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Abstract Number: 22
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The Society of Hospital Medicine considers stroke care a core competency in hospital medicine. It also challenges hospitalists to lead, coordinate, and participate in multidisciplinary efforts to improve stroke care within their organizations. Hospitalist trainees will be better positioned to accomplish this if they have a broad exposure to the continuum of stroke care […]
Abstract Number: 27
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Rapid response teams play an important role in the care of clinically deteriorating patients. Variability in team members, setting, and activation criteria creates unique challenges to studying these teams. The complexities and inefficiencies of rapid responses due to their heterogeneity are poorly understood. Here, we explore opportunities for improved rapid response team efficiency using […]
Abstract Number: 27
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Internal medicine residency contains procedural training, including guidance in paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, arthrocentesis, and central line placement. As a result, most hospitalists are able to perform these bedside procedures. However, national trends confirm that these procedures are increasingly referred to interventional radiology, and these referrals are associated with higher direct hospital costs.1 Enhancing […]
Abstract Number: 28
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Medical errors in hospitals are a significant threat to patient safety and often result from poor communication or poorly-activated interprofessional teams. Despite a recent focus on interprofessional education (IPE) in pre-clinical years and simulation settings, formal curricula for teaching medical trainees interprofessional communication and teamwork skills in clinical settings are lacking. Purpose: To create […]
Abstract Number: 33
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hospital readmissions continue to remain prevalent despite their negative impact on patient outcomes and economic cost. One in five Medicare beneficiaries is expected to be readmitted within 30 days. As a result, strategies to reduce readmissions is a point of emphasis for all healthcare systems. Guidance regarding reducing readmissions differs and is not abundant. […]
Abstract Number: 34
SHM Converge 2023
Background: The Palo Alto VA Hospital has an interdisciplinary Clinical Command Center (C3) that includes “Flow” nurse practitioners (NPs) who work closely with case management, social work and primary medical teams to identify and address barriers to care and assist in discharge planning and coordination. We have created a novel collaboration between a C3 Flow […]
Abstract Number: 34
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Joint Commission has identified “communication” as the third most frequent root cause of sentinel events.1 Alpha-numeric pagers are common for communication among healthcare professionals. Pagers are not HIPAA compliant and communication through pagers often lacks sufficient information for effective communication.2 Because pager communication is one-way, closed loop communication requires a return telephone call, disrupting […]
Abstract Number: 37
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The primary goal of an acting internship or sub-internship is to prepare a fourth-year medical student for their intern year. At our institution, this has traditionally occurred on inpatient hospital medicine teaching teams which include senior residents, interns, and third-year medical students. Because these teaching teams are crowded with learners, our acting interns report […]
Abstract Number: 39
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Multidisciplinary rounding (MDR) is a necessary component to safe and effective patient care and discharge during hospitalization. However, there are many barriers to daily MDR that can limit the effectiveness of the team. An interdisciplinary needs assessment of MDR at our institution revealed poor communication on plan of care and limited understanding of interdisciplinary […]
Abstract Number: 40
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: In the throughput arena, one of the most challenging groups of hospitalized patients is the long length of stay (LLOS) patients. Although representing a minority of inpatients, this LLOS population contributes to the majority of excess days. At our urban tertiary academic institution, a LLOS is defined as greater than 15 excess days. In […]