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Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: 1
SHM Converge 2024
Background: In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to enhance health insurance access through subsidies and Medicaid expansion. The expansion was not adopted by all states, leading to variable coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases a 3-year running average of 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for Medicare patients […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 11
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital medicine (HM) is a well-established clinical specialty within Internal Medicine, yet its research footprint has lagged its clinical impact. Clarity of top HM research priorities may identify target areas for investment in HM research infrastructure and define areas of hospital medicine expertise. Methods: The Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) Research Committee formed a […]
Plenary Presentations
Abstract Number: 1
SHM Converge 2024
Background: In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to enhance health insurance access through subsidies and Medicaid expansion. The expansion was not adopted by all states, leading to variable coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases a 3-year running average of 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates for Medicare patients […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 11
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital medicine (HM) is a well-established clinical specialty within Internal Medicine, yet its research footprint has lagged its clinical impact. Clarity of top HM research priorities may identify target areas for investment in HM research infrastructure and define areas of hospital medicine expertise. Methods: The Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) Research Committee formed a […]
Abstract Number: 18
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Over the past few decades, many institutions have elected to implement night float systems in place of traditional call systems for residents. With the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education enacting duty hour restrictions in 2003, these changes toward stricter work hour requirements and institution of night float systems have been found to have […]
Abstract Number: 19
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Recognizing the significant effect that social factors have on health outcomes, national stakeholders have developed policies requiring healthcare organizations to identify and address health-related social needs (HRSN). However, the effectiveness of HRSN screening strategies remains unclear. Notably, policymakers provide minimal guidance on how screening should be conducted and allow hospitals to use self-selected screening […]
Abstract Number: 24
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Half of US hospitalists have contracts with pay-for-performance incentives based on quality outcomes such as length of stay (LOS) and readmission according to the 2023 State of Hospital Medicine Report. Traditionally, these measures have been linked to the discharging provider. However, as the length of a patient’s stay increases, the influence of the discharging […]
Abstract Number: 26
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs) are a set of diagnoses that if not recognized and addressed properly in the ambulatory setting can lead to preventable hospitalizations. People experiencing homelessness (PEH) often have barriers to access of ambulatory care services and chronic disease self-management. These place them at high risk for having ACSCs, and contribute […]
Abstract Number: 27
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Patient experience (PEX) is associated with higher levels of adherence to recommended prevention and treatment processes, better clinical outcomes, improved patient safety within hospitals, and decreased inappropriate health care utilization. (1,2,3) Furthermore, overall patient satisfaction is associated with lower 30-day risk standardized hospital readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality. (4) Our hospital medicine […]
Abstract Number: 29
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Case-based scholarship and education are important and longstanding sources of knowledge about new diseases, rare presentations of known diseases, and side effects of treatments. Cases are commonly used to teach clinical decision-making and to tie together theoretical topics to real-life patient care. Hospital Medicine provides access to a myriad of clinical cases. However, sharing […]