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News
Hospitalists offer tips on QI projects
May 3, 2017
Anjala Tess, MD, a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, asked the audience how many of them had done a quality improvement project that had failed. It was not a time to be bashful: Almost half the hospitalists ...
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Crossing the personal quality chasm: QI enthusiast to QI leader
April 26, 2017
This new series highlights the professional pathways of quality improvement leaders.
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News
Battling biases with the 5 Rs of cultural humility
April 25, 2017
The Cultural Humility Work Group set out to develop a simple, universal framework to provide a foundation for strengthening communication skills and raising awareness of cultural humility.
News
SHM receives Eisenberg Award as part of I-PASS Study Group
April 19, 2017
The Society of Hospital Medicine is part of a patient safety research group that received the prestigious 2016 John M. Eisenberg Award for Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality presented annually by The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum.
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Opinion
How’s your postacute network doing?
April 7, 2017
Hospitalists should lead the discussion with patients on postacute facility selection as it relates to which facilities are in the network and why going to a network facility is advantageous.
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News
QI enthusiast turns QI leader
March 31, 2017
Quality improvement success starts with curiosity, builds with connection.
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News
Consider apps for better patient health
March 28, 2017
Patient-facing apps have potential to help high-need, high-cost populations, but technology also poses risks.
News
Hospitalists seek tools for more efficient admissions
March 24, 2017
HM16 abstract explains how Lean/Six Sigma methods might streamline admissions.
News
Enlisting social networks for better health outcomes
March 24, 2017
Commentary encourages engaging patients’ friends, family to assist in health care optimization.
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Create hospitalist-patient partnerships for safety and quality
March 22, 2017
Study reports sharing tool strengthens relationships, improve safety.
