Innovations in Healthcare Delivery

Innovations in Healthcare Delivery submissions are limited to 3,000 characters, including spaces. The title is not included in the total character count.

1. Title: No all caps, quotes, underlining, or bolding.
2. Statement of Problem or Question: One sentence.
3. Learning Objectives: (2 required) Focused learning objectives, stating what the physician should be able to do after learning from the case presentation. Each learning objective should reflect one of the six ACGME Core Competencies. Objectives should be action-oriented and begin with words such as recognize, diagnose, assess, treat, distinguish, or manage. They should NOT begin with terms like "know how to" or "understand."
   Examples:
   • Diagnose hip fracture when the plain X-rays are normal
   • Recognize the clinical features of anorexia and bulimia in a male
   • Assess health literacy in at-risk populations
4. Description of Problem/Intervention: Include the organizational context, such as inpatient vs. outpatient, and practice or community characteristics.
5. Measures of Success: Discuss qualitative or quantitative metrics used to evaluate the program/intervention.
6. Findings to Date
7. Key Lessons for Dissemination: What can others take away for implementation in their practice or community?
8. Presentation Format: Oral Presentation Only, Poster Presentation Only, or No Preference. See below.
9. Primary Submission Category: See below.
10. Non-Commercial Funding Source: (Optional) See below.
11. Authors: See below.

Submission Disqualification: An abstract may be disqualified from consideration if it includes:

• Information within the body of the abstract that has the potential to identify your institution.
  • Instead, institutions may be identified as “community,” “academic,” or “VA” medical centers, and by region: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, New England, Northwest, Southern, or Southwest region.

Acceptable examples:

• Focus groups were conducted at an academic medical center in the Midwest region.
• Data were collected through a consortium of community medical centers in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Unacceptable examples:

• Focus groups were conducted at an academic medical center in Ohio.
• Data were collected at a VA Medical Center in central Florida.

Presentation Format
Identify your preference for the presentation format:

• Oral Presentation Only
• Poster Presentation Only
• No Preference

Format Choice Matters:

• SGIM schedules accepted submissions based on the results of the peer review process. The most highly rated submissions are scheduled for an oral presentation followed by those rated highly enough for presentation as posters.
• We recommend stipulating “no preference”, as it will increase the likelihood of your submission being accepted.
• If you stipulate “oral presentation only” and your submission is only ranked highly enough for a poster presentation, you will receive a rejection notification.
• Submissions funded through direct commercial support should select “poster only” as their choice, as poster sessions do not offer CME credit hours.

Oral Presentations:
Highly-rated submissions will be scheduled for Oral Presentation Sessions. Each session typically features four presentations, with 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for audience Q&A.

Poster Presentations:
Well-rated submissions will be accepted to present as posters.

Select the category that best fits the submission. The Program Committee does its best to schedule sessions within the same category in a manner that avoids conflicts within concurrent sessions, but it is not always possible.

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(Optional) Choose as many as apply:

• AHRQ Funding
• DOD Funding
• NIH Funding
• PCOR Research Grant
• RWJ Foundation
• VA Funding
• Other

The program committee reserves the right to use this information in scheduling.

Adding Authors:
You will be asked to enter the names and affiliations of all authors who contributed to your submission. Please confirm all authors' contact information before submitting.
Note: Each submission is limited to a maximum of 10 co-authors. You cannot list more than 10 co-authors per submission.

To add an author in the submission form:

1. Search for the author’s existing account in ScholarOne to avoid creating duplicate accounts.
   a. Search by first name, last name, or email address.
2. If no account exists, create an account for the co-author.
3. Co-authors will receive an automated email inviting them to update their contact information and complete a disclosure.

After adding an author, please ensure the information is correct and current:

• Name
• Email Address: Co-authors will receive an automated email notification inviting them to complete a disclosure at the listed email address.
• Affiliation: If their current institution is not listed, select "Add New Institution" and search for it in the pop-up. You can create an institution if it is not listed.
• Function: Select the role the person is serving for the submission (in most cases, this will be "additional faculty").
• SGIM Membership Status: Select the person’s member status. If unknown, select "non-member."
• Ethnic Background: Select the appropriate ethnic background from the list or enter their self-description. This information is for internal use only.
• Gender: Select the appropriate gender from the list or enter their self-description. This information is for internal use only.
• Author Categories: Student, Resident, Fellow, Faculty, Health Professional (non-physician), or Other.

Designate Presenting Author
Select the presenting author option next to the author in the author listing to designate the presenting author. This author will present the poster or oral presentation if accepted. This author’s name will be underlined in the Journal of General Internal Medicine’s Annual Meeting Online Supplement. Only one author can be designated as the presenting author.

Order Author List
Arrange the order of the author listing by selecting order number next to each author. Typically, first authors are designated as the presenting author, unless another co-author is designated to present.

Topic & Intended Audience

Know your topic and your intended audience:

• Who are your primary target audience members?
• Why is this topic important to them?
• Will it stimulate excitement?
• Is the topic timely?
• Does it help the audience meet an urgent need (e.g., accreditation issues)?
• How much time does your topic require?