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Abstract Number: 84
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Advanced practice providers (APPs) such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants have become an important addition to the hospital medicine team with the growing demand for physician providers. As APPs experience variable exposure to hospital medicine during training, the Society of Hospital Medicine and other governing bodies such as the American Academy of Physician […]
Abstract Number: 271
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Many efforts to improve bed availability in hospitals with high occupancy focus on encouraging providers to discharge patients earlier in the day without making substantial changes to workflows or to address barriers to patient care progression. Unfortunately, when this is most needed is often when teams are at their busiest with high census and […]
Abstract Number: 282
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Financial incentives motivate hospitals to focus on improving patient experience, quality indicators, and efficiency metrics. Efforts to geographically staff hospitalists have renewed the focus on quality improvement efforts at the inpatient unit level. However, in order to maximize the benefit of geographic staffing, a unit-level leadership structure and quality-improvement support system must be developed. […]
Abstract Number: 298
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Medicine is complex with extraneous workload impacting the daily flow of physicians. This may contribute to an increased risk of burnout (BO). Cognitive load from complex systems can decrease performance and increase risk of error. This study aims to evaluate the physician cognitive load (PCL) of a clinical workday in a national sample of […]
Abstract Number: 413
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: As patient turnover increases, inpatients and providers may feel pressure during discharge preparation. Hospitals emphasize early daily discharge to improve throughput and decrease length of stay. At our academic center, providers often report feeling rushed in the 24 hours before discharge. Increased work intensity may contribute to burnout for the interdisciplinary team. Few studies […]