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Emergency Department Signout via Voicemail Yields Mixed Reviews
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: How does traditional, oral signout from emergency providers to inpatient medicine physicians compare to dictated, voicemail signout? Background: Communication failures contribute to errors in care transition from ED to inpatient medicine units.
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Decreased ICU Duty Hours Does Not Affect Patient Mortality
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Does the reduction in work hours for residents affect mortality in medical and surgical ICUs? Background: A reduction in work hours for residents was enforced in July 2003.
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Baystate Medical Center’s Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
October 24, 2014
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction. Get an up-close look at the service with our 6-minute feature video:
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HealthKit Wellness App Could Prove Helpful to Hospitalists
October 15, 2014
Apple software stores, tracks patient vital signs, medications, lab results, to be shared among multidisciplinary healthcare team
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Focus on Patient Experience Strengthens Hospital Medicine Movement
October 15, 2014
Monitoring, improving patient experiences gains importance as hospitalists target quality initiatives
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Hospital Stipends, Employment Models for Hospitalists Trends to Watch
October 15, 2014
Hospital medicine group leaders use data from State of Hospital Medicine Report to forecast changes
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Clinical Advice for Peri-Operative Patient Care
October 15, 2014
New book in Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts series offers pearls, pitfalls around systems of care, risk management, post-operative care for hospitalized patients
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Patient Engagement Growing Focus for Hospitals
October 15, 2014
Involving inpatients in their treatment, recovery may help hospitals customize their care
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London Hospitals Routinely Offering HIV Blood Tests
October 15, 2014
Pilot testing program for critical care inpatients aims to get more patients with HIV diagnosed sooner
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Hospital Capacity Increase of 72% Needed by 2050
October 15, 2014
Anticipated 67% annual rise in hospitalizations, 41% population growth behind projected demand for more hospital beds