Mixed Topics
Quality
Lower rates of patient satisfaction may predict readmission
Do higher rates of patient satisfaction lead to lower rates of hospital readmission?
HM19
HM19: Interprofessional rounds
The purpose of interprofessional rounds is effective communication and efficient patient care.
Quality
Unit-based models of care
Unit-based teams offer a basic framework to optimize the inpatient system to facilitate better workflow.
Quality
Top 10 tips community hospitalists need to know for implementing a QI project
Even the smallest quality improvement projects can make considerable change.
Practice Management
Breaking the high-utilization cycle
Cooperative method addresses unnecessary testing, ineffective treatment plans.
Practice Management
Bringing hospitalist coverage to critical access hospitals
Virtual hospitalists can expand coverage.
News
Long-term antibiotic use may heighten stroke, CHD risk
Among middle-aged and older women, 2 or more months’ exposure to antibiotics is associated with an increased likelihood of cardiovascular disease...
HM19
Best of RIV highlights practical, innovative projects
Winners included a medication reconciliation program that showed improvements across 18 centers.
Practice Management
Top 10 things physician advisors want hospitalists to know
Hospital medicine providers should more routinely engage with their institutional physician advisors.
Clinical
Short Takes
Short Takes