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SHM’s Center for Quality Improvement to partner on NIH grant
Publish date: August 12, 2021
Study will identify interventions to rapidly improve care for children hospitalized with respiratory illnesses.
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“Enough English” to be at risk
Publish date: July 13, 2021
One way to bypass language barriers is to recognize the value added by hiring and training bilingual health care providers.
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Clinician practices to connect with patients
Publish date: July 2, 2021
What practices foster physician presence and connection with their patients?
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Hotspotting does not reduce readmissions
Publish date: July 1, 2021
Does the addition of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Provider’s care-transition program prevent hospital readmission in high utilizers of health care services?
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Reflections on 10 years of hospitalist productivity
Publish date: June 21, 2021
Over the past decade there has been a significant change in how hospital medicine programs are financed.
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Hospital-level care at home for acutely ill adults may be as safe as inpatient care
Publish date: June 10, 2021
Does hospital-level care at home reduce health care cost, usage, and readmission rates?
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Hospital acquisition had no significant change in the rate of readmission or mortality
Publish date: June 8, 2021
How do hospital acquisitions or consolidations affect patient satisfaction, the rate of readmission, and the mortality rate?
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Electronic frailty index based on routine blood tests may help identify at-risk seniors
Publish date: June 7, 2021
Can a frailty index using routine admission laboratory tests identify seniors at increased risk for adverse outcomes after hospital admission?
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Hospital admissions of nursing home patients declined after ACA quality initiatives
Publish date: May 28, 2021
Following the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), how have hospital transfer rates from nursing homes for patients with advanced medical conditions changed?
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Some things pediatric hospitalists do for no reason
Publish date: May 20, 2021
Pediatric hospitalists should take note of some care management practices which are not supported by recent literature.
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