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Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Inpatient margins and hospital reimbursement have become increasingly dependent upon improving key metrics, such as length of stay and 30-day readmissions. Hospitalists typically lack access to credible, timely, and insightful metrics that inform their practice. In addition, individualized metrics, when available, struggle to properly normalize for patient complexity, warranted variations in care, shared decision-making, […]
Oral Presentations
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Inpatient margins and hospital reimbursement have become increasingly dependent upon improving key metrics, such as length of stay and 30-day readmissions. Hospitalists typically lack access to credible, timely, and insightful metrics that inform their practice. In addition, individualized metrics, when available, struggle to properly normalize for patient complexity, warranted variations in care, shared decision-making, […]
Abstract Number: 298
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Misuse of laboratory tests can be difficult to determine unless tests are clearly overused or repeated routinely. However, excessive testing of chronically critically ill patients treated in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) can be potentially harmful. A previously reported quality improvement initiative designed to increase physician awareness of their patterns of lab utilization in […]
Abstract Number: 352
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Appropriate use of consultation can improve mortality and decrease cost of care. However, inappropriate consultation may carry risks to patients. Little is known about the variability of inpatient consultation. We aim to describe patient-, admission-, and physician- level factors that influence the variability of inpatient consultation. Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of 2011-2015 […]