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Larry Beresford

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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Hospitals with Hotel-Like Amenities Don’t Improve Satisfaction Scores

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Larry Beresford

Hospital design may not contribute to patients’ satisfaction with the care given by their hospital professionals, according to new research from...

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Hospice, Palliative Care Groups Release Quality Care Measures

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_9635" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Manuel Noguera[/caption] The American Academy of Hospice and...

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LISTEN NOW: Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP provides tips on improving care transitions

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Larry Beresford

Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, a hospitalist and founder of Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, talks about what clinicians can do to help improve care...

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LISTEN NOW: Daniel Hunt, MD elaborates on recent article on primary care providers

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Larry Beresford

Listen to Daniel Hunt, MD, chief of the hospital medicine unit at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discuss his recent article titled “...

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LISTEN NOW: Eric Howell, MD, SFHM discusses care transitions and readmissions

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Larry Beresford

Johns Hopkins hospitalist Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, discusses connections between SHM, hospitalist practices, handoffs, and successful care...

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Small Hospitals Concerned about Readmissions Avoidance

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Larry Beresford

Small, rural, and community-based hospitals face many of the same concerns about readmissions as large ones. James Baumgartner, MD, chief...

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Continuity Visits by Primary Care Physicians Could Benefit Inpatients

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignright" width="295"] Internist Gila Kriegel, MD, says most PCPs “likeseeing their patients through the...

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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times

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Larry Beresford

Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput

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Good Hospital Discharge Summaries Identified

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Larry Beresford

Study outlines those elements of discharge summaries most helpful to physicians, patients

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Data Show Medicare Readmission Penalties Unfair

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Larry Beresford

Hospital groups claim federal program failed to adjust for socioeconomic risk factors

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Malpractice Claims For Hospitalists Average .52 Per 100 Physician Years

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Larry Beresford

Journal of Hospital Medicine study first to analyze malpractice claims specifically for hospitalists

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Art Helps Hospitalized Patients Manage Pain, Anxiety

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Larry Beresford

Studies suggest art therapy can reduce stress, boost care satisfaction for hospitalized patients with cancer, other diseases

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Hospitalists' Responsibility, Role in Readmission Prevention

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Larry Beresford

[caption id="attachment_8611" align="alignright" width="295"] Image credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] Ashish...

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Hospital Readmissions Rates, Medicare Penalty Analysis

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Larry Beresford

A widely cited statistic in the national readmissions debate holds that one in five acute hospital discharges will lead to a readmission within 30...

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Technology May Offer Solutions to Hospitalists' Readmissions Exposure

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Larry Beresford

Almost weekly, a white paper, report, journal article, or press release touts a new program, software, or technology system offering to help...

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