Quality
Perspectives
“Enough English” to be at risk
One way to bypass language barriers is to recognize the value added by hiring and training bilingual health care providers.
Clinical
Clinician practices to connect with patients
What practices foster physician presence and connection with their patients?
Quality
Hotspotting does not reduce readmissions
Does the addition of the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Provider’s care-transition program prevent hospital readmission in high utilizers of...
Practice Management
Reflections on 10 years of hospitalist productivity
Over the past decade there has been a significant change in how hospital medicine programs are financed.
Clinical
Hospital-level care at home for acutely ill adults may be as safe as inpatient care
Does hospital-level care at home reduce health care cost, usage, and readmission rates?
Quality
Hospital acquisition had no significant change in the rate of readmission or mortality
How do hospital acquisitions or consolidations affect patient satisfaction, the rate of readmission, and the mortality rate?
Quality
Electronic frailty index based on routine blood tests may help identify at-risk seniors
Can a frailty index using routine admission laboratory tests identify seniors at increased risk for adverse outcomes after hospital admission?
Quality
Hospital admissions of nursing home patients declined after ACA quality initiatives
Following the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), how have hospital transfer rates from nursing homes for patients with advanced...
SHM Converge
Some things pediatric hospitalists do for no reason
Pediatric hospitalists should take note of some care management practices which are not supported by recent literature.
Clinical
PHM groups issue Choosing Wisely® recommendations
The recommendations will allow pediatric hospitalists to lead change throughout their hospitals and health care systems.