Larry Beresford
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Art Helps Hospitalized Patients Manage Pain, Anxiety
April 3, 2015
Studies suggest art therapy can reduce stress, boost care satisfaction for hospitalized patients with cancer, other diseases
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Hospitalists’ Responsibility, Role in Readmission Prevention
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8611" align="alignright" width="295"] Image credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, K.T.
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Hospital Readmissions Rates, Medicare Penalty Analysis
April 3, 2015
A widely cited statistic in the national readmissions debate holds that one in five acute hospital discharges will lead to a readmission within 30 days.1 Associated costs are estimated at $17.5 billion, although that figure encapsulates significant variation across diagnoses, regions, and hospital m
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Technology May Offer Solutions to Hospitalists’ Readmissions Exposure
April 3, 2015
Almost weekly, a white paper, report, journal article, or press release touts a new program, software, or technology system offering to help hospitals improve their readmissions avoidance processes and penalty exposure.
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Vermont Hospital Honored for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
February 2, 2015
The University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC), a 562-bed academic facility in Burlington, has been honored with a Partnership in Prevention award for sustainable improvements to eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The award, sponsored by the U.S.
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Hospitals Preparing for Climate Change Win Support from White House
February 2, 2015
On Dec. 15 at a White House Roundtable, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) unveiled its Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative [PDF], with a new guide to help health facilities enhance their resilience to extreme weather events.
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Pediatric Hospitals Identify Patient Care Benchmarks
February 2, 2015
Citing a lack of accepted benchmarks for quality improvement in pediatric hospital care, researchers described in Pediatrics their process of establishing benchmarks for the treatment of asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia, three common conditions treated by pediatric hospitalists that together amo
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Fewer Hospital-Acquired Conditions Saves Estimated 50,000 Lives
February 2, 2015
Estimated total number of saved lives from 2011 to 2013 as a result of reductions in the incidence of hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) in U.S. hospitals, compared with HAC rates in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Oncology, Surgical Hospitalists Most Common as Subspecialties Gain Followers
December 16, 2014
The recent rise of specialty hospitalists, particularly in the surgery and oncology fields, has benefitted hospitals and patients alike.
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LISTEN NOW: Bob Wachter discusses ACOs, managed care, and his new book
December 4, 2014
Bob Wachter, MD, MHM, chief of the division of hospital medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, talks about Accountable Care Organizations, trends in managed care, his new book, and why hospitalists need to think, at times, like Machiavelli. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitali
