Background: Despite a public health crisis – over 500,000 individuals have died from opioid overdoses since 2000 – and the availability of effective therapies, most patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are not offered treatment. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), such as with buprenorphine, is associated with significantly higher rates of abstinence and follow-up, lower rates of [...]

Background: Despite a public health crisis – over 500,000 individuals have died from opioid overdoses since 2000 – and the availability of effective therapies, most patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are not offered treatment. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), such as with buprenorphine, is associated with significantly higher rates of abstinence and follow-up, lower rates of [...]

Background: A fifth of older adults discharged from the hospital require readmission within 30 days. Readmissions impose an enormous burden on both patients and the healthcare system. Previous investigations have found that less than half of discharged patients are able to understand and execute the discharge plan and are likely to overestimate their comprehension of [...]

Background: Healthcare systems need formal processes for recognizing achievements in healthcare improvement to support promotion. To aid in the recognition of faculty members’ contributions to healthcare improvement, institutions have begun to use portfolios to document and highlight an individual’s achievements and successes. All healthcare professions contribute to healthcare improvement. Yet, existing healthcare improvement portfolios have [...]

Background: Interprofessional rounding has improved patient safety and provider engagement (1). Our institution implemented interdisciplinary patient rounds (IPR) similarly described in the literature (2). Despite praise for our nursing safety checklist, declining emphasis on bedside teaching and brief patient interactions lead to provider dissatisfaction. Purpose: To provide high-quality patient care, foster interprofessional collaboration, and provide [...]

Background: Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable morbidity and mortality in the United States. Hospitalization is known to be an opportune time to initiate cessation interventions, and interventions with sustained postdischarge contact may increase the relative likelihood of cessation by 65% compared to usual care. Additionally, compared to physicians and nursing staff, clinical [...]