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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Pneumonia Challenges Hospitalists on Multiple Fronts
Beware medication continuance, antibiotic selection, says past SHM president
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Sobering News on Quality Front
Medicare deaths tied to hospital care
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CMS Announces Guidelines for $500M Care Transitions Program
Feds target areas with higher-than-average rehospitalization rates
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Hospitalist Invention Aims for Infection Prevention
Inexpensive stethoscope cover could decrease hospital-acquired infections
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A Boost for Pediatric Research
Hospitalist network lands $12 million in federal stimulus grants
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Technology, Follow-Up Care Concern Hospitalists
Improvement starts with early risk factor identification, assessing your own discharge process
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Rethinking Rapid Discharge
Hospitalists can help prevent "secondary overtriage," section chief says
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MGMA Names Hospitalist CEO Physician Executive of the Year
Singer’s recognition good for the specialty, hospitalists say
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: HM is a perfect fit for a palliative care service
But before you start building a palliative care service, do your homework.
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Hospitalists in the Developing World
David Gaus, MD, MS, established HM-focused practices in Ecuador
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New Study Rebuffs Physician Training Misperceptions
No significant differences between U.S.-trained and foreign-trained physicians
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A Resting Place
Management of seriously ill patients affords HM a business opportunity—and a place to shine
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interviews with Project BOOST Michigan principals
SHM past president Scott Flanders, MD, David Share, MD, executive medical director for healthcare quality at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,...
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Warm Welcome
Project BOOST principals brief health-reform operatives
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Palliative Care Documentation Key to Core Measures
Proper palliative care coding will prevent an unwarranted increase in hospital mortality rates.