Two hospitalists who presented RIV posters at HM15 talk about their projects. Dr. Brian Poustinchian worked on a bedside rounding study at Midwestern University in Illinois, and Dr. Jennifer Pascoe worked on a poster about patients leaving the hospital against medical advice, focusing on a case of her own at the University of Rochester.
Mortality is the ultimate outcome metric for patient care. In the hospital, measuring mortality appears simple and straightforward, but upon considering the layers of attribution and risk...
Quality initiatives (QI) are often thought of as longitudinal projects that require large system lifts and complex multidisciplinary teams. These sorts of projects can be intimidating and...
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), a term coined by the National Health Safety Network in 2005, refer to infections that arise in any inpatient or outpatient setting and appear within 48 hours...
In 2012, after completing her medical training at George Washington University, Jessica Logan, MD, FACP, was selected to be a chief resident for quality and safety at the Washington, D.C., Veterans...
