Larry Beresford
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Multiple Patient-Safety Events Affect 1 in 1000 Hospitalizations
March 1, 2013
Co-occurring events contributed to longer lengths of stay and higher hospital costs for 30,000 patients in 2004
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New Anticoagulation Website Offers Guidelines, Self-Assessment Tools
March 1, 2013
Online resource center useful for hospital-based outpatient clinics treating patients on anti-thrombotic medications
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Special Interest Groups Target Healthcare Waste
March 1, 2013
New reports from HealthAffairs.org and the Commonwealth Fund point to wasteful spending, avoidable hospital readmissions
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Post-Hospital Syndrome Contributes to Readmission Risk for Elderly
March 1, 2013
Sleep deprivation and other patient stressors in hospitals may hike 30-day readmission rates, experts suggest
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Automated Hospital Inpatient Assignment Program Increases Efficiency, Coordination of Care
March 1, 2013
Computerized program evenly distributes hospitalist workload
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Houston Hospitalists Create Direct-Admit System
March 1, 2013
Computer application streamlines time-consuming hospital admission process for referring physicians and PCPs
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The Society of Hospital Medicine’s “Choosing Wisely” Recommendations for Hospitalists
February 21, 2013
10 common medications, tests, or treatments that doctors and patients should think twice about before deciding to pursue
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Better Choices, Better Healthcare
February 21, 2013
Hospitalists target 10 tests, procedures, and treatments to eliminate waste
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Former SHM President Lands South Carolina Hospital’s Top Post
February 14, 2013
Patrick Cawley, MD, says hospitalists' training, experience give them administrative advantages
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Multidisciplinary Palliative-Care Consults Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
February 2, 2013
Research shows lower readmission rates for seriously ill, hospitalized, Medicare-age inpatients who received consults from a palliative-care team
