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Kizzy Hernandez-Bigos is a Researcher at the Yale School of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine. Her work focuses on improving healthcare outcomes for older adults with chronic conditions and dementia through patient-centered approaches. She specializes in developing tools for health prioritization, care transitions, and caregiver involvement.
Her research emphasizes qualitative methodologies to address systemic barriers in emergency care, chronic disease management, and dementia care coordination. Key contributions include the COMET tool for emergency care transitions and frameworks for identifying health priorities in multimorbid populations.
Collaborations with leading researchers like Dr. Mary Tinetti and Dr. Joan Monin highlight her role in advancing geriatric healthcare innovation. Her work bridges clinical practice and patient needs, with a focus on reducing healthcare burden while improving quality of life for vulnerable populations.