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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 […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions (IMPACT) Multi-site Quality Improvement Collaborative aims to improve discharge transitions by testing a patient-centered transition bundle. Teach-back is a core component. This is a well-established method of confirming understanding. However, limited evidence exists about the effect of using teach-back for pediatric discharge education on parental knowledge/understanding of essential […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted the Readmissions Reduction Program to incentivize improvements in care transitions for patients with several common and serious illnesses, including heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and more recently COPD exacerbations. The HOSPITAL score has been shown to accurately identify medical patients at high-risk for 30-day […]
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 […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Improving Pediatric Patient-Centered Care Transitions (IMPACT) Multi-site Quality Improvement Collaborative aims to improve discharge transitions by testing a patient-centered transition bundle. Teach-back is a core component. This is a well-established method of confirming understanding. However, limited evidence exists about the effect of using teach-back for pediatric discharge education on parental knowledge/understanding of essential […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instituted the Readmissions Reduction Program to incentivize improvements in care transitions for patients with several common and serious illnesses, including heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, pneumonia, and more recently COPD exacerbations. The HOSPITAL score has been shown to accurately identify medical patients at high-risk for 30-day […]
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: 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: 81
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Reducing readmission rates may only be successfully realized if all factors that influence readmissions are thoughtfully considered. Beyond medical elements, nontraditional risk factors such as social and environmental variables may be associated with a higher likelihood of being readmitted. In this study we evaluated the effect of distance between home and ‘key resources’ on […]
Abstract Number: 96
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Heart failure is a common condition characterized by recurrent exacerbations. Medication and dietary nonadherence are associated with readmissions. Telling smokers their lung age significantly improves the likelihood of successful smoking cessation. We hypothesized that using hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) to share with patients their own images of inferior vena cava (IVC) measurements would serve as […]