Transitions of Care
Clinical
Simplified HOSPITAL score predicts 30-day readmissions
Clinical Question: Will a simplified HOSPITAL score accurately predict 30-day readmissions?
Practice Management
Communication tools improve patient experience and satisfaction
In a culture prioritizing clinical outcomes above all, there can be a tendency to lose sight of one of the most critical aspects of providing...
Public Policy
New telehealth legislation would provide for testing, expansion
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to test expanded telehealth...
Career
Student Hospitalist Scholars: The importance of communication
What use is clinical knowledge if it cannot be appropriately used to benefit patients in a clinical setting?
Clinical
Large-scale implementation of the I-PASS handover system
Clinical Question: Is a system-wide I-PASS handover system able to be effectively implemented?
HM17
HM17 session summary: Hospitalists as leaders in patient flow and hospital throughput
An education session at HM17 focused on key topics in patient flow and throughput for hospitalist physicians.
Quality
Sneak Peek: Journal of Hospital Medicine – July 2017
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the...
Quality
Crossing the personal quality chasm: QI enthusiast to QI leader
This new series highlights the professional pathways of quality improvement leaders.
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.