Opinion
Project improves noninvasive IUC alternatives
January 2, 2018
A UC San Diego medical student’s quality improvement project proves successful.
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Different perspectives on the care delivery process
December 15, 2017
Different hospital services had divergent opinions about the challenges of care delivery during the inpatient, discharge, and outpatient follow up process.
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Swarm and suspicion leadership
December 4, 2017
Leaders influence the tone and tenor of their own group’s interactions as well as interactions between different working groups.
Opinion
Ensuring a smooth data collection process
December 2, 2017
A quality improvement project provides a med student with an excellent opportunity to improve his clinical skills.
News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – Nov. 2017
December 1, 2017
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
Opinion
Physicians do not trust bone biopsy culture data
November 25, 2017
Summer research could help change the way physicians manage patients with osteomyelitis.
Opinion
Higher hospital mortality in pediatric emergency transfer patients
November 15, 2017
Children who have had an emergency transfer event spend a longer time in the ICU and in the hospital.
Opinion
Understanding patient process flow
November 15, 2017
A medical student’s project involves a series of initiatives to better understand the process flow of a patient.
Opinion
Coordinating data collection in a QI project
November 2, 2017
Conducting a successful quality improvement project requires one to be forward-looking.
News
Understanding people is complex, yet essential for effective leadership
October 31, 2017
You have to start somewhere, said veteran SHM member Jeffrey Wiese, MD, FACP, MHM, and you have to see the entry level years as investing in yourself.