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Prevalence of social risk factors among hospitalized patients with disabilities

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Disability and social risk factors remain understudied among hospitalized patients, despite known associations with poor outcomes. This research aimed to describe social risks among hospitalized patients with disability (PWD) to better inform patient‐centered care.
Lauren Leviton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical progress note: The evolving role of nonoperative management in uncomplicated pediatric appendicitis

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency across the globe. The historical approach emphasized early operation to prevent perforation, accepting negative appendectomies as an inevitable consequence. However, appendectomy comes with risk for postsurgical complications, and with improvements in imaging, early studies began to ...
Krustina Lal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing clinician–patient communication in academic hospitals: Insights from a multisite rapid qualitative analysis

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background High‐quality clinician‐patient communication is associated with improved patient understanding, trust, and healthcare outcomes. However, the hospital environment poses unique challenges to effective communication, and research documents that many hospitalized patients report poor communication with clinicians. Objective Characterize
Blair P. Golden   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of geographic localization on hospital length of stay: Evidence of a dose–response relationship

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Geographic localization of patients and clinicians is a common approach to improve teamwork and efficiency, reduce hospital length of stay (LOS), and improve patient experience. We implemented a multidisciplinary initiative, called Patient‐Centered Teams (PaCT), which reengineered bed management procedures and localized several ...
Deonni P. Stolldorf   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Time to untether transitional care from hospital quality: Healthcare utilization following discharge from a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital among community‐dwelling older persons

open access: yesJournal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Thirty‐day performance measures (e.g., unplanned readmissions), designed to evaluate inpatient care, were neither designed to reflect the experience of patients transitioning from hospital to home, nor the impact of transitional programs to improve postdischarge outcomes. Objective To identify transitional care outcomes by examining
Dawn M. Bravata   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

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