Larry Beresford
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Pioneering Hospitalists Earn Masters of Hospital Medicine Designation
March 7, 2012
SHM honors Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, Williams with highest designation
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalists turned C-Suiters tell their secrets
March 2, 2012
Jeffrey Sperring, MD, discusses his path to the C-suite and keys to his success
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By the Numbers: 39
February 29, 2012
Percentage growth in health spending in 2010, to $2.6 trillion.
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Shift Fatigue in Healthcare Workers
February 29, 2012
The Joint Commission in December issued a “Sentinel Event Alert” on the dangers of extended shift fatigue in healthcare workers, particularly for nurses who work shifts longer than 12.5 hours.
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Doctors Help Other Doctors Use Information Technology
February 29, 2012
Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Health Care, a foundation-supported, nonprofit campaign, was launched Dec. 1 in Washington, D.C., to spur greater and more effective use of health information technology (HIT) by physicians to improve quality, safety, and efficiency.
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Putting the Right Patient in the Right Bed
February 29, 2012
A hospitalist-led project to improve bed assignment practices at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., reduced errors in patient placements to 3.1% from 9.4%.
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Pediatric Hospitalists Share Lessons Learned on the Path to Executive Leadership
February 29, 2012
A handful of pediatric hospitalists have assumed major administrative responsibilities in their hospitals. Most say their HM experience was crucial to the journey.
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Pediatric Hospitalists Climb the Corporate Ladder
February 29, 2012
Pediatric hospitalists around the country have made inroads into hospital administration roles.
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Reducing Unnecessary Medical Resources as Quality Initiative
February 15, 2012
“Waste” reduction an expanding target for hospitalists
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Hospitalist/Palliative-Care Collaboration Aims to Reduce Readmissions
February 1, 2012
Wisconsin hospital sees positive changes since implementing Project BOOST tools
