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Interdisciplinary Team Care on General Medical Units Does Not Improve Patient Outcomes
- Devin Horton, MD;
- Jenny Tuan, MD;
- Joshua Labrin, MD, SFHM;
- Karli Edholm, MD;
- Katie Lappe, MD;
- Kencee Graves
October 6, 2015
Clinical question: Does interdisciplinary care on general medical wards improve patient outcomes?
Background: Patients on general medical wards might experience errors and/or preventable deaths.
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Interdisciplinary Team Interventions Have Little Impact on Traditional Quality Measures
- Nita Shrikant Kulkarni, MD
October 5, 2015
Clinical question: Do interdisciplinary team care interventions affect outcomes for hospitalized patients in general medical wards?
Bottom line: Interdisciplinary team care interventions do not significantly affect oft-used quality measures such as length of stay, readmissions, or mortality.
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Hospital Medicine Administrator Amanda Trask Values Hospitalists, HM Role in Healthcare
October 5, 2015
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Most people think a career in hospital medicine means a medical degree that confers those two ubiquitous letters after your name.
Amanda Trask blazed her
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Hospitalists Key Partners in Healthcare’s Future, Evolution
October 5, 2015
After a career working for hospitals, I am about to retire as president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), an organization that represents some 5,000 hospitals and health systems.
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Hospitalists’ Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner’s Perspective
- Chip Caldwell;
- James Partin, MD;
- Jayne Pope, MBA, RN
September 9, 2015
How Texas-based Hill Country Memorial achieved top-level patient experience performance by engaging physicians, using consumer input
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Clinical Care Conundrums Provide Learning Potential for Hospitalists
September 9, 2015
At A Glance
Series: Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts
Title: Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine
Edited by: James C. Pile, Thomas E.
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Hospitalist Elizabeth Cook, MD, Pursues Lifetime of Learning
September 9, 2015
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Physicians are lifelong learners by definition. But Elizabeth Cook, MD, is still an actual student.
Dr.
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Hospitalists Play Vital Role in Patients’ View of Hospital Stay
September 9, 2015
Special Reports
Resident Education, Feedback, Incentives Improve Patient Satisfaction
Hospitalists' Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner's Perspective
Cognitive, Emotional Memory Disconnect Impacts Patient Satisfaction
Rise of the Chief Patient Experience Officer
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Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant Winners Blog About Patient Safety
September 9, 2015
In 2015, three medical students received the first SHM Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant to complete scholarly work related to patient safety in the hospital.
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App Helps Hospitalists Prevent Inpatient Falls
September 8, 2015
Every year, hundreds of thousands of hospitalized patients fall. Now, hospitalists can get help in dramatically reducing those numbers.