Quality
Clinical
Catheter ablation of AFib improves quality of life more than medications do
Does catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AFib) improve quality of life (QOL) compared to medication therapy?
News
Restriction of Foley catheters in older trauma patients improved outcomes
Strict criteria to limit Foley catheters in older trauma patients reduced infection rates and speed discharge.
Clinical
QI initiative can decrease unnecessary IV treatment of asymptomatic hypertension
How common is treatment of asymptomatic hypertension in the hospital with IV medications and what is the impact of a quality improvement...
Practice Management
Patients’ perceptions and high hospital use
What are patients’ perspectives of factors associated with the onset and continuation of high hospital use?
Clinical
Reducing low-value preop care for cataract surgery patients
Can a quality improvement project decrease low-value, preoperative testing for cataract patients?
Clinical
Evaluating complications of midline catheters
What are the rates of major and minor complications associated with placement of midline catheters?
Clinical
COVID-19 crushers: An appreciation of hospitalists
This poster demonstrates the fierce battle raging between our hospitalists and COVID-19.
Quality
Continuity rules
Hospital medicine outcomes are often hampered by suboptimal continuity of care.
Practice Management
Designing an effective onboarding program
The first year remains the most vulnerable period for a new hospitalist.
Public Policy
Medicare study evaluates impact of U.S. Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
The proportion of care encounters studied that were preventable remains poorly understood.