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Search Results for Workload
Abstract Number: 202
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Duplicate medical records, where one patient possesses multiple medical record numbers and corresponding charts within a single electronic health record (EHR), pose significant patient safety risks due to incomplete data and repeated interventions, among other areas. The risk is amplified for patients admitted to the hospital, where rapid pace decision making is the norm. […]
Abstract Number: 207
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hospital medicine groups endeavor to avoid excessive workloads which can contribute to burnout. 1,2,3,4Groups vary in how new patients are distributed, but larger groups often assign a single hospitalist to carry an admitting pager and distribute new patients among several colleagues. This “admitting pager” role combines high volume with frequent interruptions and multitasking as […]
Abstract Number: 223
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: A “safe” hospitalist workload – that is, the point at which caring for too many patients leads to poorer outcomes for each individual patient – has not been defined. We sought to understand whether the workload of a resident-run inpatient team, measured by number of orders entered into the electronic medical record, was associated […]
Abstract Number: 254
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Many electronic health record (EHRs) systems offer secure messaging which allows for asynchronous, text message-based communication. Increasingly electronic messaging is replacing more traditional methods of communication such as paging, yet there is limited research on the impact of this transition. Studies have shown that healthcare workers find text communication to be more efficient than […]
Abstract Number: 277
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Alcohol use disorder (AUD) has a lifetime prevalence of 29% in the United States and prevalence is higher among military veterans. Discontinuation of alcohol use in patients with AUD presents a risk for alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). A recent retrospective analysis of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) data estimated AWS occurred in 5.8% of inpatient […]
Abstract Number: 294
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Cross-covering patients overnight is part of standard Hospitalist practice, however there is little understanding of the workload contribution. Much of the current literature for hospitalist productivity focuses on wRVU, day census, or number of admits per shift. These metrics are not applicable to cross cover since it is largely non-billable work. A cross sectional, […]
Abstract Number: 299
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Traditional measures of workload such as wRVUs may not be adequate to understand the impact of work design on key patient, workforce, and organizational outcomes. In this study, we developed a workforce application to capture clinician perception of workload and environment and then paired this data with electronic workload measures in the EHR in […]