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Abstract Number: 147
SHM Converge 2023
Background: For patients at increased risk of hospitalization, reducing hospitalization is often a key objective and can have important effects on health care costs. The Comprehensive Care Physician (CCP) model was developed originally at the University of Chicago to reintegrate inpatient and outpatient care under the same physician for patients at high risk of hospitalization […]
Abstract Number: 163
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The nature of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) and attending physician (MD) relationship is that of trust, mutual respect, and delegation. In U.S. territories where MD supervision or oversight of APP practice is required by law, MDs are left to trust and delegate patient care tasks and authority to their collaborating APPs while sharing […]
Abstract Number: 169
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Role of physician assistants (PA) is well established in United States healthcare system. Hospitalist teams are utilizing PA services in various roles and in many different capacities. Demand of hospitalists is constantly increasing and there are not enough hospitalists to meet the demand. In academic medical centers resident’s duty hour restrictions and regulations have […]
Abstract Number: 171
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Physician shortage and healthcare access is a serious issue especially in a rural state like Arkansas and the dearth of physicians has further worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many US trained International Medical Graduates (IMGs) serve the underserved communities of Arkansas to fill in the physician gap. However, the uncertainties surrounding immigration policies, especially […]
Abstract Number: 173
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Hospitalizations related to injection drug use (IDU) are often complicated by complex psychosocial circumstances and behavioral health needs. Despite growing hospitalizations amongst this patient population, little is known about physician experience caring for these patients. Our study aims to explore physician perspectives in caring for patients with IDU to understand the impact of these […]
Abstract Number: 183
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Several studies attest the effectiveness of physician order set, also known as Power Plan (PP) in standardizing patient care and improving outcomes. In general, PP use is suboptimal. We hypothesized that PP use in patients admitted with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) assists in standardization and appropriateness of inpatient management. Methods: We conducted a […]
Abstract Number: 186
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Patients often must wait several hours before being seen by an admitting attending physician. Protracted admit wait times are undeniably associated with delays in care, patient and family dissatisfaction, and very likely increased lengths of stay (LOS), morbidity, and mortality. For over 10 years at our tertiary care academic institution, advanced practice providers (APP) were responsible […]
Abstract Number: 211
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospitalized patients receiving direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) sometimes require bridging with unfractionated heparin (UFH). Monitoring UFH with anti-Xa assays has been shown to correlate with better outcomes. However, DOACs interfere with anti-Xa assays resulting in inappropriate UFH dose adjustments that can negatively impact patient care. In 2015, we deployed an electronic health record (EHR) […]
Abstract Number: 223
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Since the advent of Electronic Health Record(EHR) and subsequent workload of clinical documentation, Hospital Medicine physicians are finding themselves spending more time in front of the computer and less with their patients. The implementation of EHR was intended to help physicians improve productivity and quality, however, data shows we are spending up to 25% […]
Abstract Number: 229
SHM Converge 2021
Background: It is imperative for Physician Assistant (PA) students to be exposed to hospital medicine as 40% of practicing PAs identify the hospital as their principal clinical practice setting (1). Many of these rotations were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, negatively impacting the 70% of PA programs not affiliated with an academic medical center […]