Background: Delirium, a highly morbid condition affecting significant numbers of hospitalized adults, is under-recognized due to challenges in monitoring patients’ waxing and waning symptoms. In addition, precipitating environmental factors such as light, sound, and sleep are difficult to observe. Computer vision cameras that can generate continuous observations of patients and their in-room care environment have […]

Background: Delirium, a highly morbid condition affecting significant numbers of hospitalized adults, is under-recognized due to challenges in monitoring patients’ waxing and waning symptoms. In addition, precipitating environmental factors such as light, sound, and sleep are difficult to observe. Computer vision cameras that can generate continuous observations of patients and their in-room care environment have […]

Background: While hospitalists pursue a primarily clinical role, we have carved a niche in clinical research, particularly Quality Improvement based research. However, clinical research often involves time intensive chart review, which can become a barrier to hospitalists with heavy clinical roles. A mechanism to mitigate this will be revolutionary. Purpose: In this innovations abstract, we […]

Background: To mitigate COVID-19 related hospital crowding, our hospital internal medicine (HIM) department collaborated with our emergency department (ED) to launch a service in which an HIM team was placed in the ED to assist with triage. The goal was to expedite patients with a clear need for admission, while diverting others who could be […]