Background: Effective communication at hospital discharge between inpatient and outpatient providers is critical to improving transitions of care and reducing hospital readmissions. A key part of transitions communication is the hospital discharge summary (DCS). Prior studies show that DCSs are often not available to primary care providers (PCPs) at the time of hospital follow-up and […]

Background: Over-utilization of telemetry can lead to reduced bed availability in telemetry units, which is a crucial bottleneck in hospital throughput. To address this, in our hospital a new orderset embedded in the EMR (Electronic Medical Record) was created. The orderset brought several changes to the workflow. Before, providers can admit patients to the telemetry […]

Background: Time spent on electronic medical record (EMR) documentation is one of the top dissatisfiers for providers. With burnout at an all-time high, reducing provider burden while maintaining high quality care is essential to moving healthcare forward in a sustainable way. “While electronic documentation provides a number of benefits as compared to paper-based documentation, including […]