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Consumer Reports Rates Hospitals on Infection Control, Prevention
October 5, 2015
Consumer Reports included for the first time in its national hospital quality ratings a ranking of how well 3,000 hospitals are controlling common deadly infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile. The How Your Hospital Can Make You Sick report
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Joint Commission Offers Resource to Prevent Hospital Falls
October 5, 2015
The Joint Commission’s Center for Transforming Healthcare has released its Targeted Solutions Tool for preventing hospital inpatient falls and falls with injuries.
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Hospitalists’ Research Analyzes Links between Hyperglycemia, Sleep Deprivation
October 5, 2015
An RIV poster presented at HM15 highlights a common problem hospitalists face: morning hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients, including patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes.1 Lead author Regina Heyl DePietro, BA, now a medical student at Stony Brook (N.Y.) School of Medicine, working wit
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Hospital Groups Might Do Better Without Daytime Admission Shifts, Morning Meetings
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11415" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] You shouldn’t maintain things that do not deliver the value you anticipated when you first put them in place.
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LISTEN NOW: Pediatric Hospital Medicine and the “Right Care” Movement
September 21, 2015
Three pediatric hospitalists – Dr. Ricardo Quiñonez of San Antonio Children’s Hospital, Dr. Shawn Ralston of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and Dr.
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Hospitalists’ Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner’s Perspective
September 9, 2015
How Texas-based Hill Country Memorial achieved top-level patient experience performance by engaging physicians, using consumer input
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Clinical Care Conundrums Provide Learning Potential for Hospitalists
September 9, 2015
At A Glance Series: Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts Title: Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine Edited by: James C. Pile, Thomas E.
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Hospitalist-Led Quality Initiatives Plentiful at Community Hospitals
September 9, 2015
Community hospitals offer multiple opportunities for hospitalists to become involved in both quality assurance and quality improvement.
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Hospitalists Play Vital Role in Patients’ View of Hospital Stay
September 9, 2015
Special Reports Resident Education, Feedback, Incentives Improve Patient Satisfaction Hospitalists' Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner's Perspective Cognitive, Emotional Memory Disconnect Impacts Patient Satisfaction Rise of the Chief Patient Experience Officer H
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Cognitive, Emotional Memory Disconnect Impacts Patient Satisfaction
September 8, 2015
Patients judge quality of medical care on emotional memory
