Best of Research and Innovations 2023

This session features our highest rated abstracts from the Scientific Abstract Competition. Presentation are followed by an engaging audience Q&A with the presenters. Presentations featured:

Medicaid Expansion's Impact on Heart Failure Mortality: A Nationwide Study
Structured Meetings with Junior Hospitalists on Anticipated Complex Discharges
I-Sleep's Intervention on Inpatient Disruption and Sleep: A Randomized Trial

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Availability

On-Demand

Expires on Apr 30, 2027

Cost

Member: $0.00

Non-Member: $55.00

Credit Offered

1 CME Credit

1 ABIM-MOC Point

1 Participation Credit

Faculty
Accreditation
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Faculty

Julianne Ghiorzi
Aashna Sunderrajan
Ruchi Jain

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Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Updates in Hospital Medicine

Rounds move fast—so should your evidence. In this on‑demand update, you will appraise practice‑changing studies, identify real‑world signals and pitfalls, and synthesize pearls across common inpatient problems. Then apply current guidelines to manage complex cases through concise cases and decision frameworks. Leave ready to evaluate trends, sharpen judgment, and improve patient outcomes on your next shift.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

Challenging Anticoagulation Scenarios: How to have Smooth Sailing through Choppy Waters

Stormy anticoagulation decisions demand precision. Through lively, case-based challenges with audience response, you will synthesize new evidence to prescribe wisely in VTE and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, identify patients who should stop unnecessary aspirin, and risk stratify acute PE with confidence—sharpening judgment you can apply on rounds the very next day.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

Hospitalists Outside the Hospital: Preparing for New Settings of Care Delivery

Beyond hospital walls, acute care is moving to living rooms, bridge clinics, and post-acute hubs—claim your role in shaping it. In this on‑demand course, describe and critique models like Hospital at Home and transitions clinics, identify and develop the clinical and operational skills they demand, and design steps to expand your practice. Finish ready to envision and lead a program that elevates outcomes across settings.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

Post-Acute Care: What to Know and How Hospitalists Can Improve Care

Beyond the discharge order, a patient’s story accelerates. This on‑demand course helps hospitalists understand the real SNF environment, describe payment and process realities, and enumerate SNF challenges. You’ll identify concrete steps to apply tomorrow and critique policy options, then synthesize practical checklists to improve outcomes for older adults and design smoother handoffs that actually stick.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

Acute Pain in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Leveling Up Analgesia While Dialing Down Risk

Bedside decisions shouldn’t trade relief for risk. In this on-demand course, clinicians describe the roles of buprenorphine and methadone, recognize openings to start MOUD during acute and acute-on-chronic pain in hospitalized patients with serious illness, and implement team-based plans with outpatient partners. We then apply palliative care communication to discuss comorbid pain and OUD, advancing safer analgesia and more dignified hospital care.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

The Great Debate 2024: Controversies in Perioperative Medicine

Across the operating room–ward divide, two perioperative experts debate real cases, testing assumptions and sharpening judgment. You will analyze and contrast competing literature, discuss risk trade-offs, and apply evidence to surgical patients while we highlight collaborative decision-making. Leave ready to evaluate ambiguity and design safer, clearer perioperative plans.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

NP/PA Split Shared Billing: Updates, Outcomes, and Implications for Practice Models

Amid shifting CMS rules, who should bill a split/shared visit—and how will time-only attribution reshape NP/PA–physician models? This on‑demand session defines 2022–2024 updates, describes emerging evidence and HOMeRUN insights, recognizes financial and workflow consequences, and discusses SHM advocacy. Apply findings to design sustainable teams, align reimbursement, and sharpen decision‑making.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00

Crunching Numbers for Better Healthcare: Building Robust Data and Analytics Infrastructure for Hospital Medicine

From length of stay to billing accuracy, see how hospitalist groups turn raw EHR signals into action. In this on‑demand course, you will apply four guiding principles to shape a data strategy, identify the right team and tools for your setting, describe practical decision‑making tactics, and develop a budget‑aware roadmap—using real cases, dashboards, and surveys to accelerate gains in operations, quality, safety, and patient experience.

Multiple Credits

$0.00 - $55.00