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Hospitalists Should Play Vital Role in Managing Diabetic Inpatients
November 2, 2014
Hospitalists Should Play Vital Role in Managing Diabetic Inpatients
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Eliminating Adverse Events and Redundant Tests Could Generate U.S. Healthcare Savings
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Using available data, what is the estimated cost savings of eliminating adverse events and avoiding redundant tests? Background: Reimbursement schemes are changing such that hospitals are reimbursed less for some adverse events.
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Patient Signout Is Not Uniformly Comprehensive and Often Lacks Critical Information
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Do signouts vary in the quality and quantity of information, and what are the various factors affecting signout quality? Background: Miscommunication during transfers of responsibility for hospitalized patients is common and can result in harm.
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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
