Larry Beresford
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"Teach Back" Effective in Improving Patient Communication
April 4, 2012
Give patients smaller doses of information over several days, HM12 presenter advises
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HM Group Scheduling Can Assist in Systems Improvement
April 3, 2012
But schedules can be complicated, and a one-size-fits-all model is nonexistent
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Press Ganey Analyst Explains Implications of Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
April 2, 2012
As much as 7% of Medicare reimbursement could be at stake by 2017, policy expert warns
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Talking Shop: Hospitalists eager to adopt computerized physician order entry (CPOE)
April 2, 2012
Four hospitalists from three hospitals express cautious optimism about the outcomes
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First Set of CMS Advisors Includes Hospitalists
March 31, 2012
In January, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) selected 73 professionals as the initial set of advisors for its Innovation Center (http://innovations.cms.gov/). The advisors include 37 physicians, as well as some nurses and health administrators.
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Hospitalists Provide Leadership as Unit Medical Directors
March 31, 2012
A project to formalize “local leadership models”—partnering leadership teams comprising a hospitalist and a nurse manager on each participating unit—at the University of Michigan Health System helped to redefine the role of unit medical director and led to allocating sufficie
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Understanding Physicians’ Attitudes toward Safety Culture
March 31, 2012
Results from a survey to assess physicians’ and medical trainees’ perceptions and attitudes about the culture of patient safety at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center were reported at HM11 in Dallas by Patrick Kneeland, MD, who has since moved to Providenc
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By the Numbers: 8.3%
March 31, 2012
8.3%1 in 12 adults ages 21 and older Discharged from the hospital to the community were readmitted within 30 days, according to the National Institute for Health Care Reform.
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New Crop of Hospital Medicine Fellows “Arrives” at HM12
March 30, 2012
141 designees embody the core ideals of hospital medicine, SHM president-elect says
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Defensive Medicine Enters Med Student Curriculum
March 21, 2012
Attendings advised considering liability when making medical decisions, say nearly half of surveyed trainees
