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Abstract Number: 76
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Third year medical student in their internal medicine clerkship rotate with the resident teaching services as well as resident uncovered hospitalist teams.When assigned to a hospitalist service for their internal medicine clerkship, the student is typically paired one to one with a hospitalist physician in general internal medicine.In this study we surveyed third year […]
Abstract Number: 113
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Patient and family experience of care is a keystone of high-value care and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ value-based purchasing incentives for hospitals. As a result, most hospitals and health systems nationally have invested in improving patient experience. While hospitalists can greatly influence patient experience priorities, there is little is known about […]
Abstract Number: 140
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Academic hospitalists aspire to be highly effective teachers and must demonstrate excellence in teaching to be promoted. Internal Medicine (IM) residency programs increasingly rely on such hospitalists to supervise residents when they are on inpatient service. Accordingly, outstanding resident teaching and evaluations are imperative to the advancement of academic hospitalists and the success of […]
Abstract Number: 184
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) and its vasoocclusive sequela are significant causes of morbidity and mortality as well as acute care utilization throughout the United States, with an estimated 92,880 hospital admissions totaling $759 million in aggregate annual costs in 2014. There is a need within health care systems to identify strategies for achieving higher […]
Abstract Number: 261
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Growing antimicrobial resistance, C. difficile infection and cost have triggered a greater reliance on antimicrobial stewardship. Most stewardship models rely upon a central team, often led by ID specialists, to oversee prescribing in an institution. However, there are limitations to this paradigm. Purpose: We believe opportunities exist for hospitalists to drive stewardship by integrating […]
Abstract Number: 292
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: As the concept of a rapid response team continues to evolve nationwide, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the proactive monitoring of patients through surveillance tools is important to prevent adverse events. However, it is notable that the interpretation these surveillance tools require a higher level of clinical expertise and it is more and […]
Abstract Number: 337
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Pressure injuries are tissue damage caused by pressure and shear. Susceptible patients are the elderly, acute, critically ill and malnourished. Pressure injuries severely deplete hospital performance measures in the U.S. Currently, over 2.5 million patients develop pressure injuries at a national cost of about $25 billion each year and are implicated in 50,000 deaths. […]
Abstract Number: 339
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: First year hospitalists have higher inpatient and 30 day post discharge mortality than hospitalists with at least a year of experience. The Joint Commission found that improper orientation and training is the second leading cause of sentinel events in hospitals. There is neither literature nor guidelines to inform best practices for Hospital Medicine (HM) […]
Abstract Number: 347
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: A previous project targeting Medicine residents’ high-value care practices prompted evaluation of the non-resident hospitalist teams ordering practices. Would exposure to residents (receiving education on high-value care) translate to changes in attending physician ordering on hospitalist-only teams? Purpose: Participants included Medicine physicians attending on the non-resident and resident inpatient services. Data collected from the […]
Abstract Number: 349
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Prescribing of opioid medications has been a hot button issue for at least a decade now. Hospitalists play a unique role as we are on the front lines of patient care and have to coordinate care between specialists and primary care physicians. That role as well as patient demands may make the path of […]