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Larry Beresford

Larry Beresford is an Oakland, Calif.-based freelance medical journalist with a breadth of experience writing about the policy, financial, clinical, administrative and human aspects of hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, death, and dying. He has is a longtime contributor to The Hospitalist magazine, for which he covers re-admissions, pain management, quality, waste prevention, innovation, and technology. He also writes Hospice Compliance Letter (www.hospicecompliance.net) and the Hospice House Network’s Flutter newsletter (www.hospicehouse.us ). Learn more about his work at www.larryberesford.com; follow him on Twitter @larryberesford.

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Quality Improvement Initiative Targets Sepsis

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Larry Beresford

A quality improvement (QI) initiative at University Hospital in Salt Lake City aims to save lives and cut hospital costs by reducing inpatient...

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Thombosis Management Demands Balanced Approach

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_12180" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] The delicate balance involved in...

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Liver Transplant Only Cure for Some Inpatients with Cirrhosis

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Larry Beresford

Bilal Hameed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco, reviewed a...

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Hospital Medicine Flourishing Around the World

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Larry Beresford

Since last September, Anand Kartha, MD, MS, has headed the hospital medicine (HM) program at 600-bed Hamad General Hospital, the flagship facility...

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Listen Now: Dr. Peter Jamieson Discusses Evolution of Hospital Medicine in Canada

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Larry Beresford

Peter Jamieson, MD, medical director of Foothills Medical Center in Calgary, Alberta, talks about hospital medicine's evolution Canada away from...

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Listen Now: Dr. Henry Feldman Discusses Advancing Hospital Medicine Globally

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Larry Beresford

Henry Feldman, MD, a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, talks about his work with hospitalists overseas to help...

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Canada Develops Core Competencies for Hospitalists

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Larry Beresford

The Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine is spearheading an initiative called the Core Competencies in Hospitalist Medicine Document Project,...

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For Some Inpatients with Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant Is the only Cure

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Larry Beresford

Bilal Hameed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco, reviewed a...

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AMA's Christine Sinsky, MD, Explains EHR’s Contribution to Physician Burnout

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Larry Beresford

Half of U.S. physicians are experiencing some of the symptoms of burnout, with even higher rates for general internists.

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Thrombosis Management Demands Delicate, Balanced Approach

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Larry Beresford

The delicate balance involved in providing hospitalized patients with needed anticoagulant, anti-platelet, and thrombolytic therapies for stroke...

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Hospitals Save Estimated $67 Million by Tracking Energy Consumption

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Larry Beresford

Estimated savings in energy costs posted by hospitals participating in the American Hospital Association’s affiliated American Society for...

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How to Develop a Comprehensive Pediatric Palliative Care Program

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Larry Beresford

For Ami Doshi, MD, FAAP, a hospitalist at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, the path to establishing a comprehensive pediatric palliative care...

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Consumer Reports Rates Hospitals on Infection Control, Prevention

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Larry Beresford

Consumer Reports included for the first time in its national hospital quality ratings a ranking of how well 3,000 hospitals are controlling common...

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Joint Commission Offers Resource to Prevent Hospital Falls

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Larry Beresford

The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has released its Targeted Solutions Tool for preventing hospital inpatient falls and...

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Hospitalists’ Research Analyzes Links between Hyperglycemia, Sleep Deprivation

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Larry Beresford

An RIV poster presented at HM15 highlights a common problem hospitalists face: morning hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients, including patients...

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