Transitions of Care
Clinical
Everything We Say and Do: Setting discharge goals and visit expectations
I always ensure at the end of my visit with a patient and their family that they know when to expect me to return to see their child again.
Practice Management
Is the doctor in?
A recent increase in programs that provide telehospitalists indicates continued growth in coming years.
Clinical
End-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients
Are hospitalized patients experiencing an increased mortality risk at the end-rotation resident transition in care and is this association related...
HM17
Systems engineering in the hospital
Systems-engineering expert James Benneyan, PhD, doesn’t want hospitalists to look at poorly working processes in their institutions and think, “I...
From the Society
SHM receives Eisenberg Award as part of I-PASS Study Group
The Society of Hospital Medicine is part of a patient safety research group that received the prestigious 2016 John M. Eisenberg Award for...
Practice Management
How’s your postacute network doing?
Hospitalists should lead the discussion with patients on postacute facility selection as it relates to which facilities are in the network and why...
Practice Management
Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog
There is no doubt transparency is important, and patients should be informed when hospitalized as outpatients instead of as inpatients. But the...
From the Society
Everything We Say and Do: Discussing advance care planning
Every health care encounter is an opportunity to better identify and document patients’ wishes for their care.
Clinical
End-of-rotation resident transition in care and mortality among hospitalized patients
Clinical Question: Are hospitalized patients experiencing an increased mortality risk at the end-rotation resident transition in...
Quality
Hospitalists seek tools for more efficient admissions
HM16 abstract explains how Lean/Six Sigma methods might streamline admissions.