Meeting
Abstract Number: 35
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Approximately 1.6 million patients are transferred between hospitals yearly, with disproportionately high cost and mortality. Despite the risk associated with inter-hospital transition of care, there is no established best practice in coordinating and triaging transfers. This gap in knowledge is partly driven by a dearth of studies which integrate clinical data before and after […]
Abstract Number: 137
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Transitions of care, whether between or within institutions, are an important source of errors, inefficiency, and unnecessary costs. Inter-hospital transfers are complicated by incongruent information systems, indirect and asynchronous communication, and geographical distance all in settings of high patient complexity and acuity. We developed a large database of patients transferred between hospitals to identify […]
Abstract Number: 346
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: As electronic health records (EHR) become ubiquitous, the impact on patient outcomes remains largely unknown. One major communication barrier during patient transfers is the lack of interoperability between EHR systems. Inter-hospital transfers involve transitioning high acuity patients between hospital systems that may not be able to directly communicate with one another, creating the ideal […]