Meeting
Abstract Number: 213
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Anticoagulants are among the highest-risk medications in hospitalized patients. Studies have demonstrated that a majority of in-hospital anticoagulant adverse drug events are not only preventable, but are the result of excessive dosing. This is especially true for warfarin dosing, which is complicated by a lack of consensus among validated initial dosing nomograms. As part […]
Abstract Number: 270
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Discharging patients in an efficient manner improves patient satisfaction and hospital throughput. In this project, we sought to improve patient throughput as well as benefit resident education. Prior to our project, 75% of patient discharges were delayed more than two hours after the patient was determined to be medically ready for discharge; 21% were […]
Abstract Number: 287
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Medication errors harm 1.5 million patients yearly, designating medication reconciliation a National Patient Safety Goal. The average hospitalized patient is subject to at least 1 medication error per day (IOM,2007), with 70% of patients experiencing a medication discrepancy at either admission or discharge(Leapfrog,2018). Medication Reconciliation, creating the most accurate list of medications patients take […]