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Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Transitions from hospitals to the ambulatory setting are high risk periods for patients. The advent of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) provide an opportunity for true collaboration in which both inpatient and outpatient providers contribute to improving transitions in care. The goal of this study is to develop, implement, […]
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: One hopes that all hospitals strive for service excellence, and by 2010 there were more than 30,000 hospitalists delivering the lion’s share of inpatient care in our nation’s hospitals. Although patient satisfaction metrics like Press Ganey attempt to measure service excellence, no empiric research has characterized optimal hospitalist comportment. Methods: Respected clinicians in Hospital […]
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Transitions from hospitals to the ambulatory setting are high risk periods for patients. The success of efforts to improve transitional care practices likely depends in part on baseline practices and local resources, culture, and leadership. Several studies have suggested that often there is more variation in the performance of best practices within than between […]
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Many hospitals have tried to improve their medication reconciliation processes, with mixed results. Currently, there are insufficient data to guide hospitals in the best ways to improve their practices. In the Multi-Center Medication Reconciliation Quality Improvement Study (MARQUIS), sites chose to implement one or more components from a multi-faceted toolkit. The goal of this […]
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Physicians frequently prescribe antibiotics to inpatients without knowledge of medication cost. It is not well understood whether providing cost data would change prescribing behavior. Methods: To evaluate the effect of providing cost data alongside culture and antibiotic susceptibility results in two tertiary care hospitals, we conducted a quasi-experimental pre-post analysis. During a 12-month baseline […]
Hospital Medicine 2015, March 29-April 1, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Effective health care requires a delivery system that is fully coordinated. To achieve this requires structured communication between physicians and nurses yet an increasingly recognized barrier to efficient care is the geographic dispersion of these primary team members. Utilization of systems engineering and simulation modeling can provide a data-driven alternative to evaluate these complex […]
Abstract Number: 3
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Hospital Medicine groups are often called upon to lead initiatives that require access to high-quality data from their local health system. These include quality and value improvement (QI) efforts as well as health services and outcomes research. Although these efforts can be important for clinical operations as well as academic advancement, clear mechanisms to […]
Abstract Number: 4
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Despite a rapid increase in academic hospitalists, faculty development in academic hospital medicine remains an ongoing challenge. We aim to describe scholarly output and demographics in relation to academic rank distribution and to identify factors associated with academic promotion of a national sample of academic hospital medicine programs. Methods: We extracted demographic and academic […]
Abstract Number: 7
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Despite years of intense focus, inpatient and observation readmission rates remain high and largely unchanged. Little robust evidence exists to guide hospitals in the selection of interventions effective at reducing 30 day readmissions in real-world settings. Our local healthcare system incorporated the most recent recommendations for preventing readmissions into a comprehensive program called Transition […]
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Abstract Number: 11
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Hospital medicine (HM) is a well-established clinical specialty within Internal Medicine, yet its research footprint has lagged its clinical impact. Clarity of top HM research priorities may identify target areas for investment in HM research infrastructure and define areas of hospital medicine expertise. Methods: The Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) Research Committee formed a […]