Hospital Medicine

This Hospital Medicine SIG continues to grow as evidenced by another great turnout at this year’s Annual Meeting in Toronto! Thank you to everyone that was able to make it to the first session and we missed those that weren’t able to make it.

Update on Hospital Medicine

Dan Rauch presented an update on hospital medicine activities within the APA. The APA continues to be very supportive of pediatric hospitalists within its membership, including sponsorship of the SIG and joint sponsorship of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine conference with the AAP and SHM. There was a very successful Leadership Conference presented this winter and we will explore opportunities to incorporate this training in conjunction with future Hospital Medicine conferences.

Jack Percelay gave an update on the activities within the pediatric section of the SHM. There are pediatric-specific initiatives developing, including quality. The AAP is the lead sponsor of the Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2007 Conference this year in Salt Lake City. The listserv remains incredibly active. There is continued support within the AAP for special issues related to community and non-academic hospitalists.

Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2007 Conference in Salt Lake City

There will be a hard cap on registrations set at 260 this year due to space limitations. There are currently over 110 registrants already and given the past attendance at Denver, the cap will likely be reached prior to the meeting. If you are planning on attending what should be another outstanding conference this year, register as soon as possible. Dates are already set for the 2008 conference in Denver – July 24-27th.

PRIS Update

Chris Landrigan presented an update on the PRIS network, including the first publications to come out of the network and current clinical studies. PRIS continues to recruit sites who are interested in participating in future research studies. Information on the PRIS network can now be obtained at the APA website (www.academicpeds.org) and clicking under “Research” and “PRIS.” Any questions regarding the network can be directed to Chris Landrigan at christopher.landrigan@childrens.harvard.edu or Nui Dhepyasuwan at nui@ambpeds.

Hospital for Sick Children Presentation

Michael Weinstein gave an informative presentation on the hospitalist program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The presentation highlighted their clinical activities and their development of concurrent teaching and clinical hospitalist teams. There was an outstanding discussion among the group after the presentation regarding these issues.

Poster Session/Presentations

We had 10 posters presented at this year’s meeting:

Communication Boards Improve Caregiver Satisfaction during Pediatric Hospitalization
Padmaja Pavuluri, Yong S. Han, and Alison C. Caviness. 1Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX.

Applying Quality Improvement Measures before and after Implementation of a Asthma Care Path
Rita M. Pappas, Michelle Marks, Kathy Fedor, Sara Stevens and Sarah Worley, 1General Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.

Pediatric Hospitalist Resident Education: Sharing Experience with a Novel Pilot Curriculum
Jennifer Walthall, and Jeffrey Sperring, 1Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.

Baseline Attitudes Regarding Interdisciplinary Communication Prior to Introduction of Family Centered Rounds
Lora Bergert, Shilpa Patel, Hareesh Mavoori, and Meta Lee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Hawaii, John A.Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI and 2Patient Safety & Quality Services, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu, HI.

The Diagnostic Utility of MRI in Differentiating Acute Osteomyelitis and Acute Osteoinfarction in Children Hospitalized with Sickle Cell Disease
Michelle Porepa,Catherine S. Birken, Paul S. Babyn, Andrea Doria, and Patricia C. Parkin, Pediatric Medicine and the Paediatric Outcomes Research Team, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; 2Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, Canada and 3Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.

Variations in Length of Stay for Common Pediatric Diagnoses: Hospitalists, Community Physicians, and General Academic Pediatricians
Anu Subramony, Paul Hain, John Grantham, Greg Ayres, and Shari Barkin, pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.

Quality Improvement “ The Ultimate in Systems”Based Teaching for Residents
Craig A. Swanson, and Erin R. Stucky, Critical Care, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA and 2Hospital Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA.

Urinary Tract Infection among Hospitalized Infants d” 12 Months Old with Bronchiolitis
Ian B. Cipriano, and Fatema Meah, (Sponsored by Susana Rapaport) (Eastern SPR Sponsored by Susana Rapaport)1Pediatrics, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, NY.

Newborn Circumcision Adds Significant Revenue to an Academic Pediatric Hospitalist Program
Kenneth J. Pituch, John P. Schmidt, Jocelyn H. Schiller, Jennifer L. Meyers, and Nadia Sarwar, . (Eastern SPR Sponsored by )1Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Physician Practice Patterns Regarding NG Feeding and IV Fluids in Bronchiolitis Patients
Elizabeth Tyson, Tracy Hill, Armand Antommaria, Gena Fletcher1 and Flory Nkoy, Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and 2Systems Improvement, Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT.

“Hospitalist Effect” on Influenza Vaccine Administration at Children’s Medical Center Dallas “ 2004”2006
Casey E. Drake, Theresa Barton, Ruth A. Merryman2, Sara Luoma2 and Jane D. Siegel, Department of Pediatrics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX and 2Pharmacy, Children’s Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX.

Breakout sessions for education and research

We had brief breakout sessions again this year to discuss research and education issues within Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Several project proposals were discussed within each group and the goal is to continue to develop collaborative projects among the members throughout the year.