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Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) is the third leading cause of readmissions and is now included in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Our institution developed an inter-professional program aimed at reducing all-cause 30-day readmissions for patients admitted with AECOPD. Methods: We iteratively developed and piloted our inter-professional COPD HRRP […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (AECOPD) is the third leading cause of readmissions and is now included in the Medicare Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP). Our institution developed an inter-professional program aimed at reducing all-cause 30-day readmissions for patients admitted with AECOPD. Methods: We iteratively developed and piloted our inter-professional COPD HRRP […]
Abstract Number: 22
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Society of Hospital Medicine considers stroke care a core competency in hospital medicine. It also challenges hospitalists to lead, coordinate, and participate in multidisciplinary efforts to improve stroke care within their organizations. Hospitalist trainees will be better positioned to accomplish this if they have a broad exposure to the continuum of stroke care […]
Abstract Number: 35
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Despite efforts to improve the care of hospitalized patients, adverse events remain common. Care is siloed across disparate providers and patients are not engaged in their own care plans. In a collaborative care model, patients, families and providers partner to integrate high-quality care across disciplines to best meet patients’ needs. While support for delivering […]
Abstract Number: 44
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Code blue situations, being uncommon yet stressful, require excellent team communication; they can pose challenges for deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) clinicians, trainees, and interpreters, though DHH providers are a growing source of language-concordant care for DHH people, an underserved population. No known training specifically addresses such challenges. As educators and mentors, we […]