Meeting
Abstract Number: 57
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Prior research in the field of academic hospital medicine has described unique challenges to achieving promotion for academic hospitalists. A consensus conference identified challenges for academic hospitalist success including alignment of hospitalists with clinical priorities that may not be recognized for academic advancement, inadequate infrastructure to promote success, and lack of national funding for […]
Abstract Number: 254
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Patients are discharged home on medications different than those they were taking before admission. New and discontinued medications as well as dosage changes contribute to medication-related adverse events. Purpose: To help address this problem, interns in our program developed a standard process during their quality improvement (QI) curriculum to ensure that at least 95% […]