Background: The hospitalist service at this large Academic tertiary center has a length of stay index that is longer than expected. Despite improvements in multi-disciplinary rounds and co-locating patients on a geographical units, improvements in length of stay slowed. Interviews of hospitalist physicians indicate that there are frequent delays in procedures, imaging and consult recommendations. […]

Background: Family-centered rounds on our pediatric hospital medicine teaching service, which cares for patients in multiple units throughout the hospital, are often prolonged with unpredictable progression. This contributes to inconsistent nursing participation, inefficiencies in patient care, and variable end times. Through the implementation of scheduled-based rounding, our aims were to: 1) start 90% of rounds […]

Background: Hospital medicine groups endeavor to avoid excessive workloads which can contribute to burnout. 1,2,3,4Groups vary in how new patients are distributed, but larger groups often assign a single hospitalist to carry an admitting pager and distribute new patients among several colleagues. This “admitting pager” role combines high volume with frequent interruptions and multitasking as […]

Background: Understanding a hospitalist’s efficiency is important to identify opportunities to provide support and prevent burnout (1). This is key when onboarding new hospitalists, as early intervention can lead to rapid improvement and a long-term sustainable career. The evaluation of hospitalist efficiency can be difficult and is often thought to require close clinical shadowing or […]

Background: There exists no standardized means of assessing hospitalist performance on quality, safety, efficiency and value metrics.Timely, accurate and meaningful feedback on individual performance is imperative to drive improvement. Methods: The components of the MEQI align with the institution’s most important metrics, including readmission rate, hospital acquired conditions and observed to expected length of stay. […]

Background: As the aging population with multiple comorbidities continues to grow in our country, appropriate resource utilization and efficiency of care remain a priority for many acute care facilities to reduce hospital acquired debility, healthcare costs, and improve patient experience. The physical therapist’s assessment of the patient’s functional capacity plays a crucial role in discharge […]