Meeting
Abstract Number: D23
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Hospital throughput and length of stay (LOS) are important drivers of success in an increasingly competitive healthcare landscape where revenues are down and demand can exceed hospital capacity. More specifically, longer LOS and hospital throughput bottlenecks impact access to timely care, the quality and safety of care delivery, patient and family satisfaction, and provider […]
Abstract Number: O22
SHM Converge 2022
Background: In Hospital Medicine, triaging a patient is the process of evaluating an admitted patient and assigning the patient to an appropriate service. Triaging patients is a manual and challenging process which burdens Hospitalists. As with any manual process, there is an inherent risk of missed steps, and in the case of patient triage, the […]