SMJ articles in the category "hospitalist"

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Development and Implementation of a Hospitalist Faculty Development Program in a University- and Community-Based Multihospital System

Objectives: Robust faculty development (FD) is an emerging area of focus within hospital medicine, a relatively new specialty with limited mentorship infrastructure to find and develop a professional niche. There are few descriptions in the literature of establishing and evaluating an FD program with strategies to evaluate success, invite collaboration,…

Posted in: academic medicine 7 faculty development 7 hospital medicine 15 hospitalist 6 Professional Development 4

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Feedback on Bounce Backs: Real-Time Notification of Readmissions and the Impact on Readmission Rates and Physician Perceptions

Objectives: Readmissions are an increasing area of focus for quality improvement initiatives. Widely variable estimates exist on preventability and impact of multipronged readmission interventions. Given the rotating nature of attending physicians in academic centers, physicians often are unaware of readmissions. We present a before-and-after (uncontrolled) trial evaluating timely feedback of…

Posted in: hospitalist 6 patient safety 24 Prevention 18 Quality Health Care 17 quality improvement 23 Special Issue 75

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Evaluating Readmission Rates: How Can We Improve?

Objectives: To detect the readmission rates of a hospitalist group at a community hospital, to identify probable causes of rehospitalizations, and to propose solutions to decrease the rate of readmissions. Methods: We conducted a retrospective medical chart review on patients who were rehospitalized with the same diagnosis within 30 days…

Posted in: discharge planning 3 hospitalist 6

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Addressing Obesity in the Hospitalized Patient: A Needs Assessment

Objective: To perform a needs assessment to determine the extent to which hospitalist providers recognize and intervene upon obese patients in the hospital setting. Methods: A chart review was performed for patients admitted to the hospitalist service at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center between September 1 and October 1, 2008….

Posted in: body mass index 17 documentation 5 hospitalist 6 inpatient 2 Obesity 70

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How to Improve the Management of Chest Pain: Hospitalists and Use of Prediction Rules

Background: Three percent of patients with acute myocardial infarction are still missed despite the excess number of admissions with chest pain. The purpose of this study was to review the characteristics of patients who were admitted with chest pain, to evaluate the appropriateness of admissions and the outcomes. We also…

Posted in: acute coronary syndrome 8 chest pain 6 hospitalist 6

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Hospitalists and Improved Cost Savings in Patients With Bacterial Pneumonia at a State Level

Objectives: In the hospitalist literature, most studies have focused on outcomes related to cost savings for individual hospital systems. This study sought to determine if hospitalists could improve cost savings at a state level. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of a statewide database for inpatients in 2002 with bacterial…

Posted in: community-acquired pneumonia 2 hospitalist 6 length of stay 14 South Carolina 4
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