The hospital otolaryngologist: The louisiana state university experience

Objectives/Hypothesis To describe the implementation and impact of a hospital otolaryngologist in an academic medical center setting. Our hypothesis was that the hospital otolaryngologist would increase productivity of the Louisiana State University (LSU) faculty otolaryngologists and provide more t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Laryngoscope 2018-08, Vol.128 (8), p.1851-1857
Hauptverfasser: Allen, Phillip G., Hetzler, Laura T., Nuss, Daniel W., Walvekar, Rohan R., Penton, Gretchen, Sharbaugh, Elona
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives/Hypothesis To describe the implementation and impact of a hospital otolaryngologist in an academic medical center setting. Our hypothesis was that the hospital otolaryngologist would increase productivity of the Louisiana State University (LSU) faculty otolaryngologists and provide more timely access to inpatient otolaryngology services. Study Design Retrospective clinical and administrative database review. Methods A comparative database review was performed with data from the year predating the initiation of the hospitalist program (2013) to the first full year after initiation of the program (2014). A clinical database review including diagnoses and procedures was also performed. Results Overall outpatient clinic relative value units for the aggregated LSU faculty increased 16% (despite the fact that the direct outpatient contribution of the hospital otolaryngologist was negligible). Overall capture of inpatient consult codes increased 128%. The hospital otolaryngologist was responsible for 84.5% of inpatient consult codes. There was a 100% increase in outpatient consult codes for the LSU faculty, of which
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1002/lary.27014