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News
Launching into the future
April 13, 2018
Dr. Nasim Afsar became the new president of the Society of Hospital Medicine in April 2018.
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Building a career in quality improvement
April 10, 2018
The session will provide some boots-on-the-ground insight from clinicians at various stages in this space.
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Admitting medicine patients to off-service, nonmedicine units linked with increased in-hospital mortality
April 3, 2018
Do medicine patients admitted to off-service inpatient units during times of hospital saturation have worse quality of care and outcomes?
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Opinion
Engaging skeptical parents
March 27, 2018
With skeptical parents, resist the urge to tell, and listen instead.
News
Hospital boards can promote quality improvement
March 21, 2018
Study highlights the importance of board-level clinical leaders in hospitals.
News
Making structural improvements in health care
March 20, 2018
The relatively new field of improvement science provides a framework for research focused on health care improvement.
News
New tool improves hand-off communications
March 19, 2018
One of the riskiest transitions that patients go through is when they change levels of care.
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News
Analytics, board support are quality improvement keys
March 16, 2018
Knowing when your interventions are having an effect is a skill essential to QI success.
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Measuring high-value care practices
March 8, 2018
There are few instruments designed to measure the success of high-value care practices.
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News
Caring for transgender inpatients
March 1, 2018
Hospitalists will increasingly find themselves caring for patients who openly claim a gender identity outside the traditional gender categories.
