Meeting
Abstract Number: 87
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The number of individuals with dementia in the U.S., currently estimated at 5.3 million, is projected to triple by 2050. For patients with cognitive impairment, the unfamiliar and stressful hospital environment often requires constant observation (CO) to ensure patient safety. The use of constant observation (CO) in the hospital setting, while originating in patients […]
Abstract Number: 162
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Diagnostic error in medicine is increasingly recognized as “the next frontier for patient safety”. Current research has explored the etiologies of diagnostic errors in two unique dimensions: as systems-based or cognitive-based causes. One study, however, suggests that roughly half of all errors stem from both domains. Using a focused ethnographic approach, we sought to […]