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Abstract Number: 202
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Prolonged lengths of stay (PLOS) on general internal medicine wards are associated with increased mortality and morbidity for patients and represent a costly source of health care spending [1]. Increasingly, nonmedical barriers to discharge, including the need for guardianship, limited facility options, and lack of home support are recognized as contributors to PLOS in […]
Abstract Number: 220
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Patient-clinician/clinician-family communication presents multiple challenges in the setting of serious illness. Cross cultural interactions compound these challenges. Amongst the United States’ American Indian (AI) tribes, there is minimal research that has addressed the challenges in clinician-patient communication. Studies in other ethnic minorities reveals an interest by patients and families for more direct information regarding […]
Abstract Number: 224
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Biases related to people with substance use disorder (SUD) actually increase during time spent in formal medical education, and continue into practice. Leading health professional education groups across medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work, including the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), have recognized addressing substance use disorders including stigma and bias as a […]
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: 228
SHM Converge 2021
Background: During COVID-19, students, residents and their programs find themselves in a unique situation. Balancing the educational needs of a training program with the safety of trainees is a challenging task, specifically when taking care of patients who are COVID-19 positive or patients under investigation. Purpose: One increasingly available tool that can help protect trainees, […]
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: 232
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Hospital at home is a novel healthcare delivery model offering acute inpatient care outside hospital walls. In the United States, hospital at home programs are almost exclusively offered in urban settings. Many rural regions of the United States have difficulty with adequate healthcare access, and there is little data on rural hospital at home […]
Abstract Number: 234
SHM Converge 2021
Background: An innovative team of practicing physician leaders launched a Physician on Duty (POD) program in order to provide daily, pro-active clinical leadership to our Mission Control center. Our Mission Control includes, in addition to the physician team, a clinical team performing centralized staffing, bed placement, transfer center, RN care expediting, and ambulance dispatch services […]
Abstract Number: 246
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) helps patients plan end of life care in accordance with their goals and values, but is often performed too late and infrequently. Hospitalists play an important role in delivering ACP for patients admitted for serious illnesses, but often cite competing inpatient priorities, lack of time and training, and uncertainty about […]
Abstract Number: 252
SHM Converge 2021
Background: General medicine consultation (GMC) requires familiarity with consultative medicine and effective collaboration, as well as understanding distinctions between consultation and co-management.1-6 Although GMC is a requirement of internal medicine training, little guidance exists in developing curricula, and co-management may be neglected.2 A GMC curriculum exists within the Section of Hospital Medicine at University of Chicago, […]