July 2011, Volume 6, Issue Number 6 | MDedge

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Jul 2011
Vol. 6
No. 6

Transforming Healthcare

Transforming Healthcare

Operational and quality outcomes of a mobile acute care for the elderly service

Author:

Jeffrey I. Farber, MD

Beartriz Korc‐Grodzicki, MD, PhD

Qingling Du, MS

Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD

Albert L. Siu, MD, MSPH
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

“Better late than never”

Author:

Anuradha Ramaswamy, MD

Maytee Boonyapredee, MD, MS

Ramakrishnan Ranganath, MD, MRCP

Brian J. Harte, MD, FACP, SFHM

James C. Pile, MD, FACP, SFHM
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Original Research

Original Research

Evaluation of a hospitalist‐run acute care for the elderly service

Author:

Heidi L. Wald, MD, MSPH

Jeffrey J. Glasheen, MD

Jeannette Guerrasio, MD

Jean M. Youngwerth, MD

Ethan Ulysses Cumbler, MD
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Original Research

The clinical impact of fluoroquinolone resistance in patients with E coli bacteremia

Author:

Bernard C. Camins, MD, MSCR

Jonas Marschall, MD

Shannon R. De Vader, MPH

Dawn E. Maker, MPH

Matthew W. Hoffman, BS

Victoria J. Fraser, MD
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Original Research

Medication reconciliation: Barriers and facilitators from the perspectives of resident physicians and pharmacists

Author:

Kenneth S. Boockvar, MD, MS

Susan L. Santos, PhD

Andre Kushniruk, PhD

Christopher Johnson, PhD

Jonathan R. Nebeker, MD
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Original Research

Characteristics associated with higher cost per day or longer length of stay in hospitalized patients who died during the hospitalization or were discharged to hospice

Author:

Jeanie M. Youngwerth, MD

Jess B. Bartley, MD

Traci E. Yamashita, MS

Jean S. Kutner, MD, MSPH
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Original Research

Clinical and safety impact of an inpatient Pharmacist‐Directed anticoagulation service

Author:

Jessica Schillig, PharmD, BCPS

Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP

Michael Hudson, MD

Gregory D. Krol, MD

Edward G. Szandzik, RPh, MBA

James S. Kalus, PharmD, BCPS
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Reviews

Reviews

Ten ways to improve the care of elderly patients in the hospital

Author:

Angelena Maria Labella, MD

Susan Eva Merel, MD

Elizabeth Anne Phelan, MD, MS
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CME

CME

Continuing Medical Education Program in the Journal of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Thomas E. Baudendistel, MD, FACP

Angelena Maria Labella, MD

Susan Eva Merel, MD

Elizabeth Anne Phelan, MD, MS
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Images Dx

Images Dx

Roth spots—more than meets the eye

Author:

Anuradha Ramaswamy, MD

Ahmad Tarabishy, MD

David Gugliotti, MD, FACP, SFHM

Brian Harte, MD, FACP, FHM
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