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Search Results for Value-based care
Abstract Number: 214
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Healthcare costs in the United States continue to increase, largely driven by the high cost of pharmaceuticals. Cost transparency, the act of showing the cost of drugs to providers, has been proposed as a method of reducing healthcare costs, but its effectiveness has not been studied on a large scale. Methods: We tracked the […]
Abstract Number: 304
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Inappropriate laboratory utilization in hospitalized patients is a significant contributing factor to health care expenditures, iatrogenic anemia, downstream testing, and poor patient satisfaction. For these reasons, the Society of Hospital Medicine has recommended through the Choosing Wisely Campaign to avoid repetitive complete blood counts (CBC) and chemistry testing in the face of clinical stability. […]
Abstract Number: 316
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Rising healthcare costs have driven both the government and the private sector to seek cost-saving innovations in health care delivery. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) is leading this charge from a federal level, with burgeoning efforts coming from universities and private foundations. The Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center (CERC) was established […]
Abstract Number: 415
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are community-based primary care centers serving those in medically underserved areas (MUAs) regardless of barriers. Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) are often similarly located and serve as the population health manager for their local communities. AMCs, however, often struggle to deliver care to these communities in a financially sustainable way. […]
Abstract Number: 418
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Nearly 80% of adults will experience non-specific low back pain at some point in their life.(1) In the absence of concerning features such as saddle anesthesia, imaging studies are not indicated and can lead to a downstream cascade of services which can result in undue physical, emotional, and financial harm to the patient.(2-6) As […]
Abstract Number: 444
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The burden of acute care among cancer patients, estimated to exceed $70B by 2020, represents ~50% of all costs of advanced cancer care and accounts for 70% of nationwide regional variation in these costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed value-driven Rule OP-35 includes a mandate to reduce acute care use among […]
Abstract Number: 453
SHM Converge 2024
Background: As hospital systems look to a future of accelerated movement toward value, hospitalist engagement will be necessary for identifying opportunities and executing improvement in the inpatient space. Improvement in efficiency of clinical care, and related decrease in length of stay (LoS), has been identified as a way hospitalist teams can contribute to value-based care. […]
Abstract Number: 462
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Wilson Disease (WD) is a known cause of liver test abnormalities. Guidelines have been established to help clinicians avoid routine testing. According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Guideline, screening for WD—with serum ceruloplasmin, 24-hour urinary copper excretion, and slit-lamp examination for Kayser-Fleischer rings—is warranted in any patient with […]
Abstract Number: 463
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: One of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) core competencies (listed as Principle 7) is that Hospitalists provide effective clinical resource utilization. Examples: cost effective care, high-value care, and designing processes that address cost per stay and readmissions. Optimized inpatient throughput has been shown as a strategy to improve overall hospital flow, including streamlined […]
Abstract Number: 481
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: There is growing adoption of Observation units as an answer to increasing payment denials in short stay admissions (ranging from 24-72 hours), overcrowding in emergency room, need for inpatient capacity and mismatched resource utilization. There is quite a bit of variation in the type of OBS units like Level I OBS unit- which is […]