Meeting
Abstract Number: 231
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Palliative care and geriatrics in hospital medicine have an established positive impact on patient experience and outcomes, however, these specialist care services remain underutilized. Recognizing an opportunity to improve the appropriateness of inpatient consultation on a large academic medical hospitalist service, we implemented a multi-disciplinary quality improvement intervention with the goal of increasing appropriate […]
Abstract Number: 279
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Palliative care (PC) has been shown to improve the quality of life for patients facing life-threatening illness and their families. PC screening tools have been successfully used in identifying cancer patients in need of PC services and increase hospice utilization. However, a PC screening tool specific to hospitalized septic patients is lacking, despite sepsis […]
Abstract Number: 382
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: As chronic illnesses are claiming majority of deaths in United States, it is very important that we identify patients with chronic illnesses who have shortened life expectancy and prioritize their needs for palliative care. The different death trajectories of chronic illnesses make it difficult to prognosticate such patients. Available prognostication tools, both disease specific […]