Background: The ordering of unnecessary daily labs affects the safety of patients through hospital-acquired anemia, patient discomfort, and unnecessary downstream testing. This results in both additional financial and labor costs burdening the health system. As such, establishing effective interventions is warranted with necessary analysis of site-specific lab-ordering culture. We seek to perform this analysis to [...]

Background: During the initial COVID-19 surge in the Spring of 2020, adequate inpatient bed availability was a key factor in determining the quality of the care provided to our patients. Timely and efficient daily discharges were vital to creating bed capacity and decompressing access points. At our institution, an 800-bed tertiary care medical center outside [...]

Background: Prioritizing hospital discharges to improve throughput and safety is a common theme in hospital systems. More recently, there has been an increasing importance placed on early discharges. Earlier discharges help to improve flow for admitted patients through the emergency department. In addition, by expediting patient care, patients are able to have their questions answered [...]