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A patient portal for the inpatient experience
June 15, 2018
Portals help more patients engage with care outside the hospital, but inside they are still uncommon.
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Clinician denial of some patient requests decrease patient satisfaction
May 25, 2018
Is clinician denial of particular patient requests associated with the patient’s satisfaction with that clinician?
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Physician learning must evolve as industry transforms
May 7, 2018
Standardized patient encounter training is a live simulation in a clinical setting with trained actors.
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Readmitted patients less likely to be “very satisfied” with index admission
April 30, 2018
Clinical question: Are patient perceptions of care during index hospitalization associated with likelihood of 30-day readmission?.
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Inpatient care by PCPs associated with lower mortality than care by hospitalists
April 24, 2018
Clinical question: Are there differences in mortality and health care resource utilization in patients treated by hospitalists, primary care physicians, or other generalists?
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Launching into the future
April 13, 2018
Dr. Nasim Afsar became the new president of the Society of Hospital Medicine in April 2018.
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Building a career in quality improvement
April 10, 2018
The session will provide some boots-on-the-ground insight from clinicians at various stages in this space.
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Admitting medicine patients to off-service, nonmedicine units linked with increased in-hospital mortality
April 3, 2018
Do medicine patients admitted to off-service inpatient units during times of hospital saturation have worse quality of care and outcomes?
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Opinion
Engaging skeptical parents
March 27, 2018
With skeptical parents, resist the urge to tell, and listen instead.
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Hospital boards can promote quality improvement
March 21, 2018
Study highlights the importance of board-level clinical leaders in hospitals.
