Meeting
Abstract Number: 389
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Communication between team members is fundamental to providing high quality care to hospitalized patients (1). Breakdowns in communication lead to compromised patient safety, delays in care, and poor utilization of resources (2). Our Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital has about 200 inpatient beds, primarily staffed by resident physician teams. Bedside nurses use the admission order […]
Abstract Number: 446
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospitals continue to experience pressures to optimize efficiency and quality outcomes and to reduce practice variation. In surgical patient populations, the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways have been shown to reduce length of stay, postoperative complications, hospital readmissions, and cost by integrating multidisciplinary, evidence-based interventions throughout the perioperative period (1). A similar model […]