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    By the Numbers: 209,000

    November 30, 2011

    Projected total number of adult in-hospital cardiac arrests that are treated with a resuscitation response each year in U.S. hospitals is 209,000.

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    Branching Out

    November 23, 2011

    Ohio hospitalist moonlights in body-sculpting spa

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    Church Coalition Helps Prevent Readmissions

    November 10, 2011

    Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System returns hospitalized patients to communities that support chronic conditions

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    Seven-Day Schedule Could Improve Hospital Quality, Capacity

    November 4, 2011

    A new study evaluating outcomes for hospitals participating in the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines program found no correlation between high performance on adhering to measures and care standards for acute myocardial infarction and for heart failure despite overlap between

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    New Jersey Hospital Funds Care-Transitions “Coach”

    November 4, 2011

    Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, N.J., has partnered with Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County to support care transitions for 350 chronically ill older patients.

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    ‘Smoothing’ Strategies in Children’s Hospitals Reduce Overcrowding

    November 4, 2011

    A report published online May 24 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that smoothing inpatient occupancy and scheduled admissions in 39 children’s hospitals helped reduce midweek overcrowding. Evan S.

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    “Teachback” Reduces Readmissions for CHF Patients

    November 4, 2011

    A sking “teachback” questions to hospitalized chronic heart failure (CHF) patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., helps them better understand their condition, treatment, and post-discharge care—thereby impacting readmissions.

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    Wasted Effort?

    November 3, 2011

    New study questions benefits of care-transition strategies

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    QI-Focused Microsite Aims to Educate Hospitalists

    October 19, 2011

    "The Center" will develop, warehouse quality and patient-safety resources

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    By the Numbers: $4,000

    October 4, 2011

    According to a new study in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by MIT economist Joseph Doyle, a $4,000 increase in per-patient hospital expenditures equates to a 1.4% decrease in mortality rates.