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Abstract Number: 337
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Research suggests correlations between career satisfaction and lower levels of burnout.(1,2) Yet, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are less frequently involved (< 50%) in teaching, research, QI and leadership training suggesting opportunities in these realms.(3) To bridge this gap and increase APP career satisfaction, researchers developed a novel framework L.E.A.D. Figure 1 In 2022, L.E.A.D. […]
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: 495
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: 19-Year-old ,African American, female with significant medical history of hypertension, Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus, presents with chest pain for 24 hr. Pain was sub-sternal, pressure like,7/10,radiating to right arm and in between the shoulder blades, persistent ,precipitated by drinking alcohol the night before ,associated with Shortness of breath and palpitations. Patient had a history […]
Abstract Number: 665
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman with no prior past medical history presented to the emergency room with several weeks of dysphagia, rash on her face, hands, chest, accompanied by fatigue, malaise, followed by progressively worsening shortness of breath. Over 8 weeks, she also developed a rash over her dorsal hands and upper chest wall, associated […]
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: 781
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old woman initially presented with sudden dizziness upon sitting up, followed by persistent holocranial pressure headaches, blurry vision, and visual distortions resembling a kaleidoscope effect. The patient has primarily received outpatient care for persistent headaches and has undergone frequent monitoring due to worsening cognitive decline for which she was referred to a […]