Meeting
Abstract Number: 30
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hospitalized patients are consented for procedures on a daily basis, and obtaining informed consent is a core competency in professionalism and medical ethics for hospitalists. This provides an opportunity for academic hospitalists to evaluate this skill. AAMC released Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency (CEPAER) as a reference for graduating medical students, and […]
Abstract Number: 30
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The Limited English Proficiency (LEP) population is at higher risk of receiving poorer care and worse health outcomes compared to their English-speaking counterparts. Interpreters should be utilized to help improve these encounters, but physicians are rarely trained on how to work with interpreters effectively. This is reflected in a prior study showing that residents […]
Abstract Number: 37
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: HCAHPS is a nationally standardized, publically reported survey of patients’ perspective of healthcare. However, the effect of HCAHPS reporting on hospitals with baseline low versus baseline high patient satisfaction with physicians has not been studied. Therefore, our objective was to compare the long-term changes in the patient satisfaction with physicians in hospitals with baseline […]
Abstract Number: 37
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: When people with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) access the US healthcare system, a disparity is created, leading to worse outcomes and lower quality of care.1-5 In-person interpreters are essential in circumventing these disparities, yet pitfalls to collaboration between providers and interpreters persist.6-9 This study’s goal was to assess barriers and identify opportunities for intervention […]