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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Millions Available to Transitions-Focused Hospitalists
HM groups who work with community partners eligible for federal grants targeting readmissions
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NEW DEPARTMENT: Innovations
White Coat vs. Laundered Scrubs: JHM study shows no difference in contamination; some physicians cling to tradition
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Rural Hospitals Choose ED-HM Combination
Cross-trained family and internal medicine physicians can practice emergency medicine, solve manpower issues
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SHM Board Adds First Family-Medicine-Trained Member
Georgia hospitalist adds community-based perspective
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Set the Bar High
New board member says SHM should establish lofty goals for quality of care
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HM Company Acquires Call Center
Calif. group envisions multifaceted care continuum to improve transitions
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The Comanagement Conundrum
Careful negotiation, clear agreement essential to hospitalists in shared-service situations
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to HM experts discuss comanagement opportunities
Listen to excerpts of our interviews with comanagement experts Sylvia McKean, Bob Wachter, Eric Siegal and more
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Comanagement Business Models
HM should think more broadly about patient need
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C. Diff Rates Rise for Hospitalized Children
Infections associated with higher death, colectomy rates
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Intervention Progress
Certified stroke centers produce modestly better outcomes
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Hospitalist to Tackle National Quality Issues
David Meltzer named to federal comparative-effectiveness panel
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Hospitalist Laments Level of Palliative Care
End-of-life management is rife with ambiguities, veteran hospitalist says
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A Perfect Fit
Love for hospital work helps hospitalist win award
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Dr. Dermatologist, Meet the Hospitalist
Know the basics and the morphology, and welcome dermatologists to the hospital, UCSF hospitalist says