Larry Beresford
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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%.
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Pediatric Hospitalists Share Lessons Learned on the Path to Executive Leadership
February 29, 2012
A handful of pediatric hospitalists have assumed major administrative responsibilities in their hospitals. Most say their HM experience was crucial to the journey.
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Pediatric Hospitalists Climb the Corporate Ladder
February 29, 2012
Pediatric hospitalists around the country have made inroads into hospital administration roles.
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Reducing Unnecessary Medical Resources as Quality Initiative
February 15, 2012
“Waste” reduction an expanding target for hospitalists
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Hospitalist/Palliative-Care Collaboration Aims to Reduce Readmissions
February 1, 2012
Wisconsin hospital sees positive changes since implementing Project BOOST tools
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Hospitalist/Nurse Collaboration Drives Multidisciplinary Rounding
January 27, 2012
Preliminary data from a multidisciplinary patient rounding system shows higher patient satisfaction, positive feedback from staff.
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Adverse Events and Rural Discharges
January 27, 2012
The Center on Patient Safety at Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee has been awarded a grant from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to study adverse events during the three weeks following hospital discharge, both for urban patients and those returning to rural settings.
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Hand Hygiene Makes Headlines
January 27, 2012
Multiple efforts aim to raise awareness about hand hygiene in health facilities.
