Meeting
Abstract Number: 98
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The 2016 State of Hospital Medicine report showed that the average hospitalist compensation model is composed of 80% base pay, 15% productivity, and 5% performance. Much variation exists by region in the make-up of the performance component with a rise in measures focused on patient satisfaction and readmission and significant differences in weight given […]
Abstract Number: 157
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Warfarin-associated adverse drug events are dangerous, common, and costly. Anticoagulation safety is a national priority. While multiple tools exist for warfarin management in the outpatient setting, there is a dearth of guidance with regard to inpatient management. This study aims to: 1) describe a health system’s inpatient chronic warfarin quality metrics, defined by International […]
Abstract Number: 223
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: A “safe” hospitalist workload – that is, the point at which caring for too many patients leads to poorer outcomes for each individual patient – has not been defined. We sought to understand whether the workload of a resident-run inpatient team, measured by number of orders entered into the electronic medical record, was associated […]