Development of a Hematology-General Medicine Hybrid Team to Improve Care of Patients With Sickle Cell Disease.

Problem: Approximately 100,000 individuals in the United States have sickle cell disease (SCD). These individuals face multiple barriers to equitable care. At Brigham and Women's Hospital, existing health inequities for these patients were compounded by admitting, rounding, and team structures that assigned patients with SCD to multiple medicine teams with a hematologist attending, leading to delays in patient care and gaps in residents' hematology knowledge.

The Effect of a Student-Run Free Clinic on Hospital Utilization.

Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) serve uninsured patients and offer unique educational opportunities. However, the impact of these clinics on hospital utilization is unclear. In this pre-post observational study, we used multivariable modeling to test the hypothesis that patients of Shade Tree Clinic, the SRFC affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), would have decreased hospital utilization after joining the clinic.