Aug. 2013, Volume 8, Issue Number 8

Original Research

Original Research

Comprehensive quality of discharge summaries at an academic medical center

Author:

Leora I. Horwitz, MD, MHS

Grace Y. Jenq, MD

Ursula C. Brewster, MD

Christine Chen, MD

Sandhya Kanade, MD

Peter H. Ness, PhD, MPH

Katy L. B. Araujo, MPH

Boback Ziaeian, MD

John P. Moriarty, MD

Robert L. Fogerty, MD, MPH

Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
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Original Research

Development, validation, and results of a risk‐standardized measure of hospital 30‐day mortality for patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author:

Peter K. Lindenauer, MD, MSc

Laura M. Grosso, PhD, MPH

Changqin Wang, MD, MS

Yun Wang, PhD

Jerry A. Krishnan, MD, PhD

Todd A. Lee, PharmD, PhD

David H. Au, MD, MS

Richard A. Mularski, MD, MSHS, MCR

Susannah M. Bernheim, MD, MHS

Elizabeth E. Drye, MD, SM
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Original Research

Contribution of psychiatric illness and substance abuse to 30‐day readmission risk

Author:

Robert E. Burke, MD

Jacques Donzé, MD, MSc

Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH
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Original Research

Project BOOST: Effectiveness of a multihospital effort to reduce rehospitalization

Author:

Luke O. Hansen, MD

Jeffrey L. Greenwald, MD

Tina Budnitz, MPH

Eric Howell, MD

Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD

Greg Maynard, MD

Arpana Vidyarthi, MD

Eric A. Coleman, MD

Mark V. Williams, MD
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Original Research

Development of a checklist of safe discharge practices for hospital patients

Author:

Christine Soong, MD

Stacey Daub, MBA

Joseph Lee, MD, MCISc

Cynthia Majewski

Emily Musing, RPh, BScPhm, MHSc

Peter Nord, MD

Roy Wyman, MD

G. Ross Baker, PhD

Nick Zacharopoulos, BA, BEd

Chaim M. Bell, MD, PhD
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Editorial

Editorial

BOOST and readmissions: Thinking beyond the walls of the hospital

Author:

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
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Editorial

BOOST: Evidence needing a lift

Author:

Andrew Auerbach, MD, MPH

Margaret Fang, MD, MPH

Jeffrey Glasheen, MD

Daniel Brotman, MD

Kevin J. O'Leary, MD, MS

Leora I. Horwitz, MD, MHS
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

A raw deal

Author:

Rafina Khateeb, MD

Tejal Gandhi, MD

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
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Transforming Healthcare

Transforming Healthcare

A primary care physician's ideal transitions of care—where's the evidence?

Author:

Ning Tang, MD
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Reviews

Reviews

Review of computerized physician handoff tools for improving the quality of patient care

Author:

Pin Li, MD, MSc

Sajid Ali, MBBS, MSPH

Charlotte Tang, PhD

William Amin Ghali, MD, MPH

Henry Thomas Stelfox, MD, PhD
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Table of Contents

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Transforming Healthcare

Transforming Healthcare

Reviews

Reviews