As a geriatrician-hospitalist and researcher, Dr. Sinvani has observed the consequences of hospitalization in older adults, often resulting in iatrogenic complications such as Hospital Associated Disability (HAD), delirium and transition fragmentation. Her overall goal is to develop and test interventions to consistently integrate evidence-based geriatric practices into Hospital Medicine in order to improve short-term and long-term outcomes for this population that she was trained to serve. The systematic integration of established best practices through health information technology has the potential to better standardize care for vulnerable elders. Specifically, Dr. Sinvani seeks to test the usability and integration of checklist interventions into the Electronic Medical Records (EMR), throughout a multi-center health system. She has the good fortune to be part of a strong and supportive group of colleagues working together in the Northwell Health System, which groups 21 hospitals within the greater New York metropolitan tri-state area and serves patients with enormously diverse backgrounds. This organizational structure and size of the network provides her with exceptional opportunities to rigorously assess the impact of implementing large scale interventions of geriatric-focused best practices.
Dr. Sinvani was a 2017 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellow. Her host site was Northwell Health.