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Abstract Number: 129
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Bronchiolitis is a clinical diagnosis, with growing research supporting limited use of diagnostic tests and interventions. Hospitals have reduced use of bronchodilators and imaging, but the national average of respiratory viral testing (RVT) in these children continues to be high at 33%. Over the past three years, RCHSD’s rate has persisted at 31-35%, despite […]
Abstract Number: 316
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: There is increasing recognition that high quality transitions of care are essential to ensuring patient safety. While no universal standard has been identified, using available literature and data from provider surveys, Project Impact identified key elements for acute care discharge education. However, no studies have focused on the parent perspective. Objective: To determine parental […]
Abstract Number: 349
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play a growing role within hospital medicine groups. We studied physician perceptions of NPs and PAs in Hospital Medicine and identified factors that impact these perceptions. Methods: Data was collected through a mixed methodology survey with both open and closed-ended questions on a 6 point Likert scale. […]
Abstract Number: 396
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recommends a structured, patient-centered discharge communication process. To create patient-centered discharge communication, it is vital to understand the information that patients value upon discharge. Little is known about how patients prioritize discharge information; therefore, our objective was to determine the perceptions of hospitalized patients about the relative […]
Abstract Number: 404
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Unplanned hospital readmissions are a burden on patients and cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars each year in the United States1. Multi-component interventions have been the most effective at readmission reduction.2. But with hospital resources spread thin, it may not be necessary or even feasible to provide a multicomponent intervention for all discharging […]