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Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog
April 3, 2017
There is no doubt transparency is important, and patients should be informed when hospitalized as outpatients instead of as inpatients. But the wisdom of the federal NOTICE Act essentially stops there.
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Principles learned from a successful improvement program can increase compliance and reduce hospital acquired VTEs (HA-VTEs) across multiple institutions
March 30, 2017
Clinical question: Can a single institution's VTE prophylaxis program be scaled to increase prophylaxis and reduce HA-VTEs across multiple institutions?
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When one patient decompensates, others on the ward may follow
March 30, 2017
Clinical question: How does the clinical decompensation of a ward patient affect the likelihood of another patient’s decompensation?
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Preoperative VTEs occurred in 10% of cancer patients
March 27, 2017
SEATTLE – Those with preoperative VTEs were significantly more likely to experience postoperative complications.
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Interventions, especially those that are organization-directed, reduce burnout in physicians
March 27, 2017
Clinical Question: How efficacious are interventions to reduce burnout in physicians?
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Alpha blockers may facilitate the expulsion of larger ureteric stones
March 27, 2017
Clinical Question: Are alpha blockers efficacious in patients with ureteric stones?
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End-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients
March 25, 2017
Clinical Question: Are hospitalized patients experiencing an increased mortality risk at the end-rotation resident transition in care and is this association related to the Accreditation C.ouncil for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) 2011 duty-hour regulations?
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Male vs. female hospitalists, a comparison in mortality and readmission rate for Medicare patients
March 25, 2017
Clinical Question: Does physician sex affect hospitalized patient outcomes?
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Perioperative statin associated with reduction in all-cause perioperative mortality in noncardiac surgery
March 25, 2017
CLINICAL QUESTION: Does perioperative statin use reduce 30-day mortality in noncardiac surgery?
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Using shock index in the ED to predict hospital admission and inpatient mortality
March 24, 2017
CLINICAL QUESTION: Can shock index (SI) in the ED predict the likelihood for hospital admission and inpatient mortality?
