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Abstract Number: 339
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Translating academic effort into scholarship and portfolios for institutional awards and promotion is time intensive and can be challenging to incorporate into the daily work of academic hospitalists. Writing accountability groups offer an opportunity to increase scholarly productivity and receive peer support. Purpose: The goal of the VA Hospitalist Writing Accountability Group is to […]
Abstract Number: 342
SHM Converge 2023
Background: 83.3% of Hospital Medicine (HM) groups employ Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).1 However, per a study in Journal of Hospital Medicine APPs are less frequently involved (< 50%) in teaching, research, QI and leadership training suggesting underutilization of APPs in these realms.2 Furthermore, according to 2021 NCCPA data 40.2% of PAs identified professional burnout influenced […]
Abstract Number: 365
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The growth of academic hospitalists has lagged behind the expansion of hospital medicine as a specialty, and leaders within the field have called the lack of academic hospitalists a challenge to the academic credibility of the field.1 Previous publications have cited challenges to developing academic hospitalists including lack of access to resources, an absence […]
Abstract Number: 377
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: As the field of HM continues to evolve, many hospital medicine groups (HMGs) are expanding their scope of practice outside of the care of the hospitalized patient. Our HMG, a 120-physician team working at 2 tertiary care hospitals in the New York Metropolitan area, is no exception. Over the past 3 years, our HMG […]
Abstract Number: 450
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Cost associated with diagnostic testing contributes greatly to the rising cost of health care in the United States (Bindraban et al, 2018). There is evidence to suggest that up to 20% of lab testing is unnecessary (Bindraban et al, 2018).Main Line Health (MLH) is a health system in suburban Philadelphia made up of four […]
Abstract Number: 529
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62 year old woman with a history of hypertension suddenly developed a headache starting 3 days after receiving the influenza vaccine. The headache worsened and was associated with nausea, photosensitivity and vomiting. The next day she was lethargic, and that night, her husband states she sat up in bed and started “speaking […]
Abstract Number: 758
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: The patient was a 38 year old male with a 5 year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) who presented with a flare of symptoms during the past year, resulting in a 60 lb weight loss. He had been having up to 42 bloody bowel movements per day. The patient was found to have […]
Abstract Number: 860
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: An eighteen-year-old woman presents with progressively worsening weakness in her legs as well as numbness throughout her body. She also endorsed rhinorrhea, nasal congestion, abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting and decreased urine output. Her past medical history included depression and asthma. She received a flu vaccine 30 days prior to symptom onset and denied […]
Abstract Number: H20
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Academic promotion in Hospital Medicine (HM) can be limited by lack of senior mentorship and limited opportunities for early/mid-career (EMC) academic hospitalists to develop national collaborations. Purpose: To provide opportunity to EMC academic hospitalists to showcase institutional best practices in an effort to gain national exposure/reputation, enhance academic portfolio, and foster networking amongst participating […]
Abstract Number: L17
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Considerable resources are expended by academic divisions of hospital medicine (HM) to recruit and retain physicians that will be successful. Despite the high stakes for the institution and candidate, there is a lack of data to guide these decisions. Suppositions regarding what attributes contribute to success predominate. We evaluated the relationship between factors known […]