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Abstract Number: 25
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Discharge summaries assist in the transition from inpatient to outpatient care by communicating key diagnoses, medication changes, and follow-up instructions. Despite use of standard formats for discharge summaries through electronic medical records (EMR), primary care physicians (PCPs) report dissatisfaction with locating important information in discharge summaries. Purpose: The aim of our project was to […]
Abstract Number: 198
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Hospital discharges represent an important transition of care between the inpatient and outpatient setting. Discharge summary documentation enables providers to convey clinical reasoning and important updates in patient care; however, reviews of these documents suggest error rates as high as 36.4% (1.42 errors per document) (McMillen, et. al. 2006). Formalized resident discharge summary curricula […]
Abstract Number: 245
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Patients admitted to inpatient hospital services are increasingly cared for by hospitalists rather than their primary care providers. When transitioning from hospital-based to ambulatory care, suboptimal information transfer can lead to serious adverse events and readmissions; therefore, demands for timely preparation of high-quality discharge summaries are increasing. Confronted with these demands, most hospitalists are […]
Abstract Number: 269
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Multiple studies have established that delays in discharge summary transmission were associated with higher rates of all-cause hospital readmissions. It has been recently shown that delaying the completion of discharge summaries beyond 72 hours increased the risk of 30-day readmissions by 9%. We had embarked on an initiative to improve the rate of discharge […]
Abstract Number: 301
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: While CT imaging has become an invaluable tool for expedited medical evaluation, its use has been associated with an increasing number of incidental findings, the handling of which creates both medical and logistical challenges. Pulmonary nodules are among the most frequent and medically relevant incidental findings, but are easily overlooked – especially when discovered […]
Abstract Number: 309
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Hospital discharge summaries are critical to transitions of care as they are oftentimes the only substantive form of communication that accompanies patients to their next care setting. The lack of interoperability in our healthcare IT ecosystem amplifies the need for discharge summaries to mitigate subsequent duplication of services and increased costs. These documents must […]
Abstract Number: 353
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Poor communication among health providers during transitions of care (TOC) between inpatient and outpatient settings is being increasingly recognized as responsible for subpar health outcomes, wasteful healthcare spending and low patient satisfaction. Such poor communication remains the status quo as it becomes part of the implicit curriculum in residency training when residents are not […]
Abstract Number: 426
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital discharge is a complex and dangerous process. The emergence and rapid growth of the Hospitalist specialty with the simultaneous decline of traditional practice models complicates discharges. In light of the discontinuity, it is crucial to build reliable communication tools that facilitate transmission of critical information.The discharge summary is an essential piece of that […]
Abstract Number: C16
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Effective communication at hospital discharge between inpatient and outpatient providers is critical to improving transitions of care and reducing hospital readmissions. A key part of transitions communication is the hospital discharge summary (DCS). Prior studies show that DCSs are often not available to primary care providers (PCPs) at the time of hospital follow-up and […]