Case Presentation: A 62‐year‐old woman presented with the acute onset of severe abdominal pain of approximately 6 hours duration. Earlier that day, she had undergone a colonoscopy, during which one 18‐mm sessile polyp was removed. She tolerated the procedure well and there were no reported complications. She felt well after the procedure and returned home, […]

Background: The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM)’s Quality Improvement Special Interest Group’s (QI SIG) mission is “to create and maintain a community that promotes quality improvement by connecting quality improvement enthusiasts to each other and the resources necessary to develop and hone quality improvement skills.” The QI Initiative subgroup of QI SIG was charged with […]