Background: Surveys such as the Press Ganey Survey and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) provide quantitative performance data regarding patient perceptions of and satisfaction with care. Hospitals use this data to evaluate the patient experience during hospitalization. These surveys also record free text comments, however these are rarely analyzed, thus potentially […]

Background: Discharge (DC) communication processes should be driven by the preferences of primary care providers (PCP) who follow‐up patients post‐discharge. Despite the growth of hospital‐affiliated primary care networks, many practices remain independent. Network affiliation provides enhanced post‐DC information access; therefore, based on network status, DC communication preferences of PCPs may differ. The discharging provider must […]

Background: Teamwork is essential to providing safe and effective care. However, research shows that physicians and nurses in the hospital do not communicate consistently about their patients. Discrepant views on quality of collaboration among physicians and nurses have been researched in operating rooms (ORs), intensive care units (ICUs), and general medicine units. Typically physicians perceive […]

Background: COPD is the 3rd leading cause of death in U.S. In 2006, 1,254,703 hospitalizations (NIS) were attributed to COPD and had a mean cost of $9545 +/‐ 12,700. Predicting mortality in COPD has proven difficult, but several indexes have been validated to determine severity and risk of mortality, namely the DOSE and BODE indexes. […]

Background: Physostigmine is used to treat anticholinergic toxicity and education on its use is relevant for physician training. In fact, the American Boards of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine specifically list toxicology or poisoning on their content outline for certification examination. Despite this, physician knowledge of physostigmine remains variable. Here we present preliminary results of a […]

Background: For healthcare providers, volunteerism and service education are important aspects of professional development and public leadership. While several research studies have examined volunteerism among physicians, we know little about such activities among Hospitalists compared to other specialties. We aimed to quantify the frequency and type of volunteerism among Hospitalists and non‐Hospitalists at academic and […]

Background: The number of Hospitalists Trained in Family Medicine (HTFM) has tripled in the past 6 years, now comprising 10% of Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) membership. There are no ACGME guidelines or required pathways of training for Hospital Medicine (HM). Eligible HTFM and Internal Medicine (IM) trained Hospitalists can both sit for the Recognition […]

Background: Cross‐cultural care focuses on the ability to communicate effectively and provide quality health care to diverse patients. Studies have shown that cross‐cultural care issues may detract from the delivery of high quality health care to hospitalized patients. Our objective was to explore the association between physicians’ perception of cross‐cultural care issues effect on hospital […]

Background: The clinical goals of medical school are to ensure that graduating students have the capacity for disease management, coordination of care, and effective communication for multiple patients. A specific skillset is needed to successfully achieve competency in these areas. We sought to assess the current state of clinical medical education across the nation from […]

Background: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) have highlighted entrustment of autonomy by attending physicians to housestaff as a measure of assessment in graduate medical education. Entrustment is a key concept in understanding housestaff readiness to progress through training into unsupervised, though it is unknown how it may affect patient outcomes. This study aims to explore the […]