July 2017, Volume 12, Issue Number 7

Original Research

Original Research

Use of simulation to assess incoming interns’ recognition of opportunities to choose wisely

Author:

Kathleen M. Wiest

Jeanne M. Farnan, MD, MHPE

Ellen Byrne

Lukas Matern

Melissa Cappaert, MA

Kristen Hirsch

Vineet M. Arora, MD, MAPP

1Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; 2Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center,...
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Original Research

Association of stress biomarkers with 30-day unplanned readmission and death

Author:

Carole E. Aubert, MD

Antoine Folly

Marco Mancinetti

Daniel Hayoz

Jacques D. Donzé, MD, MSc

1Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 2Department of General...
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Original Research

Clinician attitudes regarding ICD deactivation in DNR/DNI patients

Author:

Andrew J. Bradley, MD

Adam D. Marks, MD, MPH

1Division of Cardiology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,...
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Original Research

Techniques and behaviors associated with exemplary inpatient general medicine teaching: an exploratory qualitative study

Author:

Nathan Houchens, MD

Molly Harrod, PhD

Stephanie Moody, PhD

Karen E. Fowler, MPH

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

1Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan...
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Original Research

A simple algorithm for predicting bacteremia using food consumption and shaking chills: a prospective observational study

Author:

Takayuki Komatsu, MD, PhD

MD

Kentaro Mishima, MD

Takeo Toyoda, MD, PhD

Fumihiro Saitoh, MD

Akari Yasuda, RN

Joe Matsuoka, PhD

Manabu Sugita, MD, PhD

Joel Branch, MD

Makoto Aoki, MD

Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr, MD

Kenji Inoue, MD, PhD

1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Nerima...
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Original Research

Implementing ACOVE quality indicators as an intervention checklist to improve care for hospitalized older adults

Author:

Liron Sinvani, MD

Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD

Christopher Smilios, MPH

Vidhi Patel, MS

Guang Qiu, MD

Meredith Akerman, MS

Martin Lesser, PhD

David Rosenberg, MD, MPH

Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD

Renee Pekmezaris, PhD

1Divisions of Hospital Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York; 2Department of Medicine, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York; 3The...
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Original Research

Hospital-based clinicians’ use of technology for patient care-related communication: a national survey

Author:

Kevin J. O’Leary, MD, MS

David M. Liebovitz, MD

Robert C. Wu, MD, MSc

Ksheeraja Ravi

Claire A. Knoten, PhD

Mengxin Sun, MPP

Ashley M. Walker, MS

Madhu C. Reddy, PhD

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; 2Division of General Internal Medicine,...
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Original Research

Hospital-level factors associated with pediatric emergency department return visits

Author:

Zachary E. Pittsenbarger, MD

Cary W. Thurm, PhD

Mark I. Neuman, MD, MPH

Sandra P. Spencer, MD

Harold K. Simon, MBA

Craig H. Gosdin, MSHA

Samir S. Shah, MSCE

Richard E. McClead, Jr., MHA

Anne M. Stack, MD

Elizabeth R. Alpern, MD, MSCE

1Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie...
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Original Research

Dosing accuracy of direct oral anticoagulants in an academic medical center

Author:

Janice B. Schwartz, MD

Steve Merrill, PharmD

Noelle de Leon, PharmD

Ashley Thompson, PharmD

Margaret C. Fang, MD, MPH

1Department of Medicine and 2Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California;...
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Original Research

Improving the readability of pediatric hospital medicine discharge instructions

Author:

Ndidi I. Unaka, MD, MEd

Angela Statile, MD, MEd

Karen Jerardi, MD, MED

Devesh Dahale, MS

Joan Morris, RN, MBA, MHSA

Brianna Liberio

Ashley Jenkins, MD

Blair Simpson, MD

Randi Mullaney, CNP

Jodi Kelley, CNP

Michelle Durling

Jennifer Shafer

Patrick W. Brady, MD, MSc

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; 2James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems...
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Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Contextual influences of trainee characteristics and daily workload on trainee learning preferences

Author:

Brita Roy, MD, MPH, MHS

Nidhi Huff, MD

Carlos Estrada, MS

Analia Castiglioni,MD

Lisa L. Willett, MD, MACM

Robert M. Centor, MD

1Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; 2Wellstar Pulmonary and Intensivist Group, Atlanta,...
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Brief Reports

Using standardized patients to assess hospitalist communication skills

Author:

Dennis T. Chang, MD

Micah Mann, MD

Terry Sommer, BFA

Robert Fallar, PhD

Alan Weinberg, MS

Erica Friedman, MD

1Division of Hospital Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York; 2Morchand Center, Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of...
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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Fecal occult blood testing in hospitalized patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Author:

Benji K. Mathews, MD

Temple Ratcliffe, MD

Raj Sehgal, MD

James M. Abraham, MD

Bradley Monash, MD

1Regions Hospital, HealthPartners, St. Paul, Minnesota; 2University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; 3University of Texas...
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Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

AcademyHealth’s Delivery System Science Fellowship: training embedded researchers to design, implement, and evaluate new models of care

Author:

Nisha Kanani, MPH

Erin E. Hahn, PhD, MPH

Michael K. Gould, MD, MS

Kimberly D. Brunisholz, PhD, MST

Lucy A. Savitz, PhD, MBA

Erin C. Holve, PhD, MPP, MPH

1AcademyHealth, Washington, DC; 2Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California; 3Institute...
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

The plot thickens

Author:

Ryan C. Fleming, MD

Laura A. Sena, MD, PhD

Reza Sedighi Manesh, MD

Carol Ann Huff, MD

Paul B. Aronowitz, MD

1Department of Medicine and 2Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; 3Department of Internal...
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Reviews

Reviews

The hospitalized patient with interstitial lung disease: a hospitalist primer

Author:

Erica D. Farrand, MD

Rupal J. Shah, MD

Harold R. Collard, MD

Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a...
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Table of Contents

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Reviews

Reviews