Suzanne Bopp
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Joint Commission Unveils Online Resource to Promote High-Reliability Healthcare
November 3, 2015
Zero preventable harm is the goal of every healthcare organization, and a new online application from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare can help groups reach that goal.
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Joint Commission Resource Educates Patients, Hospitalists about Antibiotics
October 6, 2015
The Joint Commission has launched a new online resource for patients and hospitalists to help change mindsets and start conversations about proper antibiotic usage. The SpeakUp: Antibiotics campaign is a package of free materials, including an infographic illustrating which illnesses may require
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App Helps Hospitalists Prevent Inpatient Falls
September 8, 2015
Every year, hundreds of thousands of hospitalized patients fall. Now, hospitalists can get help in dramatically reducing those numbers.
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Poor Inpatient Memory Can Undermine Teachable Moments
August 11, 2015
Memory loss is prevalent among adult hospitalized patients and can complicate hospitalists' job of teaching them about their conditions and home care, recent research suggests.
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Hospitalists Positioned to Lead Improvements in Hospital Quality, Patient Safety
June 30, 2015
Hospitalists are ideally positioned to help create new approaches to hospital quality and safety, but they must acquire the skills necessary to make sustained, systematic changes, says David W.
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Precaution Guidelines Updated for Visitors of Inpatients with Infectious Diseases
May 29, 2015
Hospitalists may soon see changes in precaution protocols for some hospital visitors, thanks to a revised set of guidelines published by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).
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Outpatient Status Determinations for Medicare Patients Costly, Time-Consuming
April 21, 2015
The process of determining outpatient and inpatient status for hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries needs reform, according to a recent article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. These status determinations, made by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), are a growing concern for hospitals as increa