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Abstract Number: I6
SHM Converge 2022
Background: During the past two years, societal events and the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly increased awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) efforts in the healthcare community. Hospitalists have a role in DEI efforts, especially as frontline providers during the pandemic, where racial disparities in hospitalizations (1) and deaths due to COVID-19 highlighted […]
Abstract Number: O8
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The increased morbidity and disproportionately high mortality rates among Black and Hispanic patients hospitalized due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are well documented. However, little is known about how patients’ experiences differ across racial and ethnic lines after discharge. Methods: A survey was conducted online in the United States by the Harris Poll from […]
Abstract Number: 104
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Efforts to advance health equity in the outpatient setting include routine screening for social determinants of health, expanded access to addiction treatment, and addressing pharmaco-equity. However, the question of how to advance health equity for patients who are hospitalized has been underexplored. We sought to understand hospitalists’ perspectives on health equity needs and innovations. […]
Abstract Number: 116
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Disparities in compensation and leadership still exist for women and underrepresented minorities in medicine. While studies have identified factors that lead to and perpetuate these inequities, institutions still struggle with how to implement long needed change to support increased diversity in our work environments, leadership opportunities, and equitable compensation specific to these populations. Purpose: […]
Abstract Number: 143
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) face multiple barriers to care and are at risk for worse health outcomes compared to similar patients with English Proficiency (EP). In sepsis, a common diagnosis and major cause of mortality in the US, the association of LEP with health outcomes has not been widely explored. We aimed […]
Abstract Number: 145
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Pain is assessed by nurses through either reported or observed intensity. Self-reported assessments, specifically a numeric score, are the gold standard and preferred to behavioral assessments. Disparities in the assessment and management of pain across race, ethnicity, and language status are prevalent, but we do not know how actual numeric pain scores vary and […]
Abstract Number: 155
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Assessing and treating pain in older adults is challenging. Although having patients self-report pain on a numeric scale is the recommended approach, age-associated conditions such as dementia, delirium, and impaired vision or hearing can prevent patients from effectively communicating their symptoms. Older patients are also at risk of adverse effects from commonly used analgesics […]
Abstract Number: 174
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Growth faltering or failure to thrive is a common cause of admission in infancy and early childhood. In the United States, approximately 2-10% of children experience lower-than-expected growth associated with malnutrition (Tang et al). Growth faltering accounts for 3-5% of pediatric hospitalizations (Mazze et al, 2019). Malnutrition is associated with complications of increased risk […]
Abstract Number: 175
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Equity is one of the fundamental domains of quality in healthcare. Disparities occur in clinical research enrollment among patients of racial and ethnic minority groups and low socioeconomic status. The racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 incidence and mortality accentuates the inequities in access to and representation in clinical trials. In the Adaptive COVID-19 […]
Abstract Number: 177
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Regionalization of pediatric healthcare has led to an increased proportion of hospitalizations at tertiary care centers and freestanding children’s hospitals. For some of these patients, transfer from another hospital is required to access inpatient care. There are known disparities in access to care for historically marginalized races/ethnicities, but it is unclear if these disparities […]