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.
News
Post-Hospital Syndrome Contributes to Readmission Risk for Elderly
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: March 1, 2013
News
Automated Hospital Inpatient Assignment Program Increases Efficiency, Coordination of Care
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: March 1, 2013
News
Houston Hospitalists Create Direct-Admit System
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: March 1, 2013
News
The Society of Hospital Medicine’s "Choosing Wisely" Recommendations for Hospitalists
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 21, 2013
News

Better Choices, Better Healthcare
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 21, 2013
News
Former SHM President Lands South Carolina Hospital’s Top Post
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 13, 2013
News
Multidisciplinary Palliative-Care Consults Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
Cardiologists Help Lower Readmission Rates for Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
VTE Pathway Improves Outcomes for Uninsured Patients
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
Well-Designed IT Systems Essential to Healthcare Integration
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
Hospitals Adopt Better Nutritional Standards for Meals
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
Pharmacist-Hospitalist Collaboration Can Improve Care, Save Money
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: February 1, 2013
News
Pharmacist-Hospitalist Collaboration Can Improve Care, Save Money
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: January 16, 2013
News
Quality Improvement Project Helps Hospital Patients Get Needed Prescriptions
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: January 1, 2013
News
Bloodsteam Infections in ICU Patients Plummet
- Author:
- Larry Beresford
Publish date: January 1, 2013