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Search Results for Improvement
Abstract Number: 262
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Lean-Kaizen approach of implementing patient-centered systems change by reducing waste and adding value has been widely used in health systems in the US to provide incremental process improvement. This approach to streamlining health care processes has been under-utilized in resource-poor regions of the world, even though the Lean-Kaizen approach was developed in under-resourced […]
Abstract Number: 271
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Engaging Residents in QI, the SMART way. Authors: Gabriella Sherman, MD and Luis Dimen, MD Background: Residency programs across the country have implemented various quality improvement (QI) lecture series in an effort to engage residents in QI projects. Despite the many resources available to residents, they have limited time to utilize the tools to complete […]
Abstract Number: 274
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Since the 1999 IOM report To Err is Humanhighlighted that up to 98,000 preventable deaths occur annually in U.S. hospitals, efforts have intensified to understand and eliminate preventable mortality. At our institution, we developed an in-person, near real-time, multidisciplinary mortality review to capture the insight of frontline providers and improve care. In the analysis presented […]
Abstract Number: 277
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Osteoporosis is common and carries a significant burden of morbidity and mortality. Early pharmacologic therapy for osteoporosis can reduce osteoporotic fractures. Thus, the USPSTF recommends dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening for osteoporosis in women above the age of 65. Screening for osteoporosis is often seen as a responsibility of the primary care provider. […]
Abstract Number: 348
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: High-quality medication reconciliation is key to reducing medication errors during care transitions. This concept is of paramount importance to Veterans living in rural areas due to less access to clinical pharmacy services. We adapted MARQUIS (Multicenter Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study), in which hospitalists mentored teams in implementation of best practices for inpatient medication […]
Abstract Number: 371
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: To facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration targeting specific quality improvement (QI) and patient safety goals, the Armstrong Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine has facilitated development of “clinical communities”—interdisciplinary groups of clinicians and administrators from across the health system with a shared interest in a specific patient type or clinical issue. Within this framework, the hospitalist clinical […]
Abstract Number: 375
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: There is a huge desire to have hospitalist program in smaller community and rural hospitals. Few hospitals will be reluctant to have their own hospitalist program due to multiple issues. Bothwell Regional Health Center (BRHC) is a general medical and surgical hospital in Sedalia, MO, with 132 beds, located 68 miles west of Columbia, […]