Assistant ProfessorMedicine Associate Medical Director of Quality and Safety for Harborview Medical CenterFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MDMount Sinai School of MedicineLa Jolla, CA2011 Internal Medicine Internship and ResidencyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WA2011–2014 Chief Resident in Quality and SafetyVA Puget SoundSeattle, WA2014–2015 Honors: Graduation with Distinction in Research2011 Graduation with Distinction in Medical Education2011 Patient Safety Award, VA Puget Sound'16 & '17 “Top Docs” Award Nomination, VA Puget Sound2018 Contact Email: nmeo@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Healthcare quality Patient Safety Publications Publications: Meo N, Hwang U, Morrison RS. Resident Perceptions of Palliative Care in the Emergency Department. J Palliat Care Med 2011; May 14(5): 548 555. Meo N., Wong E., Sunn, H., Gupta, I., Batten, A., Bryson C., Fihn, S., Nelson, K. Elements of the patient- centered medical home in the Veterans Health Administration are associated with increased medication adherence. Pop Health Manag 2018 Apr; 21(2): 116-122. Meo N, Paul E, Wilson C, Powers J, Magbaul M, Miles KM. Introducing an electronic tracking tool into daily multidisciplinary discharge rounds on a medicine service: a quality improvement project to reduce length of stay. BMJ Open Qual. 2018 Jul 21; 7(3). Sunshine J, Meo N, Kassebaum N, Collison M, Mokdad A, Naghavi M. Mortality Due to the Adverse Effects of Medical Treatment in the United States, 1990-2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2019; Jan 4; 2(1): e187041. Meo N, Liao JM, Reddy A. Hospitalized after medical readiness for discharge: A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative to identify discharge barriers in general medicine patients. Am J Med Qual 2020; 35(1): 23-28. Meo N, Bann M, Sanchez M, Reddy A, Cornia PB. Getting Unstuck: challenges and opportunities in caring for patients experiencing prolonged hospitalization while medically ready for discharge. Am J Med 2020; 133(12): 1406-1410. Kim CS, Meo N, Little D, Morris SC, Brandenburg LA, Moratti M, Dold CL, Staiger TO, Sayre C, Goss JR. Bracing for the Storm: One health care system’s planning for the COVID-19 Surge. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2020; 10:S1553-7250(20)30243-9. Chen A, Wolpaw BJ, VandeVusse LK, Wu C, Meo N, Staub MB, Hicks KG, Carr SA, Schleyer AM, Harrington RD, Klein JW. Creating a framework to integrate residency program and medical center approaches to quality improvement and patient safety training. Acad Med 2021; 96 (1): 75-82. Meo N, Kim CS, Ilgen JS, Choe JH, Singh N, Joyner B. Redeploying residents and fellows in response to COVID-19: Tensions, guiding principles and lessons from University of Washington. J Grad Med Ed 2020; Dec 12(6): 678-81.
