Larry Beresford
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Palliative Care Documentation Key to Core Measures
August 2, 2010
Proper palliative care coding will prevent an unwarranted increase in hospital mortality rates.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with a pediatric hospitalist who is starting a palliative care team
August 2, 2010
Listen to an audio interview with Ami Doshi, MD, who is spearheading an effort to establish a pediatric palliative care team at the University of California at San Diego.
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Handoffs Smoother in Rural Communities
July 8, 2010
Smaller networks, more familiarity good for transitions, patients
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Change You Should Believe In
July 1, 2010
Care transitions challenge hospitalists to improve systems, communication
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interviews with transitions of care experts
July 1, 2010
Hospitalists Arpana Vidyarthi, MD, Anuj Dalal, MD, and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, discuss care transitions
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Simulator Training Program Aims to Improve Hospital Handoffs
July 1, 2010
Transitions of care training offers "“air of authenticity ... without the high-risk environment of learning on live patients”
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Talking the Talk
June 9, 2010
Congress acknowledges HM’s essential role in healthcare
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Checklists Not Enough, Checklist Doctor Says
May 27, 2010
Pronovost stresses care collaboration in new book
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Next Stop on Cost-Cutting Train: Readmission Reductions
May 5, 2010
Feds push to align hospital payments and incentives with quality and patient safety
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Stroke Treatment Variance Doesn’t Affect Mortality
February 17, 2010
Clot-busting drug more likely to be given on weekends, but little difference in patient outcomes
