Impact of Inpatient Attending Specialty and Gastroenterology Consultation on Quality of Care of Patients Hospitalized with Decompensated Cirrhosis

Alcohol use disorder treatment and outcomes among hospitalized adults with alcoholic hepatitis

“…( Hepner et al., 2019 ) ( Rogal et al., 2020 ). By comparison, pass rates for managing other aspects of all-cause cirrhosis for inpatients and outpatients are overall higher ( Gonzalez et al., 2021 ; Kardashian et al., 2020 ), AUD care should thus be a critical priority for future improvement efforts and will rely on overcoming specific barriers. For providers, these include a lack of time, little training ( Im et al., 2020 ) and poor access to subspecialty care, while patients may face financial issues, insurance issues, and perceived societal stigma of an addiction diagnosis.…”

Opportunities to improve the quality of inpatient consultation: one hospital’s investigation but an age old struggle

“…Efforts by our research group and others have drilled down further into exactly what providers mean when they describe a consultation as high quality [ 4 – 6 ]. A primary provider is calling for help from their specialist colleagues when they call for a consultation.…”