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Search Results for Patient Safety
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 11
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Several institutions have implemented a medical procedure service (MPS) to improve timeliness of bedside procedures and standardize performance and training of procedures by internal medicine (IM) residents (1-2). A critical barrier to starting an MPS has been a lack of experienced proceduralists (3). In 2011, our IM residency program created an MPS led by […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 12
SHM Converge 2024
Background: At all academic medical centers, nurses and resident physicians are two prominent front-line contributors to the care of patients. During a patient’s hospital stay, they receive communication regarding their diagnosis, test results, management, and plan of care from both the resident physicians and the nursing staff. Therefore, it is critical to have effective communication […]
Oral Presentations
Abstract Number: 14
SHM Converge 2024
Background: In hospital medicine, around 250,000 diagnostic errors occur yearly in American hospitals and a significant proportion are attributed to failures in clinical reasoning. Feedback on the diagnostic process has been proposed as one method of improving clinical reasoning. However, in the current healthcare system barriers to the delivery and receipt of feedback include limited […]
Abstract Number: 18
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Previous studies have shown reduced costs and length of hospital with surgical comanagement performed by hospitalists. In Latin America, however, this practice of comanagement is still not standard among surgeons. The Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, localized in Southern Brazil, was the pioneer of Hospital Medicine in our country. It is a public, tertiary, […]
Abstract Number: 26
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Digital bedside information displays can alert clinicians about patient safety hazards, but the unintended consequences of these interventions are not well understood. Introducing new digital interventions may have implications for clinician satisfaction with the electronic environment, clinical team communication, and patient-centered care. Toward greater understanding of these unintended consequences, we described the content, form, […]
Abstract Number: 27
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Internal medicine residency contains procedural training, including guidance in paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, arthrocentesis, and central line placement. As a result, most hospitalists are able to perform these bedside procedures. However, national trends confirm that these procedures are increasingly referred to interventional radiology, and these referrals are associated with higher direct hospital costs.1 Enhancing […]
Abstract Number: 30
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) program has placed a much-needed spotlight on the role of resident physicians in patient safety (PS) and quality improvement (QI). Medical school training in PS/QI is highly variable and our residents received very limited formal training in PS/QI prior to the intervention […]
Abstract Number: 38
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Discharging patients is a complicated process that requires planning, coordination and communication between multiple care team members. Ideally this process begins at admission and is updated in real time as the patient care plan evolves and discharge needs become known. Discharge plans are often made using some form of static communication, such as in-person […]
Abstract Number: 40
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: After Libby Zion died tragically in a teaching hospital, much attention from the medical community, public and government, was directed at resident training and the number of hours worked consecutively. This marked a new era heralded by close scrutiny of the time residents spent in the hospital. Two dramatic reductions were mandated nationally by […]
Abstract Number: 41
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Teamwork is essential to providing safe, effective, patient-centered care. Prior research documented discrepancies in perceptions of teamwork and collaboration among nurses and physicians. However, prior studies have been limited to single sites and academic medical centers. Methods: We conducted surveys of healthcare professionals in 4 hospitals participating in the REdesigning SystEms to Improve Teamwork […]