Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Patient
Abstract Number: 3
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Interdisciplinary clinical rounds at the bedside can promote the core principles of patient- and family-centered care, including promoting respect and dignity, information sharing, and participation by the patient in the care and decision making. However, despite rounding at the bedside, the patient can still be a bystander as the team presents a care plan […]
Abstract Number: 12
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Hospital readmissions among HIV positive patients are high, and reducing 30-day readmissions is a priority of health systems and payers. Improved communication in the hospital may help decrease readmissions. Our objective was to determine the association between satisfaction with provider communication and 30-day readmissions among HIV positive patients. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis […]
Abstract Number: 13
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) has been shown to be an important tool for improving patient engagement and health care outcomes. Despite the demonstrated value of SDM across disciplines, little is known about how to increase SDM in general inpatient settings. We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational bundle on inpatient resident teams’ abilities […]
Abstract Number: 30
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program has placed a much-needed spotlight on the role of resident physicians in patient safety (PS) and quality improvement (QI). Medical school training in PS/QI is highly variable and our residents received very limited formal training in PS/QI prior to the intervention […]
Abstract Number: 69
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Care of complex patients are a daily challenge in the hospital setting, with a direct impact on the health care costs. Although there is no standard definition of a “complex” patient, we can argue that they are patients who need more time and resources during their care process. Age and comorbidities are probably important […]
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: 80
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Patient recruitment for randomized clinical trials is often challenging, especially when the alternatives being studied may require significant changes or have large consequences for the patient. We describe our experience recruiting patients for a clinical trial comparing the Comprehensive Care Program (CCP), a care delivery model in which physicians focus their practice on caring […]
Abstract Number: 85
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Most patient discharges(DC) from hospitals occur in the afternoons, thus creating patient flow and potentially patient safety issues. This creates increased ER boarding hours and delays interunit patient transfers between ICU, stepdown and medical units. Sick patients may not be getting the appropriate level of care due to lack of higher level of care beds. Purpose: To increase […]
Abstract Number: 87
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Pain remains a major concern for medically hospitalized adults, and pain treatment is a focus of hospital quality reporting and improvement efforts. Pharmacologic treatment during hospitalization for acute pain and cancer pain rest on some evidence, but as many as 1 in 3 adult medical inpatients suffer from chronic pain. Little is known about […]
Abstract Number: 94
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Correct inhaler technique for COPD medications is essential to achieving optimum delivery into the lungs. Evidence suggests that poor technique is widespread and linked to poor efficacy and adherence. However, the direct relationship between inhaler technique and health status has not been investigated. Methods: Data from a 2013 US survey dataset of COPD patients […]