Brief Reports

Identifying Observation Stays in Medicare Data: Policy Implications of a Definition

Author:

Ann M. Sheehy, MD, MS

Fangfang Shi, MS

Amy J.H. Kind, MD, PhD

¹Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public...

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Brief Reports

Negative Urinalyses in Febrile Infants Age 7 to 60 Days Treated for Urinary Tract Infection

Author:

Alan R Schroeder, MD

Brian P Lucas, MD, MS

Matthew D Garber, MD

Russell J McCulloh, MD

Ashley A Joshi-Patel, DO

Eric A Biondi, MD, MSBA

¹Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California; ²Department of...

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Brief Reports

Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy in Vulnerable Populations—People Who Inject Drugs and the Homeless

Author:

Alison Beieler, PA-C, MPAS

Amalia Magaret, PhD

Yuan Zhou, MD

Anneliese Schleyer, MD

Anna Wald, MD, MPH

Shireesha Dhanireddy, MD

¹Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; ²Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred...

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Original Research

Association of Weekend Admission and Weekend Discharge with Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission in Children’s Hospitals

Author:

Jessica L. Markham, MD, MSc

Troy Richardson, PhD

Matthew Hall

Phd

Christopher P. Bonafide, MD, MSCE

Derek J. Williams, MD, MPH

Katherine A. Auger

Md

MSC

Karen M. Wilson

Mph

Samir S. Shah, MD, MSCE

¹Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; ²Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas...

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Original Research

Deimplementation of Routine Chest X-rays in Adult Intensive Care Units

Author:

Silas P Trumbo, MD

Wade T Iams, MD

Heather M Limper, PhD, MPH

Kathryn Goggins, MPH

Jayme Gibson, ACNP

Lauren Oliver, ACNP, MSc

David L Leverenz, MD

Lauren R Samuels, PhD

Donald W Brady, MD

Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc

¹Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; ²Center for...

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Original Research

Patient, Caregiver, and Clinician Perspectives on Expectations for Home Healthcare after Discharge: A Qualitative Case Study

Author:

Christine D Jones, MD, MS

Jacqueline Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN

Kathryn H Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI

Shara Schroeder, MA

Frederick A Masoudi, MD, MSPH

Eric A Coleman, MD, MPH

Jason Falvey, PhD, PT

Cari R Levy, MD, PhD

Rebecca S Boxer, MD, MS

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora,...

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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Ethical Considerations in the Care of Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use and Injection Drug Use Disorders

Author:

David Alfandre, MD, MSPH

Cynthia Geppert, MD, MA, MPH, MSBE

¹VA National Center for Ethics in Health Care, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York; ²VA National...

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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Optimizing Well-being, Practice Culture, and Professional Thriving in an Era of Turbulence

Author:

Read G Pierce, MD

Manuel Diaz, MD

Patrick Kneeland, MD

Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.

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Clinical Care Conundrums

A Protean Protein

Author:

Mariam T Nawas, MD

Evan J Walker, MD

Megan B Richie, MD

Andrew A White, MD

Gerald Hsu, MD, PhD

¹Medical Oncology Fellowship Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; ²...

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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Things We Do For No Reason: Sliding-Scale Insulin as Monotherapy for Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients

Author:

Daniel B Ambrus, MD, MSc

Mark J O’Connor, MD

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester,...

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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Things We Do for No Reason: Prescribing Docusate for Constipation in Hospitalized Adults

Author:

Robert J Fakheri, MD1

Frank M Volpicelli, MD

¹Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York; ²NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.

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Leadership and Professional Development

Introducing Leadership & Professional Development: A New Series in JHM

Author:

Vineet Chopra MD, MSc

Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Corresponding Author: Vineet...

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Leadership and Professional Development

Hire Hard, Manage Easy

Author:

Vineet Chopra, MD, MSc

Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

¹The Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan; ²VA Ann...

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Editorial

Admittedly Simple? The Quest for Clarity in Medicare Claims Data

Author:

Jeannine Z Engel, MD

Charles FS Locke, MD

¹Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; ²Compliance...

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Editorial

Should the Diagnosis of UTI in Young Febrile Infants Require a Positive Urinalysis?

Author:

Mark I Neuman, MD, MPH

Pradip P Chaudhari, MD

¹Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; ²Division of...

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