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Abstract Number: 126
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: There is an estimated 160,000 individuals that have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in New Jersey. HCV is a well-known and widespread challenge to personal, societal, and governmental resources and ultimately, human life. Current guidelines from the USPSTF recommend offering a 1-time screening for HCV infection to adults born between 1945 and […]
Abstract Number: 127
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak presents an infection control challenge to deliver care in a safe environment for patients and healthcare workers (HCW), further complicated by uncertainty regarding the nature of contagion of SARS-CoV-2 and PPE supply chain. On March 15, 2020, we introduced “medical distancing” rounding guidelines, with the aim of reducing transmission of COVID-19 when […]
Abstract Number: 128
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Increased asthma and obesity prevalence are independently associated with health disparities. This study sought to examine the relationship between these two conditions, particularly within the pediatric population at a major inner city teaching hospital. Methods: Patients aged 3 to 18 with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma and at least one hospital encounter for an […]
Abstract Number: 132
SHM Converge 2024
Background: High need patients are characterized by medical complexity, high amounts of health acute care utilization and disproportionate costs[1]. Recent studies have characterized worsening of loneliness in the general population, however, it has not been characterized in the high need population. We hypothesized that increases in loneliness would be associated with increasing symptoms of depression; […]
Abstract Number: 132
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Maternal chorioamnionitis usually means an otherwise healthy appearing newborn gets cultured and treated for presumptive bacterial infection pending culture results. This is often done in a NICU setting. These babies are overwhelmingly well and are discharged after they ‘rule out’. However, the need for additional treatment and care in a NICU setting as well […]
Abstract Number: 134
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) remains one of the commonest causes of medical and intensive care unit hospitalisations. DKA is a preventable hospital admission which is associated with multiple modifiable risk factors. However, little is known about factors that can predict healthcare resource utilisation in DKA. Previous studies have explored clinical and biochemical factors affecting the […]
Abstract Number: 134
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: In the United States, the relative incidence of diverticulitis has continued to rise and represents a significant portion of gastrointestinal related hospitalizations [1]. Management and treatment can include both medical and surgical options. Of recent, considerable attention has been given to try to decrease healthcare utilization [2]. We sought out to determine the annual […]
Abstract Number: 136
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: A small population of patients disproportionately consume an increasing share of medical resources. These super-utilizers often have complex medical and psychosocial conditions that require carefully coordinated, individualized care. As this population drives unplanned readmissions, programs to reduce readmissions may create unintended incentives to direct super-utilizers to another hospital system. This study was designed to […]
Abstract Number: 137
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Despite having the highest health care spending, the US continues to have rates of maternal mortality over three times greater than similarly high-income countries. Generally, deaths occur in the days immediately following birth, and typically occur in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). As ICU utilization is often employed to identify indication of severe maternal […]
Abstract Number: 140
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Children with medical complexity (CMC) are a growing pediatric population with disproportionately high health needs and costs often insured by Medicaid. Identification of CMC using complexity classification systems applied to population-level data and establishment of baseline patterns of population-level health care utilization are essential to target patients who may benefit most from complex care […]