Transitions of Care Archives - Page 9 of 21

Opinion
Sneak Peek: Journal of Hospital Medicine – July 2017
June 20, 2017
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the specialty of hospital medicine.
News
Crossing the personal quality chasm: QI enthusiast to QI leader
June 9, 2017
This new series highlights the professional pathways of quality improvement leaders.
News
Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
June 8, 2017
I always ensure at the end of my visit with a patient and their family that they know when to expect me to return to see their child again.
Opinion
Is the doctor in?
May 10, 2017
A recent increase in programs that provide telehospitalists indicates continued growth in coming years.
News
End-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients
May 8, 2017
Are hospitalized patients experiencing an increased mortality risk at the end-rotation resident transition in care and is this association related to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) 2011 duty-hour regulations?
News
Systems engineering in the hospital
May 3, 2017
Systems-engineering expert James Benneyan, PhD, doesn’t want hospitalists to look at poorly working processes in their institutions and think, “I should try to tweak this process to improve it.” Instead, he wants them to walk out of his HM17 session at 8 a.m. Thursday – a...
News
SHM receives Eisenberg Award as part of I-PASS Study Group
April 19, 2017
The Society of Hospital Medicine is part of a patient safety research group that received the prestigious 2016 John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality presented annually by The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum.
Opinion
How’s your postacute network doing?
April 7, 2017
Hospitalists should lead the discussion with patients on postacute facility selection as it relates to which facilities are in the network and why going to a network facility is advantageous.
News
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.
Opinion
Everything We Say and Do: Discussing advance care planning
March 31, 2017
Every health care encounter is an opportunity to better identify and document patients’ wishes for their care.