Poor Worker Health Cost Due to Chronic Illness and Worker Absence
Corporate Health Partners is one of many companies designed to cultivate a heathier
workforce through wellness programs. This research utilizes client data and visualizations
to highlight employee health and bring awareness to wellness programs.
Industry Sponsor: Jackie Warren, Jack Curtis (Corporate Health Partners)
Implementing Virtual Nursing in Healthcare: An Evaluation of Effectiveness and Sustainability
COVID-19 revealed how vulnerable nurses are to conditions of workplace safety when
dealing with outbreaks of contagious infections. This study explores current technology
being employed in the U.S healthcare settings and analyzes methodologies used through
a Virtual Nurse application.
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Hossain Shahriar, Dr. Maria Valero de Clemente, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: LeeAnna Spiva, Susan Thurman, Jill Case-Wirth (WellStar HS)
Creation of a Digital Knowledge Repository
There is a large room for improvement in the realm of workflow, process, and day-to-day
detail documentation, specifically regarding interfacility variability in a large
healthcare enterprise. Researchers propose a technical solution for a collaborative
approach to knowledge management in a multimodal healthcare enterprise.
Students: Lee Solomon, Reddy Bhavya Gudi, Humera Asfandiyar
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Hossain Shahriar, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Allison Grahovec (Emory Healthcare)
Using Data and Technology to Optimize Operational Decision-Making
How do data analytic platforms help healthcare providers capture data from disparate
clinical and operational data sources? This study explores the use of Splunk and RTLS
technology to optimize operational decision making in Emergency Departments. Some
achievements of this study include a 20% reduction in delay of care, and reductions
seen in both length of stay and adverse events.
Students: Megan Bove, Daya Kansagra, Pooja Mistry
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Brienne Morgan (Splunk)
Filling the Gaps: Assessing the Relationship Between Preventative Care Practice and Flu
Vaccine Uptake
The United States has seen a reluctance of Influenza vaccinations due to the perceived lack of risk amongst its’ population. Researchers performed a literature review of past studies to fill the gap between the relationship of preventative care measures and flu vaccination status in the general public.
Student: Eric Gaare, Helen Schoening, Ann Do, Lashonte Browne
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Austin Brown, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: CDC
Impact Analysis of Syndromic Surveillance for Workplaces Using radaRX
Covid-19 unveiled multiple challenges present in current syndromic surveillance systems.
This report analyzes radaRX, a mobile application being used for real-time population
symptom health-monitoring, specifically in the workplace.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yifan Zhang, Dr. Weiwei Chen, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Saurabh Shrivastava (radaRX)
Medicare Claims: An Analysis of the Major Chronic Diseases and the Effect on Total
Medicare Reimbursement
This study analyzes Medicare data from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services
(CMS) database to draw conclusions on the relationship between Medicare reimbursement
for chronic disease treatments and the sociodemographic characteristics of beneficiaries
receiving the treatment. Researchers also focused on the location of the providers
and if there was any association with the amount paid out by Medicare after accounting
for other factors such as race, age, and gender.
Student: Yesake Abaye, Usen Usen, Shakaria Wilson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gita Taasoobshirazi, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Medicare
E Mentoring for Nursing Retention and Leadership
Mentoring of employees in the healthcare setting has become crucial for employee retention and satisfaction. This paper uses an integrative review method to demonstrate the effectiveness of virtual mentoring on healthcare employee retention, while proposing a more technological approach to lessen the burden on the system and support new staff members. Virtual Nursing has shown to provide support for current and future nurses and fills in the gap with clinical experience that isn’t provided in nursing programs.
Students: Michelle Padelford, Helen Schoening
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Margot Hedenstrom, Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Piedmont Health System
Diabetic Retinopathy Autonomous Screening via AI
The importance of diagnosing Diabetic Retinopathy is explored through this study proposing
a novel automatic diabetic retinopathy model based on a convolutional neural network.
Results of this study show the proposed model exhibiting effectiveness in detecting
diabetic retinopathy, with an accuracy of 90.03%.
Students: Neelam Nosheen
Faculty Advisor: Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Awais Bajwa (Ophthalytics)
Analysis of VHA Human Resources Modernization
Researchers analyze the Veterans Health Administration’s modernization initiative regarding Human Resources (HR) processes to streamline actions and improve employee experience. The goal of HR modernization is to create an employee driven HR experience by removing barriers and providing employees with complete end-to-end support.
Students: Jada Jackson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sweta Sneha
Industry Sponsor: Tonya Gibson (Veterans Health Administration)
Crisis Prevention—Mental Health and Behavioral Health
This paper analyzes underlying behaviors that have led to the prevalence of mental
health crises. Researchers use The Sequential Intercept Model (SIM) to identify gaps
and solutions used to better assess mental health issues with the objective to develop
an algorithm that can identify individuals at risks and provide a path for next steps.
