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Abstract Number: 16
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Delays in the discharge of the hospital ward patients cause a backlog for new admissions from the Emergency Department, and transfers from the Intensive Care Units and telemetry units. This bottleneck unnecessarily increases overall resource utilization and also negatively impacts patient care and satisfaction. Therefore, our Internal Medicine Residency Program aimed through this quality […]
Abstract Number: 51
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Unconscious bias within the U.S. health care system has been linked with disparities in the treatment of patients by age, gender, and race (1). While many factors contribute to these disparities, implicit bias may play a significant role. Stigmatizing language often reflects the implicit bias that healthcare providers possess toward patients (2). Recent research […]
Abstract Number: 96
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Stigmatizing language in clinical notes can negatively impact physician attitudes, propagate bias, affect prescribing behaviors, and exacerbate healthcare disparities, yet remains prevalent even in the Open Notes era. Prior analyses of stigmatizing terms in clinical notes are limited by the lack of context in which terms are used and multiple meanings of certain words […]
Abstract Number: B1
SHM Converge 2022
Background: Use of stigmatizing language in clinical note documentation is a recognized problem, but such notes may be viewed disparately and irregularly. Whether such language is also used in highly visible behavioral alerts (BAs), which are presented forcefully through push notifications and viewed repeatedly whenever a chart is opened, is unknown. Further, whether BAs with […]
Abstract Number: 205
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) can be a life-saving and curative therapy in hematological malignancies. Pre-transplant evaluation for HSCT is a multidisciplinary process that can be complicated, time-consuming, and expensive for patients to navigate. The process requires coordination between several medical subspecialties including pulmonary, cardiology, and mental health, in addition to social workers and […]
Abstract Number: 224
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Biases related to people with substance use disorder (SUD) actually increase during time spent in formal medical education, and continue into practice. Leading health professional education groups across medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work, including the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), have recognized addressing substance use disorders including stigma and bias as a […]
Abstract Number: 299
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with history of type 2 diabetes and one-month prior admission for acute renal failure in the setting of stage IV chronic kidney disease presented with symptomatic anemia found to have splenomegaly. A renal biopsy revealed features of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and necrotizing crescentic lesions with IgM kappa deposition, suspicious for cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis. Immunofixation […]
Abstract Number: 524
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 75 year old woman with past medical history of hypothyroidism presented with weakness and the sensation of “large folds of skin” on the bottom of her feet. Pertinent physical exam findings included conjunctival pallor, nonspecific diffuse abdominal tenderness, and hyperpigmented macules of the dorsal finger tips and soles, which were also new […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 59 yo Caucasian male presented from an outside hospital (OSH) with primary complaint of “leg abscesses” of 1 wk duration. Patient was afebrile, vital signs stable and in no acute distress complaining of painful “leg abscesses.” PMHx significant for recurrent scrotal cellulitis for the past few years, but was improving when the leg […]
Abstract Number: 619
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man with type 2 diabetes was admitted to our hospital because of impaired consciousness. The patient was fatigued for 10 days and had visited his primary care physician who administered an intravenous drip the day before admission. In ER, he was unconscious with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 6; his breathing pattern […]