April 2017, Volume 12, Issue Number 4

Original Research

Original Research

Family report compared to clinician-documented diagnoses for psychiatric conditions among hospitalized children

Author:

Stephanie K. Doupnik, MD

Chris Feudtner, MD, PhD, MPH

Steven C. Marcus, PhD

1Division of General Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, and PolicyLab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,...
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Original Research

Impact of a Connected Care model on 30-day readmission rates from skilled nursing facilities

Author:

Luke D. Kim, MD

Lei Kou, MA

Bo Hu, PhD

Eiran Z. Gorodeski, MD, MPH

Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH

1Center for Geriatric Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; 2Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute,...
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Original Research

Evaluating automated rules for rapid response system alarm triggers in medical and surgical patients

Author:

Santiago Romero-Brufau, MD

Bruce W. Morlan, MS

Matthew Johnson, MPH

Joel Hickman

Lisa L. Kirkland, MD

James M. Naessens, ScD

Jeanne Huddleston, MD

1Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; 2Health Care Policy and...
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Original Research

Predicting 30-day pneumonia readmissions using electronic health record data

Author:

Anil N. Makam, MD, MAS

Oanh Kieu Nguyen, MD, MAS

Christopher Clark, MPA

Song Zhang, PhD

Bin Xie, PhD

Mark Weinreich, MD

Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc

Ethan A. Halm, MD, MPH

1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; 2Department of Clinical Sciences, University of...
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Original Research

Prognosticating with the hospitalized-patient one-year mortality risk score using information abstracted from the medical record

Author:

Genevieve Casey, MD

Carl van Walraven, MD, FRCPC, MSc

1Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa,...
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Original Research

Automating venous thromboembolism risk calculation using electronic health record data upon hospital admission: The automated Padua Prediction Score

Author:

Pierre Elias, MD

Raman Khanna, MD

Adams Dudley, MD, MBA

Jason Davies, MD, PhD

Ronald Jacolbia, MSN

Kara McArthur, BA

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD

1Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; 2Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California San...
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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

The value of using ultrasound to rule out deep vein thrombosis in cases of cellulitis

Author:

Hyung J. Cho, MD

Andrew S. Dunn, MD, MPH

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York.*Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Hyung J. Cho, MD,...
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Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Detecting sepsis: Are two opinions better than one?

Author:

Poushali Bhattacharjee, MD

Matthew M. Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD

Ashley Snyder, MPH

Michael D. Howell, MD, MPH

Dana P. Edelson, MD, MS

1Section of Hospital Medicine and 2Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center,...
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Brief Reports

Hospitalizations with observation services and the Medicare Part A complex appeals process at three academic medical centers

Author:

Ann M. Sheehy, MD, MS

Jeannine Z. Engel, MD

Charles F.S. Locke, MD

Daniel J. Weissburg, JD, CHC

Kevin Eldridge, JD

Bartho Caponi, MD

Amy Deutschendorf, MS, RN, ACNS‐BC

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin;...
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

What are the chances?

Author:

Stefanie Deeds, MD

Patricia Oakes, MD

Somnath Mookherjee, MD

David S. Levitt, MD

1Department of Medicine and 2Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.*Address for correspondence...
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Core Competencies

Core Competencies

Updating the core competencies in hospital medicine—2017 revision: Introduction and methodology

Author:

Satyen Nichani, MD

Jonathan Crocker, MD

Nick Fitterman, MD

Michael Lukela, MD

1University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; 3Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine...
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Reviews

Reviews

Safe and effective bedside thoracentesis: A review of the evidence for practicing clinicians

Author:

Richard Schildhouse, MD

Andrew Lai, MD, MPH

Jeffrey H. Barsuk, MD, MS

Michelle Mourad, MD

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

1Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 2Division of...
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Reviews

Hospital medicine and perioperative care: A framework for high-quality, high-value collaborative care

Author:

Rachel E. Thompson, MD, MPH

Kurt Pfeifer, MD

Paul J. Grant, MD

Cornelia Taylor, MD

Barbara Slawski, MD, MS

Christopher Whinney, MD

Laurence Wellikson, MD

Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA

1Section of Hospital Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; 2Medical College of...
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Table of Contents

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Core Competencies

Core Competencies

Reviews

Reviews

Reviews