Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 2005 - 2008
  • M.D., Duke University 2005
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  Medical Licensure

  • 128117. North Carolina. 2020
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2021 - 2022
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2011 - 2020
  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2008 - 2011
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 31, 2017

    Becker's Hospital Review

    3 Physician Leaders on How Emerging Technologies Drive Effective Communications

  • AUG 7, 2017

    Becker's Hospital Review

    How to Support Effective Care Team Communication for Better Outcomes
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  Awards & Honors

  • Excellence in Research Mentorship Award, Nominee. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. October 2020
  • Rebecca Kirkland Award. Duke Health Patient Safety and Quality Conference. March 2020
  • Top Hospitalist, Fourth Quarter FY19. Duke University Hospital Medicine Program. 2019
  • DHTS Leadership Decathalon. Duke University Health System & Duke Health Technology Solutions. 2016
  • Top Hospitalist, First Quarter FY16. Duke University Hospital Medicine Program. 2015
  • Chief Information Officer Award for Excellence. Duke University Health System & Duke Health Technology Solutions. 2013
  • Joseph R. McClellan Scholar Award. Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. October 21, 2011
  • Chief Resident, Duke University Hospital. Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Duke University School of Medicine. 2010
  • Haskel Schiff Award. Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Duke University School of Medicine. June 13, 2008
  • Assistant Chief Resident, Duke University Hospital. Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Duke University School of Medicine. 2007
  • Ideal Physician Award. Duke University School of Medicine. 2005
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Duke University School of Medicine. 2004
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical
  • Education, Medical, Graduate
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Health Information Systems
  • Hospital Information Systems
  • Hospitalists
  • Internal Medicine
  • Medical Informatics
  • Patient Care Team
  • Patient Safety
  • Quality Improvement
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Karlovich, Norah S., Suchita Shah Sata, Brian Griffith, Ashley Coop, Ibukunoluwa C. Kalu, John J. Engemann, Jessica Seidelman, et al. “In pursuit of the holy grail: Improving C. difficile testing appropriateness with iterative electronic health record clinical decision support and targeted test restriction.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 43, no. 7 (July 2022): 840–47. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.228.
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    • Pollak, Kathryn I., Xiaomei Gao, Jessica Beliveau, Brian Griffith, Danielle Kennedy, and David Casarett. “Pilot Study to Improve Goals of Care Conversations Among Hospitalists.” J Pain Symptom Manage 58, no. 5 (November 2019): 864–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.007.
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    • Nagler, Alisa, Joanne Schlueter, Constance Johnson, Brian Griffith, Judy Prewitt, Richard Sloane, and Martha Adams. “Calling for collaboration: piloting smartphones to discover differences between users and devices.” Teach Learn Med 26, no. 3 (2014): 258–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2014.910461.
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    • DeRienzo, Christopher M., Karen Frush, Michael E. Barfield, Priya R. Gopwani, Brian C. Griffith, Xiaoyin Jiang, Ankit I. Mehta, et al. “Handoffs in the era of duty hours reform: a focused review and strategy to address changes in the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Common Program Requirements.” Acad Med 87, no. 4 (April 2012): 403–10. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e318248e5c2.
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    • Gellad, Z. F., B. D. Alexander, J. K. Liu, B. C. Griffith, A. M. Meyer, J. L. Johnson, and A. J. Muir. “Severity of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in solid organ transplant patients.” Transpl Infect Dis 9, no. 4 (December 2007): 276–80. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00255.x.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Gallagher, David, Adam Wachter, Noppon Setji, Edward Lamay, Brian Burrows, Andrew Pickens, Charles Gerardo, et al. “CUTTING OUR ‘LOS’SES: HOSPITALIST & EMERGENCY MEDICINE MULTIDISCIPLINARY PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE ED THROUGHPUT,” 2015.
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    • Setji, Noppon, James Howard, Talia Bernal, Puneet Singh, Robert Musser, Lana Wahid, Brian Griffith, et al. “Implementation of a Standardized Admission Note to Improve Measurement of Diagnoses and Estimation of Expected Mortality.” In Journal of Hospital Medicine. Wiley, n.d.
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• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Designating a Point-of-Contact Provider for Admitted Patients. User Group Meeting 2019. Epic Systems Corporation. August 2019  2019
  • Clinical Decision Making & Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems. Masters of Management of Clinical Informatics, Duke University School of Medicine. September 9, 2016  2016
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  Service to Duke

  • Clinical Information Technology Optimization Committee. 2016 - 2020  2016 - 2020
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  Academic & Administrative Activities

  • Associate Chief Medical Information Office for Acute Care, October 2020-Present
    Lead Inpatient Provider Champion, May 2015- October 2020
    Provider Champion January 2012 - May 2015

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