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Benefits of Hospital-Wide Mortality Reviews
May 9, 2016
Death is a subject everyone cares about—but we could talk about it more, especially in hospitals, where a lot of people die.
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Opinion
8 Lessons for Hospitalists Turned Entrepreneurs
May 7, 2016
If you are a hospitalist, you are an entrepreneur almost by definition. All hospitalists are continuously engaged in improving the hospital experience for our patients.
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Tackling the Readmissions Problem
May 7, 2016
Virtually every hospital system in the country deals with the challenge of readmissions, especially 30-day readmissions, and it’s only getting worse.
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Not All EDs Adopt Interventions to Improve Flow, Decrease Crowding
May 6, 2016
Clinical question: What is the relationship between crowding in the ED and the number of interventions adopted by the ED to address this? Background: ED crowding results in long waits, prolonged lengths of stay, and delays in providing treatments, which can result in adverse events.
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Close INR Monitoring Might Prevent Adverse Events
May 6, 2016
Clinical question: What is the appropriate frequency of INR monitoring in the hospital and its relationship to the risk of over-anticoagulation and warfarin-related adverse events? Background: Warfarin use is a common cause of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients due to narrow therapeutic
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New Hospitalist Billing Code Should Benefit Hospitalists, Patients
May 5, 2016
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that within the year hospitalists will be assigned their own specialty designation code. [caption id="attachment_14677" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration/Paul Juestrich; Photos Shuttershock.com[/caption] Up to
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Five Situations Where Hospitalists Need a Healthcare Attorney
May 4, 2016
It is inevitable that, at some point in your career, you will need to hire a healthcare attorney. Proper representation is the best way to ensure a positive outcome in any situation. [caption id="attachment_12942" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr.
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Email Alerts Can Help Improve Quality in a Hospital
May 3, 2016
Alert emails can be a simple, low-cost means of improving quality in a hospital, as the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston learned.
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Establishing a Role for Polysomnography in Hospitalized Children
May 2, 2016
Clinical question: What is the role for inpatient polysomnograms for children with medical complexity? [caption id="attachment_13645" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr. Stubblefield[/caption] Background: Sleep-disordered breathing is more common in certain pediatric populations.
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Proposals Pave the Way for New Drugs
April 30, 2016
To promote achievable solutions in the ongoing debate on drug financing, Anthem, Inc.
