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Quality Improvement

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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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    Hospitalists Play a Leading Role in Responding to Mass-Casualty Incidents

    March 1, 2024

    Mass shootings. Bioterror attacks. Natural disasters. Wars. There’s seemingly no shortage of potential mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) that can lead health care professionals, including...

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    Gaps Remain in Hospital Discharge Education

    December 1, 2023

    Clinical question: What are medicine floor patients told about their hospital discharge instructions and by whom? Dr. Mutter Background studies: Prior studies have demonstrated suboptimal...

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    Secrets of Satisfied EHR Users

    November 1, 2023

    A report released earlier this year by KLAS Research identified more than 3,000 “highly satisfied” users of their hospital’s electronic health record (EHR), which has also been shown to be a...

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    Getting Started with Multicenter Research and QI: Lessons from EMO

    November 1, 2023

    Dr. Peterson Presenters: Chris Bonafide, MD, MSCE, Kim Albanowski, MHS-MA, Canita Brent, MPH, and Brooke Luo, MD A team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is leading a national...

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