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Abstract Number: 79
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Identifying patients who may benefit from a Serious Illness Conversation (SIC) in the hospital is an important step in increasing SIC timeliness. Epic’s Readmission Risk Score (RRS) is an electronic health record integrated composite score (0-100%) that includes diagnostic, laboratory, medication, order, and utilization variables to predict unplanned, 30-day readmission and was found by […]
Abstract Number: 107
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Prognostication of survival in advanced cancer patients has been challenging and contributes to poor illness understanding. Disagreements among providers about prognosis occur and is a less studied phenomenon. We asked the Surprise Question (SQ), “Would I be surprised if this patient died within the next 1 year, 6 months, and 1 month?” to Palliative […]
Abstract Number: 216
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Prognostication of survival in advanced cancer patients has been challenging and contributes to poor illness understanding. Prognostic disagreement occurs even amongst providers and is a less studied phenomenon. We introduced the Surprise Question (SQ), “Would I be surprised if this patient died in the next 1 year, 6 months, and 1 month?”, at multidisciplinary […]
Abstract Number: 223
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Advance Care Planning (ACP), palliative care (PC), and enrolling inpatients near end of life into hospice are known methods to improve patient experience and reduce inappropriate use of inpatient (IP) resources. We sought to increase ACP, PC, and hospice referral by proactively identifying patients near end of life. Methods: In 2020 we introduced the […]
Abstract Number: 382
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: As chronic illnesses are claiming majority of deaths in United States, it is very important that we identify patients with chronic illnesses who have shortened life expectancy and prioritize their needs for palliative care. The different death trajectories of chronic illnesses make it difficult to prognosticate such patients. Available prognostication tools, both disease specific […]