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Abstract Number: 258
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Late discharges are a known barrier to patient flow. Our project was to identify barriers to early discharges and develop processes to increase early discharges from the inpatient medicine teams. Purpose: “Daily afternoon multidisciplinary team huddles will increase the % of discharge orders before 10am by 10% on the medicine teams by June 2015” Description: We initially analyzed reasons […]
Abstract Number: 294
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Prioritizing hospital discharges to improve throughput and safety is a common theme in hospital systems. More recently, there has been an increasing importance placed on early discharges. Earlier discharges help to improve flow for admitted patients through the emergency department. In addition, by expediting patient care, patients are able to have their questions answered […]
Abstract Number: 316
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Interdisciplinary Rounds (IDRs) are essential for coordinating patient care on hospital units within the two acute care hospitals of St. Peter’s Health Partners located in Albany, New York (a 440-bed tertiary care hospital and a 160-bed hospital). However, with a length of stay O:E ratio as high as 1.34, we were concerned that not […]
Abstract Number: 321
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Care Coordination Rounds (CCR) provide an opportunity for members of the multidisciplinary health care team to communicate as a group regarding the care and discharge planning of hospitalized patients. The use of CCR has been found to improve efficiency and patient experience, while reducing healthcare expenditures, inpatient length of stay, and unnecessary readmissions. The […]
Abstract Number: 348
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: There is often little communication across inpatient medicine teams at a busy academic medical center. Although teams comprise trainees across many levels, individual teams often work in parallel without relating shared challenges and experiences. This can be isolating, and practicing in such silos can propagate systems issues and contribute to burn out. Purpose: Create […]
Abstract Number: 384
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In March 2019, the CEO of our public teaching hospital set a goal for the institution to become a high reliability organization. At that time, the hospital’s rates of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs), and hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) were above the national average. Evaluation […]
Abstract Number: 461
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital readmission rate is viewed as an indirect indicator of quality of care provided by a hospital. We completed a small pilot study looking at a multidisciplinary bedside huddle in the 24 – 48 hours before discharge which decreased readmission rates in high risk patients from 36% to 20% in a small pilot study. […]