Session Type
Meeting
Search Results for Culture
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Some healthcare organizations struggle to improve quality. Identifying characteristics associated with underperformance may help inform approaches to improvement. Therefore, we sought to: (a) Identify organizational factors associated with low-performing healthcare organizations and (b) propose a conceptual framework with actionable domains, which we present as AMP (The Model to Amplify the Missing Potential), to inform […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: Oral
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: According to AHRQ, patient safety culture refers to the beliefs, values, and norms shared by health care practitioners and other staff throughout the organization that influence their actions and behaviors. Safety reporting (or incident reporting) is an important aspect of safety culture. Safety reporting of adverse events is a valuable epidemiological tool to measure […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Some healthcare organizations struggle to improve quality. Identifying characteristics associated with underperformance may help inform approaches to improvement. Therefore, we sought to: (a) Identify organizational factors associated with low-performing healthcare organizations and (b) propose a conceptual framework with actionable domains, which we present as AMP (The Model to Amplify the Missing Potential), to inform […]
Abstract Number: 9
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The value of follow-up blood cultures (FUBCs) to document clearance of bacteremia due to gram-negative bacilli (GNB) has not been well-established. Although previous studies suggested the yield of FUBC for GNB bacteremia is low, it remains to be elucidated for whom FUBC may be beneficial and for whom unnecessary. The objective of the study […]
Abstract Number: 27
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Patient experience (PEX) is associated with higher levels of adherence to recommended prevention and treatment processes, better clinical outcomes, improved patient safety within hospitals, and decreased inappropriate health care utilization. (1,2,3) Furthermore, overall patient satisfaction is associated with lower 30-day risk standardized hospital readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality. (4) Our hospital medicine […]
Abstract Number: 81
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Overuse of urine testing may result in downstream events that impact antibiotic use and hospital length of stay (LOS). The aims of this study were to examine the impact of inpatient urine culture testing on inpatient antibiotic use and hospital length of stay using a national administrative dataset. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort […]
Abstract Number: 152
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: TeamSTEPPS (Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety) has been shown to improve patient safety by improving teamwork and communication skills amongst all members of the interdisciplinary team. Methods: We developed a 4-hour TeamSTEPPS multi-disciplinary training session, conducted in our simulation center. We invited 90 core members of the medicine service to […]
Abstract Number: 237
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Respiratory rate (RR) is a predictor of adverse outcomes and an integral component of many risk prediction scores for hospitalized adults. Despite its clinical value, RRs are often inaccurate and may lead to misclassification of disease severity, potentially jeopardizing patient safety. Purpose: We sought to improve inpatient RR measurement by patient care assistants (PCAs) […]
Abstract Number: 268
SHM Converge 2021
Background: When COVID-19 first appeared in the U.S., few imagined the impact it would have on wellness and resilience of healthcare workers. The stress and uncertainty created by the pandemic increased secondary traumatic stress and burnout among individuals and the organization as a whole. The University of Chicago Section of Hospital Medicine came together to […]
Abstract Number: 284
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Blood cultures are frequently ordered in hospitalized patients, often to work up undifferentiated fever or leukocytosis. This leads to low rates of positive cultures and high burden of false positive results resulting in avoidable interventions and waste. A recent study in hospital medicine patients identified several predictors of blood stream infection (BSI), but the […]