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Larry Beresford

Larry Beresford is an Oakland, Calif.-based freelance medical journalist with a breadth of experience writing about the policy, financial, clinical, management and human aspects of hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, death, and dying. He is a longtime contributor to The Hospitalist, for which he covers re-admissions, pain management, palliative care, physician stress and burnout, quality improvement, waste prevention, practice management, innovation, and technology. He also contributes to Medscape. Learn more about his work at www.larryberesford.com; follow him on Twitter @larryberesford.

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COVID redefines curriculum for hospitalists-in-training
December 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic forced medical schools to get back to basics.
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Rationale for baricitinib’s use in COVID-19 patients demonstrated
November 24, 2020
“We went from modeling and mechanistic investigations to clinical tests in a number of settings and laboratory analysis in record time,” Dr. Justin Stebbing said.
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Burnout risk may be exacerbated by COVID crisis
November 4, 2020
“The biggest source of support for many hospitalists, beyond their family, is the group,” said Dr. Clarissa Barnes.
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Hospitalists are natural leaders in the COVID-19 battle
October 30, 2020
Hospitalists have played leading roles in their health systems’ response to the pandemic.
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Hospital medicine in a worldwide pandemic
September 10, 2020
Scope of practice for the hospitalist model continues to evolve, with increased demand for comanagement roles.
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NYC public hospitals rose to the demands of the COVID-19 crisis
August 31, 2020
“We hospitalists, and all those recruited to act as hospitalists, essentially took responsibility for the COVID response.”
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Hospitalists confront administrative, financial challenges of COVID-19 crisis
August 20, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis may present an opportunity for hospital medicine to rapidly explore different models.
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Value of palliative care shines clearly in a crisis
August 5, 2020
Hospitalists have played key roles in clarifying and redefining the new role for palliative care during the pandemic.
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How can hospitalists address health disparities for LGBTQ+ patients?
July 20, 2020
LGBTQ patients suffer worse health outcomes, relative to patients who are heterosexual and cis-gender.
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Pediatric hospitalists convene virtually to discuss PHM designation
July 8, 2020
PHM is distinct from adult hospital medicine by virtue of its designation as a board-certified subspecialty.