News
Adding Basal Insulin to Oral Agents in Type 2 Diabetes Might Offer Best Glycemic Control
October 29, 2014
Clinical question: When added to oral diabetic agents, which insulin regimen (biphasic, prandial or basal) best achieves glycemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes? Background: Most patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) require insulin when oral agents provide suboptimal glycemic co
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Patient Participation in Medication Reconciliation at Discharge Helps Detect Prescribing Discrepancies
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Does the inclusion of a medication adherence counseling session during a hospital discharge reconciliation process reduce discrepancies in the final medication regimen? Background: Inadvertent medication prescribing errors are an important cause of preventable adverse drug even
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Patient Signout Is Not Uniformly Comprehensive and Often Lacks Critical Information
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: Do signouts vary in the quality and quantity of information, and what are the various factors affecting signout quality? Background: Miscommunication during transfers of responsibility for hospitalized patients is common and can result in harm.
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Emergency Department Signout via Voicemail Yields Mixed Reviews
October 27, 2014
Clinical question: How does traditional, oral signout from emergency providers to inpatient medicine physicians compare to dictated, voicemail signout? Background: Communication failures contribute to errors in care transition from ED to inpatient medicine units.
Video
Baystate Medical Center’s Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
October 24, 2014
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction. Get an up-close look at the service with our 6-minute feature video:
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News
HealthKit Wellness App Could Prove Helpful to Hospitalists
October 15, 2014
Apple software stores, tracks patient vital signs, medications, lab results, to be shared among multidisciplinary healthcare team
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Focus on Patient Experience Strengthens Hospital Medicine Movement
October 15, 2014
Monitoring, improving patient experiences gains importance as hospitalists target quality initiatives
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Clinical Advice for Peri-Operative Patient Care
October 15, 2014
New book in Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts series offers pearls, pitfalls around systems of care, risk management, post-operative care for hospitalized patients
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Opinion
Homecare Will Help You Achieve the Triple Aim
October 15, 2014
Hospitalists must begin to pay attention to the cost side of the value equation
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Patient Engagement Growing Focus for Hospitals
October 15, 2014
Involving inpatients in their treatment, recovery may help hospitals customize their care
