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Abstract Number: 41
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Teamwork is essential to providing safe, effective, patient-centered care. Prior research documented discrepancies in perceptions of teamwork and collaboration among nurses and physicians. However, prior studies have been limited to single sites and academic medical centers. Methods: We conducted surveys of healthcare professionals in 4 hospitals participating in the REdesigning SystEms to Improve Teamwork […]
Abstract Number: 44
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Nurse-physician teamwork is a critical determinant of outcomes among hospitalized patients. Although improvement interventions have been designed for specific settings (eg, intensive care units and operating rooms), less attention has been given to nurse-physician teamwork in hospital medicine. Therefore, our goal was to assess the quality and effectiveness of interventions for improving nurse-physician teamwork […]
Abstract Number: 105
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: In most hospitals, physicians provide care to patients across multiple units while nurses are often unit-based, resulting in team dispersion, and potentially impairing teamwork. Geographically localized care teams may demonstrate improved communication between team members and with patients, potentially enhancing coordination of care. However, the impact of geographically localized teams on patient experience scores […]
Abstract Number: 165
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Background: Accurate medication reconciliation during transitions of care can decrease medication related adverse drug events. The Joint Commission has prioritized medication reconciliation as one of the national patient safety goals. Effective pharmacist-physician-patient collaboration can improve the medication reconciliation process and thus medication safety for hospitalized patients Purpose: 1. Develop a standardized provider-pharmacist discharge medication reconciliation […]
Abstract Number: 211
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Regulatory agencies have set a 60-minute window to communicate positive CT PE (computed tomography pulmonary embolism) results to ordering providers. Improving the effectiveness of communication among caregivers for critical results of tests is a national patient safety goal. Our current system of communicating positive results to providers was inconsistent (mean time to verbal report […]
Abstract Number: 300
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Effective teams share common attitudes, behaviors, and cognitions that support teamwork. Within patient safety literature, effective teamwork is a core feature of interventions that reduce adverse events. However, research on teamwork in healthcare has focused on teams of healthcare professionals and has not examined how patients and their family caregivers experience teamwork as part […]
Abstract Number: 308
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The COVID-19 crisis has put an unprecedented strain on the US healthcare system (1). Hospital Medicine (HM) has been on the front lines of the crisis response (2). Multiple surges and troughs are expected before the pandemic subsides with a very large surge predicted for the winter of 2020-2021 (3). As the HM service […]
Abstract Number: 312
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Interprofessional teamwork in healthcare organizations is crucial to the delivery of quality patient care. Efforts to improve teamwork on hospital medicine units commonly fail due to clinicians and other care team members (case managers and pharmacists) are responsible for patients scattered across numerous floors and units. UK HealthCare developed and implemented the Interprofessional Teamwork […]
Abstract Number: 314
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) has been shown to enhance knowledge, skills, and collaborative attitudes among healthcare providers, while also improving patient outcomes. While IPE is becoming more common in undergraduate medical education, many graduate medical education (GME) programs currently lack formal curricula. Those GME curricula that involve experiential learning have focused largely on the nursing […]
Abstract Number: 335
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Hospital discharges before noon have become a common institutional goal in order to improve hospital throughput, reduce emergency department boarding time, and enhance patient satisfaction. Evaluation of baseline rates at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH), a 100-bed academically-affiliated community hospital, demonstrated <10% of patients were discharged before noon. Purpose: To improve rates of […]