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Abstract Number: 47
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) methods are being used to drive positive change in healthcare. To date, these efforts have led to slow and inconsistent change. Insufficient expertise remains a significant rate-limiting step at many institutions. To address this barrier, trainees need opportunities to learn about and participate in QI/PS. At the University […]
Abstract Number: 52
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Discharge delays occur because of inconsistent communication among all clinicians and providers. Inefficient utilization of resources also contributes to delays. Effective communication among the patient care team is a foundation of creating an effective discharge planning process. We must standardize the process of communication as well as resource optimization in order to provide our […]
Abstract Number: 63
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Multidisciplinary (MDR) team rounds were established at Halifax hospital as daily, dedicated interactions between varying members of the care team on each inpatient floor. Members of the care team include physicians, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, and case managers. These multidisciplinary interactions allow for smooth, real-time, and accurate information that facilitate communication and enhance the […]
Abstract Number: 66
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Third and fourth year medical students’ experience on general internal medicine ward teams is an integral part of medical student education. At many institutions this experience includes participation in unit based Care Coordination Rounds (CCRs), including our own. These daily multidisciplinary discharge planning meetings are ubiquitous, however students are often uncomfortable presenting at these […]
Abstract Number: 70
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Co-management across service lines has become increasingly common in hospital medicine. SHM’s Co-Management Task Force has outlined several components of a successful co-management program. Recent studies have shown that cross-disciplinary service arrangements, which are more collaborative, enhance provider satisfaction and may improve patient care. These benefits have encouraged institutions to roll out multiple co-management […]
Abstract Number: 158
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) causes frequent painful episodes from vaso-occlusion. As hospitalists, we identified that SCD patients occupied a large number of hospital days. Undertreatment and lack of standardization of pain management was a likely reason for this. Many of these patients are opiate dependent at baseline. Varying levels of comfort amongst hospitalists in […]
Abstract Number: 169
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: One year all-cause mortality rates after a fragility fracture are as high as 24%. Treatment of osteoporosis following fracture reduces mortality, recurrent fractures rates, and healthcare costs. Without endocrinology involvement, clinicians often fail to recognize and treat osteoporosis. We aimed to assess the frequency of fragility hip fractures including recurrence rates at our academic […]
Abstract Number: 187
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Interdisciplinary team-based care is a promising concept in hospital medicine in which healthcare team members representing multiple disciplines collaborate to develop patient care plans. Multiple published studies showed that team based care is associated with decreased length of stay (LOS).1,2Patient-Centered Approach to Health (PATH) team was a redesign of the Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounding […]
Abstract Number: 193
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Adolescent e-cigarette use was declared as an epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon general in 2018 and has severe health consequences, including e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI). It is known that e-cigarette use is associated with mental health disorders and psychosocial stressors; however, there is a knowledge gap in characterizing psychosocial stressors […]
Abstract Number: 206
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The prevalence of delirium among hospitalized patients ranges up to 56% and results in increased hospital mortality and duration of hospitalization. Symptoms of delirium may be subtle in early stages and may present clinically as hyperactive, hypoactive or mixed type. As such delirium often evades early detection. In addition, delirium in the hospital setting […]