Meeting
Abstract Number: 308
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Managing the complex environment of a general medicine ward requires high performing interdisciplinary teams.(1) In 2016, an Accountable Care Unit (ACU) was implemented on a 35-bed medicine ward at a community based teaching hospital to develop high performing interdisciplinary teams. One of the four features of an ACU is Structured Interdisciplinary Bedside Rounds (SIBR)(2), […]
Abstract Number: 383
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Hospital overcrowding and extended Emergency Department (ED) wait times are challenges facing most urban hospitals today. There is growing evidence to show that overcrowding in the ED is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and patient dissatisfaction. To improve overcrowding, hospitals have focused on discharge before noon (DBN) as an impactful and sustainable remedy. While […]
Abstract Number: 398
SHM Converge 2023
Background: Early discharge from the hospital improves hospital throughput as well as patient and staff satisfaction. At times, our emergency room tends to board many admitted patients for more than 24 hours, which further distresses our patients and staff. We noticed that the total number of patients leaving the hospital earlier in the day decreased […]