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Abstract Number: 190
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Medical patients with comorbid psychiatric illness comprise 20-40% of general medicine inpatient admissions. These patients often have multiple providers involved in their care which can lead to poor communication, longer lengths of stay, and increased resource utilization. Despite substantial need, no standard model of care exists for this patient population. At our academic medical […]
Abstract Number: 201
SHM Converge 2024
Background: There is a population of patients who visit Emergency Department (ED) frequently and this has become a challenge for the health-care system. A small proportion, four percent of ED patients, could constitute up to 20% of ED visits (1-3).Interdisciplinary approach of care management is the most widely evaluated and single-point-of contact (4).We conducted a […]
Abstract Number: 205
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital medicine patients with complex behavioral and psychiatric needs benefit from specific resources and training. Inability to provide intensive, longitudinal, and specialized support for patients with psychiatric needs contributes to dissatisfaction in clinical work for hospitalists, and may increase the risk for workplace violence from patients. Little is known about the prevalence of psychiatric […]
Abstract Number: 221
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The venous thromboembolism (VTE) rate in patients with current or recent hospitalization is 330/100,000 person-year vs. 8/100,000 in outpatients. Hence, hospitalists often assess risk and pursue a diagnosis of VTE in their patients. Lower extremity (LE) DVT risk prediction tools such as the Wells score perform poorly on inpatients and hospitalist specific guidelines for […]
Abstract Number: 249
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Family Partners (FP) are peer mentors trained to support parents facing clinical situations similar to what FPs previously experienced with their own children. FPs offer a family-centered, cost-effective intervention that can improve outcomes, particularly for children with prematurity or chronic diseases. Children with medical complexity (CMC) are a high need, high cost population with […]
Abstract Number: 326
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: In 2014, the organization created the RRT, a multidisciplinary team that reviews care of frequently admitted patients, strategizes how to help these patients, and coordinates care to develop a treatment plan. Of the patients reviewed, the team delivered a 47% decrease in readmissions. Purpose: The RRT addresses the needs of complex, chronically ill patients […]
Abstract Number: 334
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Due to the complexity of patient discharge needs leading to increased length of stay within a large academic medical center, a specialized inpatient unit became a priority. Purpose: The University of Kentucky Healthcare created the Complex Discharge team to identify and manage patients who may have a long length of stay, a challenging placement […]
Abstract Number: 341
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Previous research describes different models for mentorship of new hospitalists, however, most of these models are geared towards development in research, education or quality improvement skills. There is scarce work describing programs promoting the clinical development of new hospitalists. New hospitalists may face cases that are complex due to clinical, social, or administrative challenges […]
Abstract Number: 397
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 2-year-old girl with a past medical history of hypertension and anterior mediastinal mass of unclear etiology presents to the ED with acute bruising. 2 months prior, she was admitted to PICU for fever and lethargy, AKI, hyperuricemia and electrolyte abnormalities concerning for tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), and was found to have a […]
Abstract Number: 405
SHM Converge 2023
Background: In November 2021, we initiated a project to improve our length of stay (LOS) and plan of care for patients with a LOS of ≥6 days. We created the Complex Cases Rounds (CCRs) for all patients hospitalized under the hospital medicine service in our community hospital, Emory Johns Creek Hospital. Purpose: CCRs provide a […]