Meeting
Abstract Number: 17
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Mental illness is common among hospitalized patients and is associated with increased length of stay, higher costs, and worse clinical outcomes. Inpatient psychiatry consultations have traditionally held a reactive model, in which primary teams obtain consultation for patients that have developed active psychiatric symptoms. The reactive model has frequently led to missed opportunities to […]
Abstract Number: 319
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Veterans in care at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers have a higher prevalence of Hepatitis C (HCV) antibody positivity than the general population1,2. Despite high tolerability and cure rates approaching 95% with new direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs, a significant proportion of veterans have not been initiated on treatment due to barriers including active substance […]
Abstract Number: 479
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Hospital medicine continues to expand and hospitalist practitioners are now rising to challenges of other venues looking to capture the value hospitalists bring. One area with a paucity of such skill but a rising need is the realm of eating disorder medicine. Purpose: To showcase hospital medicine in a niche role, specifically eating disorder […]