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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, management and human aspects of hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, death, and dying. He is a longtime contributor to The Hospitalist, for which he covers re-admissions, pain management, palliative care, physician stress and burnout, quality improvement, waste prevention, practice management, innovation, and technology. He also contributes to Medscape. Learn more about his work at www.larryberesford.com; follow him on Twitter @larryberesford.

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Family Physicians Propose Payment for PCPs’ Hospital Consult Visits

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Larry Beresford

The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has appealed to some of the nation's largest insurers, asking for coverage of hospital consults...

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Most Important Elements of End-of-Life Care

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Larry Beresford

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Highest-Volume Hospitals Linked with Lower Risk for Some Procedures

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Larry Beresford

An estimated 11,000 deaths could have been prevented between 2010 and 2012, if patients who went to the U.S. hospitals with the lowest patient...

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New Expectations for Value-Based Healthcare

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Larry Beresford

A new book by three leading hospital medicine advocates for maximizing efficiency and outcomes while managing costs and avoiding waste in...

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Joint Commission Leaders Call on Physicians to Embrace Quality Improvement

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Larry Beresford

In a May 12 JAMA “Viewpoint” article, Mark Chassin, MD, FACP, MPP, MPH, The Joint Commission’s president and CEO, and David Baker, MD, FACP, MPH,...

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Hospitalists Choose Quality Metrics Most Important to Them

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Larry Beresford

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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist, Edwin Lopez, PA-C, on Post-Acute Care in the U.S. Health System

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Larry Beresford

Edwin Lopez, PA-C, of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, Wash., offers his views on post-acute care in the U.S.

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Post-Acute Patient Care Offers Opportunities for Non-Physicians

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Larry Beresford

Setting allows nurse practitioners, physician assistants to play key clinical, administrative roles

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Post-Acute Patient Care New Frontier for Hospitalists

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_10261" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] In spite of all the gadgets and...

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Hospital Medicine Added Qualification for Physician Assistants

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Larry Beresford

An examination for the new Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) in hospital medicine for physician assistants (PAs) will be offered for the...

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Hospitals’ Uncompensated Costs Estimated at $27.3 Billion in 2014

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Larry Beresford

The estimated total amount of uncompensated costs incurred by hospitals in 2014 was $27.3 billion, which is $7.4 billion, or 21 percent, less than...

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Quality Data Dashboards Provide Performance Feedback to Physicians

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Larry Beresford

A best-of-research plenary presentation at HM15 in National Harbor, Md., described a project to link physicians’ schedules to the electronic...

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Why Physicians Override Best Practice Alerts

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Larry Beresford

Research published earlier this year in the Journal of Hospital Medicine finds that rationales offered by physicians for overriding interruptive,...

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Hospitals with Hotel-Like Amenities Don’t Improve Satisfaction Scores

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Larry Beresford

Hospital design may not contribute to patients’ satisfaction with the care given by their hospital professionals, according to new research from...

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Hospice, Palliative Care Groups Release Quality Care Measures

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_9635" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Manuel Noguera[/caption] The American Academy of Hospice and...

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