Meeting
Abstract Number: 119
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Since the implementation of the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program, 30-day readmissions have decreased across the U.S. regardless of hospital teaching intensity. The effect of financial penalties on long term readmission rates has not been studied. Teaching hospitals serve as leaders in medical education, research, innovation, and patient care. Therefore, we examined whether long-term readmission […]
Abstract Number: 518
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63 year old female with a past medical history significant for rheumatoid arthritis, COPD, hypertension, hypothyroidism who was admitted with the chief complaint of a rash. It was present for two months and was predominantly distributed on the extremities and gluteal region. It was painful and at times even pruritic. There were […]