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Joanna Cavalier

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine

Overview


I am an academic hospitalist at Duke University Hospital. My clinical work focuses on care of hospitalized adults with complex medical issues. I also perform general medicine procedures such as lumbar punctures, thoracenteses, paracenteses, and the placement of central venous catheters. Outside of my clinical work, I serve as the Associate Medical Director for the Digital Strategy Office (DSO) at Duke. In this role, I help lead digital health work at Duke, including virtual care, eVisits, remote patient monitoring, virtual nursing, self-scheduling, MyChart, patient reported outcomes, and other initiatives within the DSO. My research focuses on the real-world impact of our digital health interventions for patients. I am also interested in cost of care and care delivery redesign.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Medicine

Recent Publications


Bending the Cardiovascular Event Curve by Evaluating the Potential Impact of Achieving Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goal Across a Large Health System Among Secondary Prevention Patients.

Journal Article Am J Cardiol · January 1, 2023 Guidelines recommend aggressive low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, the recommended threshold of LDL-C ≤70 mg/dL is often not achieved. We used data from the Duke Un ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Customized Electronic Health Record-Based Tool Highlights and Addresses Gaps in Patient Safety.

Journal Article Am J Med Qual · September 2022 The authors present a tool to improve gaps in patient safety using the electronic health record. The tool integrates gap identification, passive alerts, and actions into a single interface embedded within clinicians' workflow. The tool was developed to add ... Full text Link to item Cite
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