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Abstract Number: 312
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Interprofessional teamwork in healthcare organizations is crucial to the delivery of quality patient care. Efforts to improve teamwork on hospital medicine units commonly fail due to clinicians and other care team members (case managers and pharmacists) are responsible for patients scattered across numerous floors and units. UK HealthCare developed and implemented the Interprofessional Teamwork […]
Abstract Number: 314
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) has been shown to enhance knowledge, skills, and collaborative attitudes among healthcare providers, while also improving patient outcomes. While IPE is becoming more common in undergraduate medical education, many graduate medical education (GME) programs currently lack formal curricula. Those GME curricula that involve experiential learning have focused largely on the nursing […]
Abstract Number: 317
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: The 2001 Institute of Medicine Report Crossing the Quality Chasm cited a lack of care coordination as a contributing factor to the “chasm” between evidence-based and delivered care and suggests team-based models of care delivery. Hospitalists are tasked with increasing efficiency in inpatient care. LOS is designated as a measure of care coordination and […]
Abstract Number: 326
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The hospitalist role has traditionally been within the hospital setting where a dedicated Rapid Response Team (RRT) and critical care support are available to respond to acute clinical events. While hospitalist involvement in RRT/Codes can vary by institution, the academic hospitalist is infrequently the RRT/Code team leader. As the hospitalist’s scope expands to new […]
Abstract Number: 327
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Effective patient handoffs during care transitions are crucial in the skilled nursing home setting where physician providers may not round on a daily basis, and the healthcare facility staff has shift changes on a daily basis. Currently, many critical communications regarding patients are shared via private phone calls, text messages, emails and log books. […]
Abstract Number: 332
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Sepsis is a leading cause of death in US hospitals, and is a major contributor to hospital mortality and length of stay. Much has been done in hospitals nationwide to identify and treat sepsis early. Similarly, at Bridgeport Hospital, a clinical redesign was initiated to identify and act on patients with signs of sepsis […]
Abstract Number: 334
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Due to the complexity of patient discharge needs leading to increased length of stay within a large academic medical center, a specialized inpatient unit became a priority. Purpose: The University of Kentucky Healthcare created the Complex Discharge team to identify and manage patients who may have a long length of stay, a challenging placement […]
Abstract Number: 335
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital discharges before noon have become a common institutional goal in order to improve hospital throughput, reduce emergency department boarding time, and enhance patient satisfaction. Evaluation of baseline rates at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), a 100-bed academically-affiliated community hospital, demonstrated <10% of patients were discharged before noon. Purpose: To improve rates of […]
Abstract Number: 347
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: A previous project targeting Medicine residents’ high-value care practices prompted evaluation of the non-resident hospitalist teams ordering practices. Would exposure to residents (receiving education on high-value care) translate to changes in attending physician ordering on hospitalist-only teams? Purpose: Participants included Medicine physicians attending on the non-resident and resident inpatient services. Data collected from the […]
Abstract Number: 348
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: There is often little communication across inpatient medicine teams at a busy academic medical center. Although teams comprise trainees across many levels, individual teams often work in parallel without relating shared challenges and experiences. This can be isolating, and practicing in such silos can propagate systems issues and contribute to burn out. Purpose: Create […]