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Hospitalists Lead the Way for Hospital at Home Programs

Care at home is about improving the quality of medical care, Dr. Murphy said. Hospital at home is another approach to doing that in new ways. Quality metrics include transfers back to the hospital, defined as care … See more

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Hospitalists Talk about Rebuilding Trust in Health Care

WEBSteps toward restoring trust. Rebuilding public trust in health care is the need of the hour. Concerted efforts by health care systems toward building trust and a …

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Health Equity in Hospital Medicine

WEBPresenter: Kenya McNeal-Trice, MD Dr. McNeal-Trice’s plenary was a tour-de-force at the 2023 PHM Conference. She effortlessly blended basic health equity …

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Rebuilding Trust a Top Priority for Hospitalists

WEBRebuilding Trust a Top Priority for Hospitalists. In addition to all of the more obvious effects such as deaths and lingering comorbidities wrought by the disease, a …

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Hospital medicine and the future of smart care

WEBAccording to one estimate, the global smart home health care market was $8.7 billion in 2019, and is expected to be $96.2 billion by 2030. 6. Smart technologies …

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Becoming a Well-being Advocate

WEBBecoming a Well-being Advocate. By. Swati Mehta, MD, FACP, CPXP, SFHM; Anna Zachwieja, MHA. May 1, 2023. By now, burnout and its related toll on …

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Managing mental health care at the hospital

WEBEncouraging a more holistic view of health across health care would be an important step to begin to address the problem – after all, the mind and the body are not …

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The Pros and Cons of Electronic Health Records

WEBAn electronic health record (EHR)—sometimes called an electronic medical record (EMR)—allows health-care providers to record patient information electronically …

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Street Medicine on the Floors: A Promising Inpatient Model

WEBPersons experiencing homelessness (PEH) can be some of the most complex patients on hospitalists’ services. Chronic conditions such as hypertension, …

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The Obesity Problem in U.S. Hospitals

WEBIn a Novation survey of VHA member hospitals released in December 2004, 28% of respondents reported an increase in workplace injuries—primarily back …

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Creating a Therapeutic Environment for Adolescents with …

WEBPresenters: Cori Grant, MD, Purvi Patel, MD, and Molly Gleason, OTR/L R ates of mental health issues and suicide in children have been rising for at least a …

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Kathryn Doyle Archives

WEBNews After a Fracture, Patients Often Continue Meds that Boost Fracture Risk September 2, 2016. Older people who break a bone are often receiving medications that can …

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Introduction to population management

WEBDavid A. Kindig, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, defined population health as “the health …

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Does U.S. Healthcare Need More Diverse Leadership

WEBAccording to a benchmarking survey sponsored by the institute, which is an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, the percentage of minority patients seen in …

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Massachusetts Healthcare Law Highlights Implications for National

WEBThe law has brought coverage to nearly 412,000 previously uninsured residents (as of December 2010, the latest figures available), and less than 2% of …

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How Hospitals are Tackling Violence

WEBNicole E. Webb, MD, FAAP, program director of the pediatric hospital medicine fellowship at Valley Children’s Hospital, a free-standing tertiary children’s …

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Pediatric Update: Top 10 Articles of 2022

WEBIn 2022, a New York Times headline declared, “Saving kids is bad business in America.” 1 Pediatric hospitalists were faced with an unprecedented winter surge due to …

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LGBTQIA+ Patient Care

WEBLauren Titus, MD, a pediatric hospital medicine fellow at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, is interviewing LGBTQIA+ youth ages 12 to 20 to understand …

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Social media and health information: Empowering or misleading

WEBFerguson described e-Patients as “empowered medical consumers.” 1. Dr. Taru Saigal. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media and networking platforms – …

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Medical Care Overuse Causes Waste, Harm in Healthcare

WEBExposing a patient to multiple, additional studies prolongs surgical delay, increases exposure to radiation, prolongs and exacerbates underlying anxiety, and …

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