Meeting
Abstract Number: 241
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 64‐year‐old female patient with a significant medical history of ovarian cancer in remission treated with surgery 20 years ago presented with a 5‐day history of shortness of breath and right‐sided chest pain. She referred that these symptoms were progressively getting worse, describing orthopnea and frequent urination. She also described that her urine […]
Abstract Number: 241
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Regionalization of a provider team’s patients within dedicated nursing units has been shown to allow for improved efficiency and interdisciplinary collaboration. However, the creation of full regionalization is not feasible or appropriate for many medical centers given resource limitations. We hypothesized that we could achieve a significant increase in patient regionalization by modifying admitting […]