Background: Length of stay is an important marker for quality of care in the hospital. Increased length of stay can affect patient flow through the hospital and can lead to overcrowding, increased boarding in the emergency department, delays in inter-hospital transfer, and cancellation of elective procedures due to bed availability (1). In addition, longer hospitalizations [...]

Background: Medicine procedure services (MPSs) have been shown to increase procedure volume, procedure completion rate, adherence to best practice safety measures, resident involvement, and resident satisfaction, and decrease length of stay within Internal Medicine (IM) [Ref 1-4]. However, the frequency with which MPSs rely on other services, particularly Interventional Radiology (IR), for assistance to complete [...]