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Abstract Number: 34
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Electronic health applications that aim to share personalized medical information with patients are not frequently found in hospital settings. These inpatient applications can empower patients and caregivers to review and monitor their most updated medical information and improve communication between patients and their providers (such as clinicians, nurses, case managers etc.). However, these applications […]
Abstract Number: 66
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: For most people, music serves as a calming influence or as a pleasurable stimulus that lifts their spirits. Hospitalized patients may experience boredom, fear, and unease while in the hospital, away from the comforts of home during their acute illness. In an attempt to both distract and cheer up hospitalized patients, we designed a […]
Abstract Number: 112
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Unexpected overnight adverse events are known to correlate with worse outcomes in inpatients. Unfortunately, the exact occurrence and etiologies of such events have been less known. Purpose: The aim of our study was to clarify the occurrence, etiologies of unexpected overnight adverse events and also propose the algorithm so that the catastrophic events […]
Abstract Number: 118
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Complex patients represent a challenge in the health care system, as they are frequently associated with high health care utilization, longer hospital stays, and higher costs. Nonetheless, the characteristics of the complex patients in the hospital setting are not well known, and tools to help hospitals to identify them early in the process of […]
Abstract Number: 120
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Acute Medical Assessment Units (AMAU) in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand improve inpatient flow and quality. It is critical to spread such best practices. Qatar, a GCC state (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE) has tremendous recent population growth stressing the healthcare system. Hamad General Hospital (HGH), the main national hospital, […]
Abstract Number: 252
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Readmissions after hospitalisation are a healthcare quality indicator and carry considerable financial penalties in some healthcare systems. Internationally, readmission rates at 28 – 30 days for medical inpatients range between 10 – 22%. However there is almost no information available around readmissions for medical inpatients in the Middle East region. We conducted a pilot […]
Abstract Number: 269
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Decreasing Use of Continuous Pulse Oximetry in Pediatric Inpatients Lavanya G. Shankar, MD, Lurie Children’s at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. Abstract Text: Background: Pediatric inpatients with simple respiratory diagnoses and hypoxia do not have clear guidelines on when Continuous Pulse Oximetry (CPO) may be discontinued after initially being placed. As a result, patients who have been […]
Abstract Number: 272
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The benefits of early ambulation for patients admitted to a hospital are well recognized. Our hospital has a “Nurse Driven Progressive Mobility Protocol” which is intended to guide bedside practitioners in implementing individualized progressive mobility for patients and includes several items that nurses are required to document. It categorizes patients into 5 mobility levels; […]
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: 383
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Hospital overcrowding and extended Emergency Department (ED) wait times are challenges facing most urban hospitals today. There is growing evidence to show that overcrowding in the ED is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and patient dissatisfaction. To improve overcrowding, hospitals have focused on discharge before noon (DBN) as an impactful and sustainable remedy. While […]