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Abstract Number: 20
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Consultative medicine is an important part of Internal Medicine (IM) resident education. According to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, residents are expected to “act in a consultative role to other physicians and health professionals.” However, individual programs each have the ability to integrate the consultative experience into training in their own unique […]
Abstract Number: 21
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Consultative medicine has been identified as a core part of internal medicine (IM) resident education by providing the opportunity for residents to care for the non-medical patient. In the early 1980s, two separate academic institutions detailed the initiation of their General Medicine Consultation service. They described who consulted them and the reason for consultation. […]
Abstract Number: 70
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Co-management across service lines has become increasingly common in hospital medicine. SHM’s Co-Management Task Force has outlined several components of a successful co-management program. Recent studies have shown that cross-disciplinary service arrangements, which are more collaborative, enhance provider satisfaction and may improve patient care. These benefits have encouraged institutions to roll out multiple co-management […]
Abstract Number: 185
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Choice of agent for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEP) after joint arthroplasty is a complex decision, the difficulty of which has been compounded by divergent guidelines. Specifically, the adequacy of aspirin monotherapy (ASA) for VTEP has long been debated between the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP). […]
Abstract Number: 352
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: ZHH is an inpatient psychiatric facility with an average daily census of 220 patients. It is located adjacent to LIJ, our tertiary medical center. On average, 300-400 cases are transferred from LIJ to ZHH each year, as well as 200-300 cases transferred from ZHH to LIJ. Traditionally, there were 3 internists covering medical consults […]