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Abstract Number: 201
SHM Converge 2024
Background: There is a population of patients who visit Emergency Department (ED) frequently and this has become a challenge for the health-care system. A small proportion, four percent of ED patients, could constitute up to 20% of ED visits (1-3).Interdisciplinary approach of care management is the most widely evaluated and single-point-of contact (4).We conducted a […]
Abstract Number: 214
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Healthcare costs in the United States continue to increase, largely driven by the high cost of pharmaceuticals. Cost transparency, the act of showing the cost of drugs to providers, has been proposed as a method of reducing healthcare costs, but its effectiveness has not been studied on a large scale. Methods: We tracked the […]
Abstract Number: 223
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hospital Medicine is being increasingly involved in improving various metrices of inpatient care such as length of stay and cost of care. Patients who do not meet ‘inpatient criteria’ often contribute to significant financial costs to hospitals and remain in ‘observation status’ during their hospital stay. Observations units which were introduced by emergency doctors […]
Abstract Number: 236
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Excessive laboratory use has been associated with increased hospital costs, increased incidence of anemia, and unnecessary additional testing and procedures. Previous studies have focused on resident interventions within teaching hospitals amongst other residents, but few studies have had residents intervene on non-teaching faculty. A quality improvement initiative was implemented at our institution to reduce […]
Abstract Number: 246
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Acutely-ill and multimorbid patients are frequently exposed to unintended medication errors after admission and their impacts on patient safety are profound. Designated ward-pharmacists as team members of our Hospital Medicine Center reconcile medications of hospitalized patients by identifying discrepancies in patients’ current medications and the medication used in acute care in emergency departments or […]
Abstract Number: 250
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Healthcare expenditures in the US have been increasing at an unsustainable rate, and thus there is a strong interest in resource stewardship of low-value diagnostic tests. At our institution, internal data, as well as The Vizient™ Clinical Data Base, showed high utilization of inpatient daily labs (complete blood count (CBC), basic metabolic panel (BMP) […]
Abstract Number: 251
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Little is known about the economic value of quality improvement (QI) interventions, including those related to central-line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI). Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Econlit, the Centre for Reviews & Dissemination Economic Evaluations, Greylit, and Worldcat from January 1, 2004 to May 15, 2015; examined lists of references; […]
Abstract Number: 252
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Readmissions after hospitalisation are a healthcare quality indicator and carry considerable financial penalties in some healthcare systems. Internationally, readmission rates at 28 – 30 days for medical inpatients range between 10 – 22%. However there is almost no information available around readmissions for medical inpatients in the Middle East region. We conducted a pilot […]
Abstract Number: 256
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Healthcare costs continue to represent a growing burden on the American economy. Current research has focused on methods to eliminate unnecessary tests or procedures to save costs and prevent waste. Hepatitis C antibody testing represents one example of a test that, when positive, almost never needs to be repeated in a patient’s lifetime. Once […]
Abstract Number: 259
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Whether or not a specialty medical center provides better patient outcomes and lower cost compared to a general hospital is controversial. In addition, few studies have focused on the specialty orthopaedic centers. The objective of our study is to evaluate if hospital length of stay (LOS) and cost were improved after the building of […]