Meeting
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Cross-cover is defined as caring for hospitalized patients for whom one is not the primary provider. This is a common, daily practice for residents and hospitalists. It has been demonstrated that the primary intern for a patient is available for only 39% of a patient’s hospital stay. Despite this, no guidelines currently exist regarding […]
Abstract Number: 437
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Over the past 50 years, observation status patients have been cared for in a variety of settings: in the emergency department, on inpatient floors, and in dedicated observation units. At our medical center, inpatient teams have traditionally cared for observation patients on medical wards. Patients were often unaware of their admission status until they […]