Larry Beresford is an Oakland, Calif.-based freelance medical journalist with a breadth of experience writing about the policy, financial, clinical, management and human aspects of hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, death, and dying. He is a longtime contributor to The Hospitalist, for which he covers re-admissions, pain management, palliative care, physician stress and burnout, quality improvement, waste prevention, practice management, innovation, and technology. He also contributes to Medscape. Learn more about his work at www.larryberesford.com; follow him on Twitter @larryberesford.
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Congressional Budget Office Says Health-Care Inflation Is Slowing
CBO lowers its projections for next decade's spending on Medicare, Medicaid, extended insurance coverage under Affordable Care Act
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Technology Developers Encouraged to Make Hospital Pricing More Transparent
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to award $120,00 in prizes to creator of intuitive, actionable tools that demystify health care costs for consumers...
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Joint Commission Tackles Alarm-Fatigue Risks from Medical Devices
Report finds barrage of warning noises can desensitize, distract professional caregivers from true emergencies
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Leadership Skills a Priority for Future Hospitalists
Training program helps medical residents prepare for leadership positions
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Hospitals Report 30-Day Readmissions Dip with SHM’s Project BOOST
Data show 2% drop in avoidable rehospitalizations as critics question program’s effectiveness, impact
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Conway to Head Medicare Innovation Center
Pediatric hospitalist takes charge as agency accepts applications for health-care-innovation grants
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First-Year Medical School Enrollment to Climb to 21,434 by 2017
Projected 30% increase since 2002 has deans concerned enrollment growth may outpace residency-training positions for graduates
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IPC-UCSF Fellowship for Hospitalist Group Leaders Demands a Stretch
Program brings hospitalists together for training sessions, distance learning, executive coaching, project mentoring
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Hospital ICUs Chart Progress in Preventing Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Drop in CLABSI incidence credited to incorporating best practice guidelines, infection-control treatment bundles, alcohol-based hand rubs
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Hospitals' Battle Against Superbugs Goes Robotic
Machines that emit ultraviolet light, hydrogen-peroxide vapors to stop spread of antibiotic-resistant germs being tested
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Grassroots Efforts to Improve Patient Care
Hospitalists push Choosing Wisely concepts, tools, resources to improve quality of care
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RIV Presenters at HM13 Explore Common Hospitalist Concerns
Defensive medicine, malpractice claims are popular topics of Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition
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Most Health-Care Professionals Use Personal Smartphones for Work
Nearly 90% of workers have used their own phones to conduct business, despite security risks
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Hospitalization Rates Higher Among Abused Elderly
Battered seniors three times more likely to be hospitalized than their non-abused peers
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Digital Schedule Boards Improve Outcomes at South Carolina Hospitals
Tracking system for patients, surgery schedules, replaces dry-erase boards