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Abstract Number: 391
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The traditional Morbidity and Mortality Conference (MMC) is known for its punitive aspects. Some programs have met the ACGME Internal Medicine (IM) requirement for MMC or Quality Improvement (QI) conferences by focusing on general principles of patient safety. We describe the impact of a QI-based MMC on resident perceptions of psychological safety and the […]
Abstract Number: 396
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey is an instrument used to evaluate patient experience and satisfaction during patients’ hospital stay. One of the areas assessed by the survey is education about medications. The survey asks patients how often they were educated about the purpose and possible side effects of […]
Abstract Number: 396
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recommends a structured, patient-centered discharge communication process. To create patient-centered discharge communication, it is vital to understand the information that patients value upon discharge. Little is known about how patients prioritize discharge information; therefore, our objective was to determine the perceptions of hospitalized patients about the relative […]
Abstract Number: 397
SHM Converge 2023
Background: 22% of the hospitals overall STAR rating is based on readmission reduction for the following disease specific groups: pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure. Creating strategies surrounding prevention of readmissions that create workload balance leads to improved ability to manage these patients. The hospitalist medicine, emergency medicine, pulmonary, […]
Abstract Number: 397
SHM Converge 2024
Background: Clinical documentation is essential for adequate representation of patient quality care metrics and accurate diagnosis capture but rarely taught in graduate medical education. Inaccurate capture of diagnoses leads to clinical documentation integrity (CDI) queries, which increase workload on busy providers. Implementation of a standardized note template for our resident physicians previously resulted in an […]
Abstract Number: 399
SHM Converge 2024
Background: The diagnostic process, inherently fraught with uncertainty and susceptible to errors, has been associated with adverse outcomes when physicians exhibit lower tolerance for uncertainty (1,2). The Diagnostic Time-Out (DTO) serves as a structured tool to outline a problem representation, prioritize the differential diagnosis, and communicate diagnostic uncertainty in high-risk situations for diagnostic errors. In […]
Abstract Number: 406
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Our Hospital (Two Campuses A and B) is a part of Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS). YNHHS is a nonprofit healthcare system in New Haven, Connecticut. Average length of stay (ALOS) for inpatients at Bridgeport Hospital remains longer than the national average. With the recent acquisition of another campus, inpatient volume at our […]
Abstract Number: 406
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Cross-cover is defined as caring for hospitalized patients for whom one is not the primary provider. This is a common, daily practice for residents and hospitalists. It has been demonstrated that the primary intern for a patient is available for only 39% of a patient’s hospital stay. Despite this, no guidelines currently exist regarding […]
Abstract Number: 409
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 33-year-old obese woman with no significant past medical history initially presented to her primary care physician with fevers, pharyngitis, rash, malaise, and myalgias for ten days. Her rash was patchy, nonpruritic and worsened with her high spiking fevers. The rash progressed in a centrifugal pattern. She had also developed significant arthralgias in […]
Abstract Number: 410
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Avoiding preventable readmissions is a major goal of health care systems nationwide1. The Cardiorespiratory cohort consists of Veterans admitted with a diagnosis of CHF, COPD and non-COVID-19 Pneumonia, and is a high-risk group for readmissions. As part of a larger National VA High Reliability Organization (HRO) Collaborative2, an interdisciplinary team was launched to achieve […]