News
Federal Program to Cut Hospital Readmissions Turns Out Modest Results
March 10, 2015
A new report has found that only a small number of groups included in a government-funded experiment to cut Medicare readmissions actually produced results.
Audio
LISTEN NOW: Adam E. Fall, MD, SFHM, discusses VTE management in an era of technology
March 6, 2015
Adam E.
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Tip-Top Tactics for Bedside Procedure Training
March 6, 2015
David Lichtman, PA, director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service in Baltimore, Md., says bedside procedure training should be consistent and thorough, regardless of whether the trainee is a medical student, a resident, a fellow, or an established physician.
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Hospitals Launch Bedside Procedure Services
March 3, 2015
A dedicated procedure team or service can give hospitals needed expertise without requiring a one-size-fits-all approach.
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Physician Residency Training Gets Boost from Quality Improvement Clinics
March 3, 2015
Although two Institute of Medicine reports say medical educators fall short on giving physician residents the skills they need to make sure patients get safe, high quality care, fewer than 20% of U.S.
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Opinion
Geographic Rounding of Hospital Nurses Challenges Unit-Based Theory
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
March 3, 2015
Nurses, of course, have always been assigned by unit—that is, geographically. So it should come as no surprise that searching “unit-based” at the-hospitalist.org returns many articles about assigning hospitalists geographically, but not nurses, partly because few would consider it a new idea.
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Opinion
Much Ado about Hospital Quality
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
February 2, 2015
I have reported previously on major incentive programs under Medicare and the Affordable Care Act that affect hospitals and, by extension, their affiliated hospitalists. I’d like to provide you with an update on these programs.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Connects Physicians in Training with Specialty
February 2, 2015
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine.
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Bedside Attention Tests May Be Useful in Detecting Delirium
- Courtney O’Rourke, DO;
- Deepak Asudani, MD, MPH, FHM;
- Division OF;
- Leslie Martin, MD;
- Meghan Sebasky, MD;
- Remus Popa, MD, FHM;
- Robert El-Kareh, MD, MPH, MS
February 2, 2015
Clinical question: Are simple bedside attention tests a reliable way to routinely screen for delirium?
Background: Early diagnosis of delirium decreases adverse outcomes, but it often goes unrecognized, in part because clinicians do not routinely screen for it.
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Vermont Hospital Honored for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
February 2, 2015
The University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC), a 562-bed academic facility in Burlington, has been honored with a Partnership in Prevention award for sustainable improvements to eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The award, sponsored by the U.S.