Meeting
Abstract Number: 247
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Computed tomography (CT) can provide critical information for diagnosis and is a prevalent and easy-to-use imaging test, but overtesting becomes a big problem. The previous report showed 30-40% of abdominal CT scans were medically unnecessary. Therefore, head CT is a research topic in overtesting, and clinical predictive scores have been developed to avoid overtesting […]
Abstract Number: 323
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: There is a paucity of literature examining length of stay for medical patients requiring discharge to subacute rehabilitation facilities (SAR). At our institution, this subset of patients had an average length of stay (ALOS) of 8.2 days while medical patients being discharged to home had ALOS of 4.2 days during the first half of […]
Abstract Number: 331
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In the US, hospitalist system has been introduced with improvement of quality and safety of care, education and value. Japan now face rapidly declining birthrate and aging population. Organ-based subspecialty system has difficulty in managing patients with multiple diseases. Patient-centered general medical care is required for inpatient management. However, in Japan, there are only […]
Abstract Number: 476
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: COPD is the third leading cause of death and hospital readmissions. Inpatient care for patients with COPD exacerbations varies widely across the US which can lead to patients failing to receive recommended evaluation, treatment, education, and follow-up to reduce the likelihood of recurrent exacerbations and unnecessary acute care utilization. In an effort to innovate […]