Larry Beresford is an Oakland, Calif.-based freelance medical journalist with a breadth of experience writing about the policy, financial, clinical, management and human aspects of hospice, palliative care, end-of-life care, death, and dying. He is a longtime contributor to The Hospitalist, for which he covers re-admissions, pain management, palliative care, physician stress and burnout, quality improvement, waste prevention, practice management, innovation, and technology. He also contributes to Medscape. Learn more about his work at www.larryberesford.com; follow him on Twitter @larryberesford.
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99% of Medical-Device Monitoring Alerts Not Actionable
Nearly all medical-device monitoring alerts on regular hospital units were found not to be actionable, according to a study by pediatrician and...
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Electronic Health Records Key Driver of Physician Burnout
Half of U.S. physicians are experiencing some of the symptoms of burnout, with even higher rates for general internists.
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Guide Helps Hospitalists Choose Most Appropriate Catheter for Patients
The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC) is a new resource designed to help clinicians select the safest and most...
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Institute of Medicine Report Examines Medical Misdiagnoses
In the latest report in its series on quality and patient safety in healthcare, the Institute of Medicine addresses the challenge of errors in...
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Quality Improvement Initiative Targets Sepsis
A quality improvement (QI) initiative at University Hospital in Salt Lake City aims to save lives and cut hospital costs by reducing inpatient...
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Thombosis Management Demands Balanced Approach
[caption id="attachment_12180" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] The delicate balance involved in...
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Liver Transplant Only Cure for Some Inpatients with Cirrhosis
Bilal Hameed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco, reviewed a...
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Hospital Medicine Flourishing Around the World
Since last September, Anand Kartha, MD, MS, has headed the hospital medicine (HM) program at 600-bed Hamad General Hospital, the flagship facility...
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Listen Now: Dr. Peter Jamieson Discusses Evolution of Hospital Medicine in Canada
Peter Jamieson, MD, medical director of Foothills Medical Center in Calgary, Alberta, talks about hospital medicine's evolution Canada away from...
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Listen Now: Dr. Henry Feldman Discusses Advancing Hospital Medicine Globally
Henry Feldman, MD, a hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, talks about his work with hospitalists overseas to help...
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Canada Develops Core Competencies for Hospitalists
The Canadian Society of Hospital Medicine is spearheading an initiative called the Core Competencies in Hospitalist Medicine Document Project,...
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For Some Inpatients with Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant Is the only Cure
Bilal Hameed, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of California San Francisco, reviewed a...
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AMA's Christine Sinsky, MD, Explains EHR’s Contribution to Physician Burnout
Half of U.S. physicians are experiencing some of the symptoms of burnout, with even higher rates for general internists.
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Thrombosis Management Demands Delicate, Balanced Approach
The delicate balance involved in providing hospitalized patients with needed anticoagulant, anti-platelet, and thrombolytic therapies for stroke...
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Hospitals Save Estimated $67 Million by Tracking Energy Consumption
Estimated savings in energy costs posted by hospitals participating in the American Hospital Association’s affiliated American Society for...