Background: Effective discharge planning requires early identification of patients’ post-acute care needs as well as potential barriers to placement. Housestaff receive little formal training on discharge planning and are instead expected to learn “on-the-go”. At the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (WLAVA) Medical Center there exists many disposition options that aren’t available to our housestaff […]

Background: Telemetry beyond 48 hours is indicated for a select patient population and when used inappropriately has risk. This includes increased cost of care, skin irritation, delirium contribution, and more likely to have false positives resulting in errors or extending length of stay.To encourage care that is truly necessary, free of harm, not duplicative, and […]