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Delving into the details
December 1, 2017
Project reveals the fundamental difficulty of clinical decision-making in the first 24 hours of a patient’s admission.
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Patient handoffs and research methods
November 15, 2017
One of the benefits of asking open-ended questions is the ability to glean a large amount of information.
News
Identifying high-value care practices
November 8, 2017
A high-value care rounding tool could be used to measure the relationship between HVC behaviors and actual patient outcomes.
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Rates, predictors, and variability of interhospital transfers
November 7, 2017
Clinical question: What is the national frequency of interhospital transfers, and are there any patient or hospital factors that predict these transfers?
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Mortality risks associated with emergency admission during weekends and public holidays
November 3, 2017
Clinical question: What factors contribute to increased mortality in weekend hospital admissions?
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Improving transitions for elderly patients
November 1, 2017
A new model for improving patient transitions from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities significantly decreased SNF length of stay, readmission rate, and costs of care.
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Opinion
Identifying the right database
November 1, 2017
The potential for finding the answers to many patient-care questions probably lies in the EMR data you already have.
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Sneak Peek: The Hospital Leader blog – Oct. 2017
October 27, 2017
A narrow focus on shortening hospital stay and weakening channels of communication may be leaving patients adrift in post-acute care.
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A game of telephone?
October 15, 2017
A student researcher learns that there is no such thing as perfect data.
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Opinion
Improving our approach to discharge planning
October 1, 2017
A post-acute care placement prediction tool would help determine how to allocate discharge planning resources.
