From the Editor-in-Chief

Focus on Science, Not Format: Introducing No Hassle Submissions to the Journal of Hospital Medicine

Author:

Samir S Shah, MD, MSCE

¹Divisions of Hospital Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati...

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Original Research

Increasing Mobility via In-hospital Ambulation Protocol Delivered by Mobility Technicians: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Author:

Aaron C Hamilton, MD, MBA

Natalie Lee, MD, MPH

Mary Stilphen, PT, DPT

Bo Hu, PhD

Sarah Schramm, MA

Frederick Frost, MD

Jacqueline Fox, RN

Michael B Rothberg, MD, MPH

¹Department of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; ²Medicine Institute, Cleveland...

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Original Research

Examining the Utility of 30-day Readmission Rates and Hospital Profiling in the Veterans Health Administration

Author:

Charlie M Wray, DO, MS

Marzieh Vali, MS

Louise C Walter, MD

Lenny Lopez, MD, MPH, MDiv

Peter C Austin, MSc, PhD

Amy Byers, PhD

Salomeh Keyhani, MD, MPH

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

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Original Research

Modifiable Factors Associated with Quality of Bowel Preparation Among Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Colonoscopy

Author:

Ari Garber, MD, MEd

Shashank Sarvepalli, MD, MS

Carol A Burke, MD

Amit Bhatt, MD

Mounir Ibrahim, MD

John McMichael, Ph.D

Gareth Morris-Stiff, MD, PhD

Maged K Rizk, MD

John J Vargo, MD, MPH

Michael B Rothberg, MD, MPH

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease and Surgical Institute, Cleveland Clinic,...

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Brief Reports

Preventing Hypoglycemia Following Treatment of Hyperkalemia in Hospitalized Patients

Author:

Charlotte K Boughton, MBBS, PhD

Danielle Dixon, MBBS

Emma Goble, MRPharmS

Alice Burridge, PhD

Alison Cox, RN

Georgia Noble-Bell, RN, MSc

Charlotte Bell, MRPharmS

Ben Fidler

James Chudley

Caroline Anderson, MRPharmS, FFCI

Gillian Cavell, MRPharmS, MSc

Omar G Mustafa, MBChB, FRCP

¹King’s Insulin Safety Group, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ²...

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Brief Reports

Frequency of Ethical Issues on a Hospitalist Teaching Service at an Urban, Tertiary Care Center

Author:

Matthew W McCarthy, MD, FACP

Diego Real de Asua, MD, PhD

Ezra Gabbay, MD

Paul J Christos, DrPH

Joseph J Fins, MD, MACP, FRCP

¹Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York–Presbyterian–Weill Cornell Medical Center, New...

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Brief Reports

Do Hospitals Participating in Accountable Care Organizations Discharge Patients to Higher Quality Nursing Homes?

Author:

Alexander M Bain, BA

Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD

Yihao Yuan, MS

Amol S Navathe, MD, PhD

¹Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ²Corporal Michael...

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Reviews

Serious Choices: A Systematic Environmental Scan of Decision Aids and Their Use for Seriously Ill People Near Death

Author:

Catherine H Saunders

Mph

Khusbu Patel, MPH

Hyunkyung Kang, MPH

Glyn Elwyn, MD, PHD

Kathryn Kirkland, MD

Marie-Anne Durand, PhD

¹ The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice Lebanon, New Hampshire;²Jacobs...

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Reviews

Limitation of Life-Sustaining Care in the Critically Ill: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Author:

Katie McPherson, MD

W Graham Carlos III, MD

Thomas W Emmett, MD, MLS

James E Slaven

Alexia M Torke, MD, MS

¹Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver Colorado; ²Division of...

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Choosing Wisely: Next Steps

AHRQ Evidence-based Practice Center Program--Applying the Knowledge to Practice to Data Cycle to Strengthen the Value of Patient Care

Author:

Amanda E Borsky, DrPH, MPP

Emilia J Flores, PhD, RN

Elise Berliner, PhD

Christine Chang, MD, MPH

Craig A Umscheid, MD, MS

Stephanie M Chang, MD, MPH

¹Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement, Rockville, Maryland;...

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Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Things We Do for No Reason: The Use of Thickened Liquids in Treating Hospitalized Adult Patients with Dysphagia

Author:

William C Lippert, MD, MPH

Romil Chadha, MD, MPH, SFHM, FACP

Joseph R Sweigart, MD, FHM, FACP

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hospital Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem,...

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Perspectives in Hospital Medicine

Tackling the Minimizers Hiding Behind High-Value Care

Author:

Vineet M Arora, MD, MAPP

Christopher Moriates, MD

¹University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Director of Educational Initiatives, Costs of Care, Chicago,...

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Leadership and Professional Development

Leadership and Professional Development: The Healing Power of Laughter

Author:

Betty-Ann Heggie, B.Ed.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Corresponding Author: Ms. Heggie is the former Senior Vice President of PotashCorp(now Nutrien...

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Editorial

Inpatient Mobility Technicians: One Step Forward?

Author:

Daniel L Young, PT, DPT, PhD

Daniel J Brotman, MD

Erik H Hoyer, MD

¹Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; ²...

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Editorial

New Frontiers in High-Value Care Education and Innovation: When Less is Not More

Author:

Pamela T Johnson, MD

Amit Pahwa, MD

Daniel Brotman, MD

¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

*Corresponding Author: Pamela T Johnson,...

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Clinical Care Conundrums

All in the Stream

Author:

Benjamin Mba, MD

Brian P Lucas MD, MS

Nathan Houchens MD

Jennifer Marie Seares, MD

Udit Joshi, MD

¹Department of Medicine, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; ²Department of...

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