Meeting
Abstract Number: 113
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding and delays in ED throughput have several important consequences , such as boarding of admitted patients in the ED, longer hospital stays and delay in effective inpatient discharge planning (1). Longer ED boarding time and delay in inpatient discharge process are parts of a vicious cycle of internal bottleneck contributing […]
Abstract Number: 167
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Failure to follow-up results of laboratory tests pending at discharge (TPADs) can lead to patient harm. Numerous interventions have been proposed to improve follow-up. The Laboratory Medicine Best Practices (LMBP™) workgroup, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, commissioned a systematic review to address the impact of various interventions on TPAD documentation, communication, and […]
Abstract Number: 298
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Limited data exist about the magnitude of and the factors associated with one-year mortality of medical patients after their hospital discharge. Factors known during the hospitalization may be associated with high mortality risk. One may also wonder whether healthcare utilization during the first 30 days after discharge are also of any prognostic value for […]
Abstract Number: 304
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) face barriers communicating with their medical providers and understanding their treatment plans. Prior work shows that communication barriers limit LEP patients’ understanding of their discharge instructions. However, little is known about disparities in outcomes between LEP and English proficient (EP) patients. To address this gap, we measured the […]