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Abstract Number: 373
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Critical event management skills are required for resident training. Critical events include rapid response events, acute clinical decompensation, and code blue events. Evidence supports simulation-based training to improve mastery and retention of these skills. We recognized a need for resident training in critical event management following concerns raised by interprofessional teams and safety event […]
Abstract Number: 376
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Emergency medicine doctors should take care of patients with a wide range of illnesses at various emergency levels from non-urgent level to that requiring immediate medical attention. Among those, cardiovascular emergencies are not so common but life-threatening disorders that must be recognized immediately to avoid delay in treatment and to minimize morbidity and mortality. […]
Abstract Number: 380
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Boarding of admitted patients in the Emergency Department has become an increasingly large problem throughout the country. Longer boarding times are associated with a wide range of adverse effects, ranging from patient discomfort to medical errors and death. Emergency Departments are not designed to provide inpatient care and require frequent diversion of attention and […]
Abstract Number: 380
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Healthcare institutions have chronic bed shortages and a medically and socially complex patient population that makes optimal management of post-discharge care especially important. Effective and timely follow up post-hospitalization can improve clinical outcomes by delivering transitional care when patients are the most vulnerable. We developed a multimodal design that delivers education to patients and […]
Abstract Number: 391
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Incidences of workplace violence have increased over the past decade and remain a major public health issue among health care workers. In response, there have been recent innovations in responses to perceived threats of violence in place of initiating a security emergency, i.e., “code grey,” which triggers immediate presence of hospital security at the […]
Abstract Number: 394
SHM Converge 2023
Background: To mitigate COVID-19 related hospital crowding, our hospital internal medicine (HIM) department collaborated with our emergency department (ED) to launch a service in which an HIM team was placed in the ED to assist with triage. The goal was to expedite patients with a clear need for admission, while diverting others who could be […]
Abstract Number: 401
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Case Managers (CM) are now a standard presence in emergency departments (ED) of large hospitals, partnering with ED and Hospital Medicine providers to improve care. They are integral in improving hospital throughput and reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and readmissions. Case Managers generally identify high-risk patients using a manual chart review process or by provider […]
Abstract Number: 418
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Our 165-bed community hospital is in a phase of rapid growth due to demographic changes and expansion of services offered within the hospital. While offering unprecedented level of healthcare access to the community, improvement with emergency department (ED) throughput has emerged as one of our challenges from a patient safety perspective. Unnecessarily prolonged ED […]
Abstract Number: 421
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The process by which patients are admitted to the inpatient setting after evaluation in the emergency department (ED) is a critical component of their care transition. Striking the proper balance between the speed of the process and the quality of the communication is paramount to optimizing workflows and ensuring patient safety. At our institution, […]
Abstract Number: 430
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: One of the challenges in hospital medicine is the effective and efficient evaluation of patients through the emergency department and admission. When this does not work well we see long wait times in the emergency department, patients leaving without being seen and decreased patient satisfaction. In the extreme case, we see ambulance diversion. This […]