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Abstract Number: 314
SHM Converge 2024
Background: A 2013 Mayo Clinic initiative (Henkin et al, 2016) to encourage communication between physicians and nurses by paging each to bedside for daily morning rounds improved physician and nursing perceptions of teamwork. Utilizing a mobile electronic-health-record-based alert for such a process has the potential to reduce implementation cost and feasibility barriers but has not […]
Abstract Number: 318
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Effective doctor-patient communication is crucial for the exchange of important information. Improved communication can positively influence patient satisfaction, adherence and ultimately can lead to improvement in health outcomes.Patient satisfaction scores in the inpatient setting are elicited using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey. Effective communication between a physician and […]
Abstract Number: 321
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Care Coordination Rounds (CCR) provide an opportunity for members of the multidisciplinary health care team to communicate as a group regarding the care and discharge planning of hospitalized patients. The use of CCR has been found to improve efficiency and patient experience, while reducing healthcare expenditures, inpatient length of stay, and unnecessary readmissions. The […]
Abstract Number: 375
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Interprofessional rounding has improved patient safety and provider engagement (1). Our institution implemented interdisciplinary patient rounds (IPR) similarly described in the literature (2). Despite praise for our nursing safety checklist, declining emphasis on bedside teaching and brief patient interactions lead to provider dissatisfaction. Purpose: To provide high-quality patient care, foster interprofessional collaboration, and provide […]
Abstract Number: 383
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Interdisciplinary rounding at the bedside is associated with improvements in patient flow metrics, interdisciplinary communication, and patient perception of teamwork among care team members. At UC San Diego Health, FIT (Focused Interdisciplinary Team) Rounding has been the standard of care on seven diverse patient care units since 2017. However, with the arrival of the […]
Abstract Number: 449
SHM Converge 2024
Background: SIBR originated from a multi-pronged initiative to improve value and outcomes for our patients. On the Oncology floor where the complexity of care is high and patients have several consultants involved in their care, it is very easy to have fragmentation of care and lose the patient’s trust. Our objective was to engage the […]
Abstract Number: 461
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital readmission rate is viewed as an indirect indicator of quality of care provided by a hospital. We completed a small pilot study looking at a multidisciplinary bedside huddle in the 24 – 48 hours before discharge which decreased readmission rates in high risk patients from 36% to 20% in a small pilot study. […]
Abstract Number: 540
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male with past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary and peripheral arterial disease, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, history of peripheral arterial embolism, history of stroke, vascular dementia and hypertension who presented with sudden onset of shortness of breath associated with cough and chest pain for one day. […]
Abstract Number: 880
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Case Presentation: A 30 year-old female presented postpartum day 1 following a normal vaginal delivery from an outside hospital after chest CT angiography (CTA) identified a 2.5 cm pericardial effusion. Review of systems was positive for dry cough, left sided chest pain, dyspnea on exertion, recent post-partum abdominal pain, chills, and diaphoresis. On arrival to […]
Abstract Number: E14
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Readmissions are costly to the healthcare system have been associated with low patient satisfaction scores, longer length of stay, and higher mortality. Identifying and addressing patient needs at the time of transitioning care from the inpatient to outpatient setting has the potential to reduce readmission rates. The purpose of our project was to develop […]