Meeting
Abstract Number: 12
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Our hospitalist group has seen a rise in the number of Advanced Practice providers (APP) due to increasing patient workload. The APPs come from varying backgrounds, are within 2 years of graduation and have had little experience in evaluating common emergent and nonemergent presentations on the hospital medicine service. Our current practice is for […]
Abstract Number: 13
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Joint leadership- modeled by physician-nurse dyad unit leaders has been a successful leadership structure at our organization for years. Advanced practice providers (APPs) have grown significantly in numbers over the past 10 years and have become critical members of our inpatient healthcare teams. They represent a stable and engaged workforce. In 2016, the nurse-physician […]
Abstract Number: 364
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are becoming a very prevalent part of academic hospital medicine. From 2016 to 2018, APP utilization in academic hospital medicine groups has increased by 23.6%, with 75.7% of academic HMGs now employing APPs. In our division, APPs have become an integral part of our educational fabric, teaching a wide array […]