Meeting
Abstract Number: 152
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: TeamSTEPPS (Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) has been shown to improve patient safety by improving teamwork and communication skills amongst all members of the interdisciplinary team. Methods: We developed a 4-hour TeamSTEPPS multi-disciplinary training session, conducted in our simulation center. We invited 90 core members of the medicine service to […]
Abstract Number: 369
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Efforts to improve value within hospitals must engage frontline clinicians to enhance organizational culture. Culture surveys have been used to drive improvements, but currently no such tool exists for measuring high-value care culture. We aimed to develop a High-Value Care Culture Survey (HVCCS) that can be used by hospitalist leaders and residency programs to […]
Abstract Number: 386
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The United States is responsible for 43% of lab expenditures worldwide, and up to 30% of lab tests may be unnecessary. Purpose: This project aims to determine if a human “best practice alert (BPA)” could decrease the number of unnecessary labs ordered by residents at a major academic medical center. Description: Three internal medicine […]