Journal article
A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit
Critical pathways in cardiology, Vol.4(2), pp.55-58
06/01/2005
DOI: 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75
PMID: 18340186
Abstract
Chest pain observation units are increasingly used to evaluate patients at low risk for cardiovascular events and are commonly staffed by cardiologists. The role of hospitalists in this setting has not been described. We assessed emergency department (ED) length of stay before and after adding hospitalists to the care team among 493 patients. Prior to intervention, median ED length of stay was 19.3 hours, which decreased to 11.0 hours with the addition of hospitalists (43% decrease, P <0.0001). No significant difference in 30-day cardiac event rate was observed (5% versus 6%, P = 0.68).
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A cooperative care model: cardiologists and hospitalists reduce length of stay in a chest pain observation unit
- Creators
- Mori J Krantz - Denver Health Medical CenterOren Zwang - Denver Health Medical CenterShane B Rowan - Denver Health Medical CenterBarbara Cleary - Denver Health Medical CenterEugene Chu - Denver Health Medical CenterMark B Reid - Denver Health Medical CenterStephen V Cantrill - Denver Health Medical CenterEdward P Havranek - Denver Health Medical CenterRichard K Albert - Denver Health Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Critical pathways in cardiology, Vol.4(2), pp.55-58
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.hpc.0000164083.44679.75
- PMID
- 18340186
- ISSN
- 1535-282X
- eISSN
- 1535-2811
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984772258502771
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