Nicholas Meo, MD | Division of General Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

Medicine

Associate Medical Director of Quality and Safety for Harborview Medical Center

Faculty Information

Biography

Education & Training:

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

2011

Internal Medicine Internship and Residency

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

2011–2014

Chief Resident in Quality and Safety

VA Puget Sound

Seattle, WA

2014–2015

Honors:

Graduation with Distinction in Research

2011

Graduation with Distinction in Medical Education

2011

Patient Safety Award, VA Puget Sound

'16 & '17

“Top Docs” Award Nomination, VA Puget Sound

2018

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.

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