Alert emails can be a simple, low-cost means of improving quality in a hospital, as the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Bo...
Healthcare is changing rapidly, shifting focus from volume to value, says Jeffrey Glasheen, MD, SFHM, lead author of the abstract “Developing Frontlin...
Sound clinical reasoning is the foundation of patient safety, yet discussions of a physician’s raw thinking ability have become a “third rail” in hosp...
Excellent communication between physicians and patients is a crucial element of hospital quality, but it’s also an ongoing challenge for many institut...
A quality improvement (QI) initiative can start with a single hospitalist, says Adam H. Corson, MD, a hospitalist at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center....
Zero preventable harm is the goal of every healthcare organization, and a new online application from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Hea...
The Joint Commission has launched a new online resource for patients and hospitalists to help change mindsets and start conversations about proper ant...
Memory loss is prevalent among adult hospitalized patients and can complicate hospitalists' job of teaching them about their conditions and home care,...
Hospitalists are ideally positioned to help create new approaches to hospital quality and safety, but they must acquire the skills necessary to make s...
