Curtis, Claire A Nguyen, Maria U Rathnasekara, Greasha K Manderson, Rachel J Chong, Mae Y Malawaraarachchi, Janith K Song, Zheng Kanumuri, Priyanka Potenzi, Bradley J Lim, Andy K H
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Internal medicine journal
Conversion from paper-based to electronic medical records (EMR) may affect the quality and timeliness of the completion of Goals-of-Care (GOC) documents during hospital admissions and this may have been further impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. To determine the impact of EMR and COVID-19 on the proper completion of GOC forms and the factors associ...
Calcaterra, Susan L McBeth, Lauren Keniston, Angela M Burden, Marisha
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Journal of general internal medicine
Hospitalizations related to the consequences of substance use are rising yet most hospitalized patients with substance use disorder do not receive evidence-based addiction treatment. Opportunities to leverage the hospitalist workforce could close this treatment gap. To describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a hospitalist-direct...
Miyawaki, Atsushi Tsugawa, Yusuke
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BMJ quality & safety
Sharp, Adam L Kawatkar, Aniket A Baecker, Aileen S Redberg, Rita F Lee, Ming-Sum Ferencik, Maros Wu, Yi-Lin Shen, Ernest Zheng, Chengyi Park, Stacy
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Journal of general internal medicine
Chest pain is the top reason for hospitalization/observation in the USA, but it is unclear if this strategy improves patient outcomes. The objective of this study was to compare 30-day outcomes for patients admitted versus discharged after a negative emergency department (ED) evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome. A retrospective, multi-...
Brooks, Katherine C Makam, Anil N Haber, Lawrence A
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Journal of general internal medicine
Lewis, Swyn Jones, Gwenlli Mai Barach, Paul Tomos, Hawys Davies, Mari Eckley, Buddug Dowell, Hannah Rebecca Subbe, Christian Peter
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BMJ Open Quality
Clinicians can enable patients to actively participate in their care but communication with patients is often poor and highly variable. The aim of this study was to explore patients’ understanding of their current illness while in hospital and using a codesign process to create prototype tools to facilitate better communication during ward rounds. ...
Savoy, April Saleem, Jason J Barker, Barry C Patel, Himalaya Kara, Areeba
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JMIR Human Factors
Background The hospitalist workday is cognitively demanding and dominated by activities away from patients’ bedsides. Although mobile technologies are offered as solutions, clinicians report lower expectations of mobile technology after actual use. Objective The purpose of this study is to better understand opportunities for integrating mobile tech...
Chopra, Vineet O'Malley, Megan Horowitz, Jennifer Zhang, Qisu McLaughlin, Elizabeth Saint, Sanjay Bernstein, Steven J Flanders, Scott
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BMJ quality & safety
The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters (MAGIC) provides evidence-based criteria for peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) use. Whether implementing MAGIC improves PICC appropriateness and reduces complications is unknown. A quasiexperimental study design to implement MAGIC in 52 Michigan hospitals was used. Data were c...
Afif, Iman N Goldberg, Amy J Zhao, Huaqing O'Shaughnessy, Gweneth D Kling, Sarah M Nathan, Howard M Hasz, Richard D Dauer, Elizabeth D
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Journal of surgical education
Residents often are involved in discussions with families regarding brain death/death by neurologic criteria (BD/DNC); however, they receive no standardized training on this topic. We hypothesized that residents are uncomfortable with explaining BD/DNC and that formal didactic and simulated training will improve residents' comfort and skill in disc...
Tam, Ivy Gist, Lauren Patel, Aarti Fisher, Erin Rhee, Kyung E
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Academic pediatrics
The US Census confirms a rise in Spanish-speakers, many of whom have limited English proficiency (LEP) and require interpreters. Parent perceptions of interpreter services throughout hospitalization are unknown. To explore Spanish-speaking LEP parents' views regarding roles of interpreters and providers (attending, resident, or nurse) during a hosp...