Transitions of Care
Quality
New tool improves hand-off communications
One of the riskiest transitions that patients go through is when they change levels of care.
Clinical
Journal of Hospital Medicine – Jan. 2018
Read the latest from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research for the specialty of hospital...
Public Policy
Homelessness: Whose job is it?
Addressing the significant known health disparities faced by homeless persons is one of the greatest health equity challenges of our time.
Quality
Choosing location after discharge wisely
With a principal focus on hospital length of stay, we have prioritized when patients are ready to leave over where they go after they leave.
Practice Management
How will SNF readmissions penalties affect hospitalists?
Skilled nursing facilities will soon be penalized up to 2% of their Medicare reimbursement for posting higher-than-average rates of hospital...
From the Society
Transition in care from the MICU to the ward
Patient handoffs where both receiving and transferring providers share the same mental model result in better outcomes.
Practice Management
Consider ‘impactibility’ to prevent hospital readmissions
Predictive models and clinicians together might produce more effective decisions than either does alone.
Quality
Using post-acute and long-term care quality report cards
Hospitalists and discharge planners should engage and assist patients, families, and caregivers in the decision making process.
From the Society
Delving into the details
Project reveals the fundamental difficulty of clinical decision-making in the first 24 hours of a patient’s admission.
From the Society
Patient handoffs and research methods
One of the benefits of asking open-ended questions is the ability to glean a large amount of information.