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Quality Improvement

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    Boosting Patient Care: The Power of Inpatient Immunizations

    October 1, 2025

    What is the hospitalist’s role in helping to advance the immunization of hospitalized patients? Historically, hospitalization has been seen as an opportunity for vaccinating eligible patients....

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    Improving Length of Stay and Physician Performance at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi

    October 1, 2025

    Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi At Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, accurately measuring the length of stay (LOS) and discharge ratios for individual hospitalists has proven to be a significant challenge....

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    Poor Patient Health Literacy and Its Impacts

    October 1, 2025

    Understanding the complexities of health information and traversing the often obtuse, poorly organized, broader healthcare system can be difficult for even the most knowledgeable and educated...

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    Recognizing and Addressing Health Literacy Barriers

    October 1, 2025

    October marks Health Literacy Month, a crucial observance dedicated to highlighting the essential role health literacy plays in patient care, especially within hospital medicine. Health...

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    Reducing Avoidable Readmissions is an Important Focus for Hospitalists

    April 1, 2025

    Now in its 13th year, Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) continues to incentivize hospitals to do a better job of coordinating the care of patients they are discharging to...

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    Clinical Scenario: Patient Care Through POLST

    October 10, 2024

    Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) forms are crucial tools in ensuring that patient treatment preferences are respected and followed, particularly during medical emergencies. As...

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    Demystifying Performance Measures: Length of Stay

    August 1, 2024

    A 73-year-old woman presents with syncope, generalized weakness, and frequent falls on a Friday afternoon. Past medical history includes coronary artery disease, aortic stenosis, atrial fibrillation...

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    Demystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: HCAHPS

    May 1, 2024

    The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey was first implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assess and compare performance on...

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    Top 10 Challenges to QIPs

    April 1, 2024

    Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to drive quality-improvement (QI) initiatives across the health care continuum. Our daily interactions span diverse health care teams and specialties. Our care...

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    How Can Hospitalists Help Reduce Harmful In-hospital Patient Falls?

    March 1, 2024

    An estimated 700,000 to 1,000,000 falls occur in hospitalized patients in this country every year, with one-quarter to one-third of the falls leading to injuries. At least 10% of those are serious...

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