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Abstract Number: 195
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Timely discharge of medically-ready patients from acute care hospitalization can reduce strain on hospital resources and limit patient exposure to iatrogenic harm [1-2]. The smooth transition of these patients to post-acute care has been critical during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase acute care bed availability and reduce the potential of hospital-based viral transmission [3]. […]
Abstract Number: 197
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has required healthcare systems to meet new demands for rapid information dissemination, resource allocation, and patient tracking and reporting. To help address these unique challenges, the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) has leveraged Integrated Clinical Pathways (ICPs), which are flexible decision support tools integrated directly into the electronic health record. […]
Abstract Number: 225
SHM Converge 2021
Background: In the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a lack of knowledge about this new disease. Keeping up to date with new, rapidly expanding literature was demanding. Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) practices were ambiguous and critical evaluation of scientific articles was challenging. Management of patients with COVID-19 was often isolating for providers and […]
Abstract Number: 229
SHM Converge 2021
Background: It is imperative for Physician Assistant (PA) students to be exposed to hospital medicine as 40% of practicing PAs identify the hospital as their principal clinical practice setting (1). Many of these rotations were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, negatively impacting the 70% of PA programs not affiliated with an academic medical center […]
Abstract Number: 236
SHM Converge 2021
Background: As COVID-19 spread across the globe, hospitals restricted visitors in an attempt to protect patients and healthcare providers. The absence of in-person visitors and loved ones, who play a central role in clinical decision-making by clarifying medical histories, elucidating patients’ baseline status, and bridging linguistic and cultural divides, left patients vulnerable to social isolation, […]
Abstract Number: 244
SHM Converge 2021
Background: During the COVID19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and US Department of Health and Human Services liberalized guidelines to allow for broader access to telehealth services. Previously the use of telehealth platforms in hospital and by the hospitalists has been limited. Purpose: Describe rapid implementation of an interprofessional, inpatient, secure telehealth […]
Abstract Number: 245
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Diagnostic errors are often attributed to cognitive and systems factors, including breakdowns in patient-clinician communication. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited this communication due to institutional infection control policies and physical distancing mandates, potentially increasing risk of diagnostic error. Virtually administered questionnaires that engage patients in assessing their experience with the diagnostic process have potential […]
Abstract Number: 249
SHM Converge 2021
Background: In March 2020, with a precipitous surge of cases within a three-week period, the hospital infrastructure crumbled–COVID-19 impacted New York with unparalleled intensity. The unrelenting volume of patients coupled with the prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stays of COVID patients led to a rapid expansion from two medical ICUs at our two academic centers […]
Abstract Number: 251
SHM Converge 2021
Background: COVID-19 has drastically changed medical school curriculum across the country. In March, the AAMC recommended pausing clinical activities for all medical students [1]. In response, the University of New Mexico School of Medicine (UNM SOM) transitioned to a virtual curriculum and implemented a four-week virtual public health course on COVID-19, followed by virtual clerkships […]
Abstract Number: 259
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The diagnostic process is fraught with diagnostic uncertainty. Typically, discussions about diagnostic uncertainty occur upon admission and during rounds, which are increasingly conducted virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, key dimensions in the diagnostic process (history taking, physical examination, interpretation of diagnostic tests) are affected by breakdowns in communication between patients and clinicians, physical […]