Meeting
Abstract Number: 285
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Electronic health record (EHR) systems are used by a majority of US hospitals. EHR use has been associated with increased task complexity, clinical data volume and provider documentation demands. Studies of multiple specialties suggest that a significant amount of provider time is spent on indirect patient care activities including turbulent provider workflows and documentation. […]
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 […]