.
"Comparison of heparin versus saline for intermittent intravenous devices" at Sigma Theta Tau, Epsilon Epsilon Chapter Meeting, Peoria , IL , February 1992.
"Quality of Life in Gastrointestinal Cancers," at the RTOG Complementary Studies Scientific Session, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , July 1991.
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| Publications: |
Collins N, Novotny NL, Light A. 2006. A cross-section of readability of health information portability and accuontability act authorizations required with health care research. Journal of Allied Health, 35(4):223-5.
Novotny, NL. 2006. Predicting early hospital readmission for a cohort of adult inpatients using the Probability of Repeated Admission (Pra) instrument. A Supplement to the Journal of Hospital Medicine , 1 (Supplement 2), 36.
Graumlich JF, Novotny NL, Cation LJ, Rusch SL, Aldag JC. 2003. Covariates predict medication discrepancies after therapeutics substitution (TS). American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 73, 75.
Daniels CL, Lindborg LA, Rusch S, Fredrick R, Aldag JC, Novotny N. 2000. Influence of physician training level on patients with low-risk pneumonia in the ED. Academic Emergency Medicine , 7(5), 453.
Lindborg L, Rusch S, Daniels C, Fredrick R, Novotny N, Aldag J. Characteristics influencing discharge disposition for low-risk community acquired pneumonia patients from the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine , 7(5), 580.
1995 - 2002 Co-investigator (at local site) role in conduct of “Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attach Trial (ALLHAT)” was documented in the following articles published by the ALLHAT investigators:
1. Davis BR, Cutler JA, Gordon DJ, Furberg CD, Wright JT, Cusham WC, …Novotny NL, …et al. 1996. Rational and design for the antihypertensive and lipid lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial (ALLHAT). American Journal of Hypertension, 9, 342-360.
2. The ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. 2000. Major cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients randomized to doxazosin vs chlorthalidone. JAMA, 283, 1967-1975.
ARTICLES ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
Graumlich JF, Novotny NL, Aldag JC. “Brief Scale Measuring Patient Preparedness for Hospital Discharge to Home: Psychometric Properties”. Accepted 9 December 2007 by the Journal of Hospital Medicine in its current form for publication.
Novotny, N. L., & Anderson, M. A. “ Prediction of early readmission in medical inpatients using the Probability of Repeated Admission instrument”. Accepted 10 July 2008 by Nursing Research in its current form for publication.
ARTICLE IN REVIEW:
Graumlich, J. F. Novotny, N. L., & ALdag, J. 2008. Patient readmissions, emergency visits, and adverse events after software-assisted discharge from hospital: cluster randomized trial”. Revisions sent in response to invitation to resubmit from Journal of Hospital Medicine on 21 March 2008.
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| Research: |
FUNDED:
2004 – August 2007 Co-investigator of “Health Information Technology: Facilitating Information Transfer at Discharge” details available at (identifier NCT00101868). Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) $1.4 million over 3 years.
2005 – present Co-investigator of “Morning Report across Internal Medicine Residencies Nationwide: Purpose, Content, and Structure.” Funded by the Resident Research Committee at University of Illinois College of Medicine .
2001 - 2002 Principal Investigator of “Post-Discharge Medication Discrepancies in Patients who received an Auto-Substituted Medication During Hospitalization” – Awarded the $5,500 “New Investigator/Mentor Grant” by Sigma Theta Tau.
1996 - 1998 Co-Investigator of "Use of Heliox in the Emergency Department Treatment of Status Asthmaticus." Funded with a Saint Francis Medical Center Emergency Department grant.
1995 - 2002 Co-investigator (at local site of this multi-instution, nationwide) of “Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attach Trial (ALLHAT)” Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
1990 - 1991 Principal Investigator of "Comparison of Heparin Versus Saline Flushes for Intermittent Devices: A Replication Study" Partially funded with a grant of $300 awarded from Epsilon Epsilon chapter of Sigma Theta Tau.
OTHER:
2005 – present Principal Investigator of “Predicting Patients who are Likely to be Readmitted to the Hospital within a Month”
2005 - present Co-Investigator of "Cross-Sectional Survey of Discharge Planning Curriculum in Internal Medicine Residencies in the United States ”
2005 and 2006 Research mentor for M-2 medical students during Summer Research Internships
2004 – 2006 Principal Investigator: “Readability of language in IRB endorsed HIPAA templates”
1999 - 2000 Co-Investigator of “Pilot: The Impact of Routine Acquisition of the Outpatient Records on Care of Hospitalized Adults”
1998 - 1999 Co-Investigator of “Factors Influencing Type of Disposition from the Emergency Department for Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia at Low Risk (for Adverse Outcomes)”
1996 - 1999 Co-Investigator of “Evaluation of Nitric Oxide Levels in Expired Gas Pre- and Post-Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-Systemic Shunt.” P.I. - Dane Nichols, M.D. ; Role: co-investigator
1995 - 2003 Site Research coordinator and/or site co-investigator for a variety of studies sponsored by pharmaceutical contract research organizations and pharmaceutical companies. Research topics included sepsis, pneumonia, anemia, and infectious diseases.
1995 - 1996 Member of the Peoria Community Institutional Review Board
1991 - 1994 Co-Chair of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) Quality of Life Committee
1990 - 1994 Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) RN/Data Manager Cancer Control Subcommittee, Chairperson
1989 - 1994 Methodist Medical Center of Illinois Nursing Research Committee, Chairperson
1989 - 1990 Master Thesis - "Spiritual Well-Being of the Oncology Patient: Analysis of Patient Versus Nurse Assessments"
1982 - 1984 RN/Data Manager Committee, Co-Chairperson
1977 - 1979 Medical Library Clerk (part-time) conducted extensive literature searches (manually) at Methodist Medical Center of Illinois, Peoria , Illinois
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