Meeting
Abstract Number: 349
SHM Converge 2023
Background: In the emergency department (ED), patients living in unsafe conditions in the community, who do not have a clinical reason to be admitted, present the physician with a dilemma: admit the patient to the hospital, exposing the patient to the hazards of hospitalization, or have them return to the hazards of their living situation. […]
Abstract Number: 372
SHM Converge 2024
Background: To address the risk of missed or delayed diagnoses, organizations need to identify and learn from their diagnostic opportunities. However, current approaches to identifying diagnostic opportunities are insensitive, resource intensive and often have low yield.(1,2) Evaluation of diagnostic trajectories can highlight diagnostic opportunities. For example, a patient may re-present to the healthcare system with […]