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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Dartmouth Atlas: Little Progress Reducing Readmissions
The newest Dartmouth Atlas report documents little progress in decreasing 30-day readmissions, and identifies a link nationally between...
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By the Numbers: 209,000
Projected total number of adult in-hospital cardiac arrests that are treated with a resuscitation response each year in U.S. hospitals is 209,000...
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Branching Out
Ohio hospitalist moonlights in body-sculpting spa
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Church Coalition Helps Prevent Readmissions
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare System returns hospitalized patients to communities that support chronic conditions
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Seven-Day Schedule Could Improve Hospital Quality, Capacity
A new study evaluating outcomes for hospitals participating in the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines program found no...
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New Jersey Hospital Funds Care-Transitions “Coach”
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, N.J., has partnered with Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County to...
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‘Smoothing’ Strategies in Children’s Hospitals Reduce Overcrowding
A report published online May 24 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that smoothing inpatient occupancy and scheduled admissions in 39...
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“Teachback” Reduces Readmissions for CHF Patients
A sking “teachback” questions to hospitalized chronic heart failure (CHF) patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., helps them...
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Wasted Effort?
New study questions benefits of care-transition strategies
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QI-Focused Microsite Aims to Educate Hospitalists
"The Center" will develop, warehouse quality and patient-safety resources
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By the Numbers: $4,000
According to a new study in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics by MIT economist Joseph Doyle, a $4,000 increase in per-patient hospital...
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High-Performing Hospitals Invest in QI Infrastructure
A new study evaluating outcomes for hospitals participating in the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines program found no...
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Joint Commission Launches Certification for Hospital Palliative Care
A new Joint Commission program offering advanced certification for hospital-based palliative-care services is accepting applications and...
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Dr. Wachter Named ABIM's Chair-Elect
Would be first hospitalist to hold this position
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Showtime for Patient Education
Connecticut hospitalist cohosts cable TV health show