Potentially avoidable admissions to general internal medicine at an academic teaching hospital: an observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying potentially avoidable admissions to Canadian hospitals is an important health system goal. With general internal medicine (GIM) accounting for 40% of hospital admissions, we sought to develop a method to identify potentially avoidable admissions and characterize patient, provider and health system factors.

Methods

We conducted an observational study of GIM admissions at our institution from August 2019 to February 2020. We defined potentially avoidable admissions as admissions that could be managed in an appropriate and safe manner in the emergency department or ambulatory setting and asked staff physicians to screen admissions daily and flag candidates as potentially avoidable admissions. For each candidate, we prepared a case review and debriefed wit

SUBMITTER: Cressman AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9981162 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature