Caregiver

This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of providing chronic intestinal failure patients and their family caregivers with direct access to live, virtual, multi-disciplinary (multi-D) support and education on best practices from a team of experts and peers. Such support can improve patient outcomes by enhancing knowledge, increasing confidence in self-care, and fostering a support network where patients can share lived experiences.

This research tests the effectiveness of MedSMA℞T Mobile, a mobile adaptation of the MedSMA℞T Families game-based tool, in delivering preventive education that enhances opioid safety knowledge and communication among adolescents, parents, and healthcare providers in emergency departments, with the goal of reducing opioid misuse and improving family medication safety practices.

The study will develop and implement a validated machine learning model to optimize voiding cystourethrogram timing and use for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in children, aiming to reduce the significant health and economic impacts of VUR and recurrent febrile urinary tract infections (fUTIs) by standardizing practices, minimizing unnecessary procedures, and ensuring timely diagnosis for those at highest risk, ultimately seeking to prevent renal injury from fUTIs.