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Abstract Number: 13
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Effective communication between health-care providers, patients and their families is a key aspect of the discussion surrounding a patient’s goals of care. One crucial part of this process is reaching a shared understanding of how the patient views their own quality of life. The objective of this study was to characterize factors patients and […]
Abstract Number: 16
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Advance care planning is nationally recognized as important for honoring patient wishes at the end of life. Despite this widespread recognition, many patients lack advance care planning and spend their last days in ways not concordant with their values. Moreover, traditional advance directives may provide only a partial context for patients’ belief systems relevant […]
Abstract Number: 23
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) program requirements for family medicine permit wide variability in adult inpatient medicine curricula. Family physicians compose a significant percentage of the hospitalist workforce, and the American Board of Family Medicine co-sponsors the Recognition of Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine. Previously published survey data describe certain residency characteristics […]
Abstract Number: 25
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a diagnostic modality that can improve diagnosis, reduce cost, and increase patient satisfaction. POCUS is being increasingly utilized in internal medicine (IM), and IM residents desire training in POCUS. A such, residency programs across the country have implemented various strategies to teach POCUS, though the impact of these interventions is […]
Abstract Number: 29
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: In 2016, there were more than 50,000 hospitalists working in the United States. The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) published ‘The Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine’ as a blueprint to standardize expectations of practicing hospitalists and to inform continuing medical education (CME) programs. We conducted a qualitative study to discover elements judged to be […]
Abstract Number: 38
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Patients at high risk for cardiac events often receive telemetry, however, overutilization of cardiac monitoring leads to unnecessary interventions and increased healthcare costs. The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends classification of cardiac risk via symptoms and clinical course for determining telemetry needs as Class I, II, or III from highest to lowest risk respectively. […]
Abstract Number: 46
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Many hospitals do not have the means to supervise daily physical therapy (PT) for elderly inpatients. PT delivered in a group setting has the potential to allow hospitals to consolidate resources and extend PT services to more elderly patients within the hospital. However, little to no efforts have been made in implementing the delivery […]
Abstract Number: 49
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Abstract Number: 54
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Code status discussions often link do-not-intubate (DNI) orders with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, although cardiac arrest accounts for less than 2% of endotracheal intubations. DNR orders are more commonly implemented for older patients with more comorbid conditions regardless of the reason for hospitalization, and are associated with withholding treatments outside of the cardiac arrest setting. […]
Abstract Number: 56
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Prior research in the field of academic hospital medicine has used promotion as the measure of success, but little is understood about what motivates individual academic hospitalists or how individuals define career success. Conceptual models of career success from outside healthcare emphasize Compensation, Advancement, Career Satisfaction and Job Satisfaction. This study sought to explore […]