Quality
HM18
HM18: ‘Things we do for no reason’
Physicians continue to practice low value care because of practice habits and lack of cost transparency.
Quality
Addressing malnutrition and improving performance
It’s a widespread problem among admitted patients that often goes unrecognized.
Clinical
Creating a digital pill
It’s the latest development in a burgeoning field.
Quality
Implementing a health literacy assessment
Limited health literacy is associated with poor outcomes – and it’s common.
Quality
A patient portal for the inpatient experience
Portals help more patients engage with care outside the hospital, but inside they are still uncommon.
Quality
Clinician denial of some patient requests decrease patient satisfaction
Is clinician denial of particular patient requests associated with the patient’s satisfaction with that clinician?
Career
Physician learning must evolve as industry transforms
Standardized patient encounter training is a live simulation in a clinical setting with trained actors.
Quality
Readmitted patients less likely to be “very satisfied” with index admission
Clinical question: Are patient perceptions of care during index hospitalization associated with likelihood of 30-day readmission...
Quality
Inpatient care by PCPs associated with lower mortality than care by hospitalists
Clinical question: Are there differences in mortality and health care resource utilization in patients treated by hospitalists,...
From the Society
Launching into the future
Dr. Nasim Afsar became the new president of the Society of Hospital Medicine in April 2018.