Quality
Clinical
PHM groups issue Choosing Wisely® recommendations
The recommendations will allow pediatric hospitalists to lead change throughout their hospitals and health care systems.
SHM Converge
Update in Hospital Medicine relays important findings
Two panelists highlighted the year of research in areas most relevant and important to hospital medicine.
SHM Converge
Avoid presumptions with LGBTQ+ patients
Support LGBTQ+ patients with affirming language and attention to clinical considerations.
Quality
Correlating hospitalist work schedules with patient outcomes
How do hospitalist schedules correlate with patient care outcomes?
Clinical
Family-involved interventions reduce postoperative delirium
Is the Tailored, Family-Involved Hospital Elder Life Program (t-HELP) effective in reducing the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) in older...
Clinical
Depression screening after ACS does not change outcomes
Does systematic screening for depression in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors affect quality of life and depression?
Clinical
Cardiac rehab after cardiac valve surgery associated with reduced mortality
Does cardiac rehabilitation (CR) improve outcomes for patients after undergoing cardiac valve surgery (CVS)?
Practice Management
Virtual is the new real
The need for a systematic telehealth deployment is far from being adequately fulfilled.
Perspectives
Palliative care and hospital medicine partnerships in the pandemic
Partnerships among hospital medicine and palliative care teams thrive on mutually shared core values of patient centered care.
Perspectives
Inpatient telemedicine can help address hospitalist pain points
The extent to which telemedicine is able to positively impact patient care will revolve around overcoming barriers.