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.
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AMA Report Offers Nine Steps to Help PCPs Prevent Readmissions
Coordination between inpatient and outpatient teams is crucial to successful care transitions, research shows
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SHM Chapters Award Scholarships to Young Physicians
Boston, Maryland chapters assist residents presenting RIV poster at HM13
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Record Number of Physicians Pass Hospice and Palliative Medicine Exam
A total of 3212 mid-career physicians certified in October 2012
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Clinical Guidelines Updated for Surviving Sepsis in Hospitals
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign has new guidelines that aim to save 400,000 in 10,000 hospitals worldwide
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Robotic Vaporizers Reduce Hospital Bacterial Infections
New technology decreases spread of C. diff, MRSA, other superbugs, research shows
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Digital Diagnostic Tools Unpopular with Patients, Study Finds
Patients fear computerized clinical decision support will reduce face time with physicians
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National Medicare Readmissions Study Identifies Little Progress
30-day hospital readmission rates stagnate, research shows
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Foundation Chips in to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation organizes healthcare community coalitions to help limit avoidable rehospitalizations, among other initiatives
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Choosing Wisely Campaign Initiatives Grounded in Tenets of Hospital Medicine
Sponsored by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, the campaign's mission to encourage better decision-making, improve...
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Ten Clinical Decisions to Eliminate Wasteful Healthcare Spending
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation’s Choosing Wisely campaign lists unnecessary treatments deemed not beneficial, and...
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Multiple Patient-Safety Events Affect 1 in 1000 Hospitalizations
Co-occurring events contributed to longer lengths of stay and higher hospital costs for 30,000 patients in 2004
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New Anticoagulation Website Offers Guidelines, Self-Assessment Tools
Online resource center useful for hospital-based outpatient clinics treating patients on anti-thrombotic medications
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Special Interest Groups Target Healthcare Waste
New reports from HealthAffairs.org and the Commonwealth Fund point to wasteful spending, avoidable hospital readmissions
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Post-Hospital Syndrome Contributes to Readmission Risk for Elderly
Sleep deprivation and other patient stressors in hospitals may hike 30-day readmission rates, experts suggest
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Automated Hospital Inpatient Assignment Program Increases Efficiency, Coordination of Care
Computerized program evenly distributes hospitalist workload