Meeting
Abstract Number: 98
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The 2016 State of Hospital Medicine report showed that the average hospitalist compensation model is composed of 80% base pay, 15% productivity, and 5% performance. Much variation exists by region in the make-up of the performance component with a rise in measures focused on patient satisfaction and readmission and significant differences in weight given […]
Abstract Number: 157
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Warfarin-associated adverse drug events are dangerous, common, and costly. Anticoagulation safety is a national priority. While multiple tools exist for warfarin management in the outpatient setting, there is a dearth of guidance with regard to inpatient management. This study aims to: 1) describe a health system’s inpatient chronic warfarin quality metrics, defined by International […]
Abstract Number: 274
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hospitalists today are tasked with maintaining quality care while also lowering health care costs. Length of stay and excess day reduction are surrogate markers of the efficiency of a hospitalist group by measuring lower utilization of resources. Despite this metric being attributed to hospitalists, there are many other departments that have key roles in […]