Meeting
Abstract Number: 90
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects about 100,000 people in the US. The disease causes significant mortality, morbidity and frequent hospitalizations secondary to primary manifestations of the disease and its complications. We conducted a retrospective, single institution study in adult patients (pts), ≥ 18 years with SCD to assess factors associated with health care utilization […]
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: 460
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: When patients are transferred between hospitals (interhospital transfer, IHT), incomplete information exchange between electronic health records (EHRs) poses a barrier to continuity of care. As a result, diagnostic tests may be repeated after transfer, exposing patients to additional risk and adding to costs of care. Shared clinical data between EHRs presents a possible solution. […]