Larry Beresford
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Understanding Physicians’ Attitudes toward Safety Culture
March 31, 2012
Results from a survey to assess physicians’ and medical trainees’ perceptions and attitudes about the culture of patient safety at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center were reported at HM11 in Dallas by Patrick Kneeland, MD, who has since moved to Providenc
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By the Numbers: 8.3%
March 31, 2012
8.3%1 in 12 adults ages 21 and older Discharged from the hospital to the community were readmitted within 30 days, according to the National Institute for Health Care Reform.
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New Crop of Hospital Medicine Fellows “Arrives” at HM12
March 30, 2012
141 designees embody the core ideals of hospital medicine, SHM president-elect says
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Defensive Medicine Enters Med Student Curriculum
March 21, 2012
Attendings advised considering liability when making medical decisions, say nearly half of surveyed trainees
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Pioneering Hospitalists Earn Masters of Hospital Medicine Designation
March 7, 2012
SHM honors Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, Williams with highest designation
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalists turned C-Suiters tell their secrets
March 2, 2012
Jeffrey Sperring, MD, discusses his path to the C-suite and keys to his success
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By the Numbers: 39
February 29, 2012
Percentage growth in health spending in 2010, to $2.6 trillion.
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Shift Fatigue in Healthcare Workers
February 29, 2012
The Joint Commission in December issued a “Sentinel Event Alert” on the dangers of extended shift fatigue in healthcare workers, particularly for nurses who work shifts longer than 12.5 hours.
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Doctors Help Other Doctors Use Information Technology
February 29, 2012
Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Health Care, a foundation-supported, nonprofit campaign, was launched Dec. 1 in Washington, D.C., to spur greater and more effective use of health information technology (HIT) by physicians to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.
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Putting the Right Patient in the Right Bed
February 29, 2012
A hospitalist-led project to improve bed assignment practices at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., reduced errors in patient placements to 3.1% from 9.4%.