Jan. 2019, Volume 14, Issue Number 1

Original Research

Original Research

Predicting the Future: Using Simulation Modeling to Forecast Patient Flow on General Medicine Units

Author:

Vimal Mishra, MD, MMCi

Shin-Ping Tu, MD, MPH

Joseph Heim, PhD

Heather Masters, MD

Lindsey Hall, MPH

Ralph R. Clark, MD

Alan W. Dow, MD

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Medical Director of Telemedicine, Physician Informaticist, Virginia Commonwealth...
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Original Research

Association between Hospitalist Productivity Payments and High-Value Care Culture

Author:

Reshma Gupta MD, MSHPM

Neil Steers, PhD

Christopher Moriates, MD

Michael Ong, MD, PhD

¹Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; ²UCLA Health,...
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Original Research

Improving Patient Flow: Analysis of an Initiative to Improve Early Discharge

Author:

Lauren Destino, MD

Denise Bennett, MBA, RN, RM

Matthew Wood, PhD

Christy Acuna, MD

Stephanie Goodman

Steven M. Asch, MD, MPH

Terry Platchek, MD

¹Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo...
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Original Research

The Association of Discharge Before Noon and Length of Stay in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients

Author:

Hailey J James, MHA

Michael J Steiner, MD, MPH

George M Holmes, PhD

John R Stephens, MD

¹Department of Health Policy and Management, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health,...
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Original Research

Screening for Humoral Immunodeficiency in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Author:

Karthik Vadamalai, MD

Denise Sanchez-Tejera, MD

Jonathan Bress, MD

S. Shahzad Mustafa, MD

¹Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York; ²Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York...
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Editorial

Editorial

The Journal of Hospital Medicine in 2019 and Beyond

Author:

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Department of...
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Editorial

Announcing the Journal of Hospital Medicine Editorial Fellowship

Author:

Charlie M. Wray, DO, MS

Andrew Olson, MD

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH

¹Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; ²Division...
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Editorial

Clinical Operations Research: A New Frontier for Inquiry in Academic Health Systems

Author:

Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE

S. Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS

¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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Editorial

The Interplay between Financial Incentives, Institutional Culture, and Physician Behavior: An Incompletely Understood Relationship Worth Elucidating

Author:

Kristin E. Bergethon, MD, MBA

Md

MBA

Daniel M. Blumenthal, MD, MBA

¹Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ²Harvard Medical School...
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Editorial

Nudging Providers to Improve Sleep for Hospitalized Patients

Author:

Catherine L Auriemma, MD

S Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia...
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Editorial

Discharge by Noon: The Time Has Come for More Times to be the Right Time

Author:

Emily R Kane, MD, MS

Evan Fieldston, MD, MBA, MSHP

¹Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²University of Pennsylvania Perelman...
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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Random Drug Testing of Physicians: A Complex Issue Framed in 7 Questions

Author:

Ethan Cumbler, MD

Jean S. Kutner, MD, MPSH

¹University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, Colorado; ²University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora,...
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Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Effectiveness of SIESTA on Objective and Subjective Metrics of Nighttime Hospital Sleep Disruptors

Author:

Vineet M Arora, MD, MAPP

Nolan Machado, BA

Samantha L. Anderson, BA

Nimit Desai, MD

William Marsack, MSN

Stephenie Blossomgame, MSN

Ambrosio Tuvilleja, RN

Jacqueline Ramos, RN

Mary Ann Francisco, MSN

Cynthia LaFond, PhD, RN, CCRN

Edward KY Leung, PhD

Andres Valencia, BA

Shannon K Martin, MD, MS

David O Meltzer, MD, PhD

Jeanne M Farnan, MD, MHPE

Jay Balachandran, MD

Kristen L Knutson, PhD

Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc

¹University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; ²Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois;...
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Brief Reports

Less Lumens-Less Risk: A Pilot Intervention to Increase the Use of Single-Lumen Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters

Author:

David Bozaan, MD

Deanna Skicki

BSN

RN

CRNI

VA-BC

Adamo Brancaccio, PharmD

Ashley Snyder, MPH

Sue Friebe, MSN, RN, CRNI

Matthew Tupps, PharmD, MHA

David Paje, MD, MPH

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan; ^2...
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Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

The Basement Flight

Author:

Chetna K. Pande, MD, MPH

Justin Berk, MD, MPH, MBA

Mandeep S. Jassal, MD, MPH

Reza Manesh, MD

Andrew P.J. Olson, MD

¹Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland; ²Department of Medicine, The...
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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Things We Do for No Reason: Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Medical Ward Patients?

Author:

Jürgen L Holleck, MD

Craig G Gunderson, MD

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; ²...
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Table of Contents

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Original Research

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Editorial

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Brief Reports

Clinical Care Conundrums

Clinical Care Conundrums

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason