Hospital Medicine
Original Research
Evaluating the Impact of a Urinalysis to Reflex Culture Process Change in the Emergency Department at a Veterans Affairs Hospital
This quality improvement study examined the impact of a process change for automated urine cultures following urinalysis to determine whether it...
News
Reducing night-time checks is safe and helps patients sleep
But the analysis confirmed that changes to routine daily practice in a hospital are not always easy to implement.
Original Research
Common Ground: Primary Care and Specialty Clinicians’ Perceptions of E-Consults in the Veterans Health Administration
Qualitative telephone interviews revealed that e-consults are best suited for certain types of clinical questions; and should include complete...
Program Profile
The VA My Life My Story Project: Keeping Medical Students and Veterans Socially Connected While Physically Distanced
A curriculum incorporating My Life My Story effectively taught narrative medicine skills to medical students despite curricular redesign for the...
Original Research
Assessing Outcomes Between Risperidone Microspheres and Paliperidone Palmitate Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Among Veterans
Veterans receiving risperidone microspheres in a single-site retrospective review study had fewer posttreatment psychiatric hospitalizations and...
Commentary
The Angel of Death in Clarksburg
Compassion and competence can help us to follow the good inclinations of our hearts that together with system changes can bar the doors of our...
News
Predicting cardiac shock mortality in the ICU
Case Reports
The Meaning of Words and Why They Matter During End-of-Life Conversations
Effective communication during end-of-life health care is crucial for care delivery, but misinterpretation can influence how the quality of the...
Perspectives
Operational Curriculum and Research Initiatives: Shaping the Future of Military Medicine
Access to existing operational training structures that have well-established programs should be increased, and individual graduate medical...