Meeting
Abstract Number: 138
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Treating alcohol withdrawal in the inpatient medical setting requires timely identification of the severity of alcohol withdrawal so appropriate treatment can be administered. Delayed or missed diagnosis can lead to increased morbidity and mortality, increased cost and length of stay, and ICU admissions. CIWA-Ar is the most commonly used scale, but it is lengthy […]
Abstract Number: 168
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: CMS and other entities have focused on reduction of readmissions as a national quality improvement goal. The 30-day risk standardized readmission rate is derived from administrative data and requires the accurate coding of a principal diagnosis. We sought to validate the coded principal diagnosis for patients admitted with pneumonia and to determine if local […]
Abstract Number: 325
SHM Converge 2023
Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires residency programs to collect work hour data from trainees, with strict policies that no trainee should exceed an 80-hour work week (on average). Evaluating efforts to reduce work hours frequently relies on self-reported hours from trainees, which is subject to recall bias, inconsistency, and variable […]