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Abstract Number: 320
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The high volume of handoffs between the Emergency Department (ED) team and the inpatient team on a daily basis makes this a ripe area for care improvement. Effective, safe and organized transitions facilitate high quality and efficient care, while a dysfunctional process negatively affects patients and practitioners and compounds overall hospital congestion and delays […]
Abstract Number: 321
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Care Coordination Rounds (CCR) provide an opportunity for members of the multidisciplinary health care team to communicate as a group regarding the care and discharge planning of hospitalized patients. The use of CCR has been found to improve efficiency and patient experience, while reducing healthcare expenditures, inpatient length of stay, and unnecessary readmissions. The […]
Abstract Number: 322
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: High quality discharges improve patients’ health outcomes and experience and are a vital component of resident education. Our internal medicine residency program has had challenges in sustaining our efforts to improve discharge planning and in providing resident feedback on the process. Furthermore, despite access to “big data”, many residency programs struggle to find meaningful […]
Abstract Number: 324
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Health literacy (HL) is the measure of a person’s ability to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services to make appropriate health decisions.1 Previous studies note positive correlation between high HL and patient understanding of their condition.2 Patients with low HL have greater needs in transitional care domains, citing inadequate caregiver support […]
Abstract Number: 332
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Adverse drug events are common during transitions of care and often due to patient misunderstanding of the medication regimen or non-adherence. Challenges exist that may influence the ability of new interventions to address this issue. As part of the Smart Pillbox study, a randomized controlled trial of an electronic pillbox, we explored barriers and […]
Abstract Number: 334
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Due to the complexity of patient discharge needs leading to increased length of stay within a large academic medical center, a specialized inpatient unit became a priority. Purpose: The University of Kentucky Healthcare created the Complex Discharge team to identify and manage patients who may have a long length of stay, a challenging placement […]
Abstract Number: 336
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Medical housestaff must participate in a handoff process when transitioning between rotations on hospital services. During this time, a new team of residents assumes care for multiple patients. A prior study demonstrated that this critical period of transition is associated with increased mortality among hospitalized patients. Methods of improving daily patient handoffs to overnight […]