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SHM 2023 Awards of Excellence and Junior Investigator Award
The HOMERuN COVID-19 Collaborative Group, winner of the Excellence in Teamwork award, included more than 150 members across 80 institutions. SHM’s Awards of Excellence Program honors members who’ve made exceptional contributions to hospital medicine in a variety of categories. Please join The Hospitalist and SHM in congratulating the 2023 award winners. Clinical Leadership for Physicians Benji K. Mathews, MD, MBA, SFHM Dr. Mathews Dr. Mathews is the department chair of hospital medicine and division head at Regions Hospital with HealthPartners in Minnesota and an associate professor of medicine with a passion for ed...
Source: The Hospitalist - June 1, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Awards Career Source Type: research

The AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use in Practice
Am Fam Physician. 2023 May;107(5):456-457.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37192066 (Source: American Family Physician)
Source: American Family Physician - May 16, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Sara Keller Melissa A Miller Sara E Cosgrove Source Type: research

The ABCDEF Method: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pain Management Resource Development
Clinical resources, such as cognitive aids and reference guides, are used to transform evidence-based principles into specific practice changes to improve performance consistency.1 For example, Advanced Cardiac Life Support Algorithms standardize care and improve outcomes in acute coronary syndromes.2 Though consensus statements abound, practical application is challenging, leading to a disparity between knowing best evidence and providing best care.3-6 Strategies like the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) toolkit and Six Sigma are used to assess current practice, investigate barriers to change, implement p...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - April 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emily H. Garmon Tags: Commentary Source Type: research

Risk of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
This study was performed to explore the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the risk of overweight/obesity in both children and adolescents. The PubMed, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched for relevant studies published before July 12, 2022. Studies with data for calculating the odds ratio (OR) of childhood overweight/obesity and ADHD were included. The literature value was assessed by the cross-sectional evaluation criteria proposed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). All analyses were conducted using StataSE 11 and RevMan 5.3 software with...
Source: Childhood Obesity - March 23, 2023 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Yixuan Zhu Nian-Nian Wang Da Pan Shaokang Wang Source Type: research

Persistent opioid use after cesarean delivery in the United States of America: a systematic review
The rate of persistent opioid use following cesarean delivery (CD) is unclear. Cesarean delivery is the most common inpatient surgical procedure, accounting for 31.9% of births in the United States of America (USA) and an average of 18.6% of births worldwide. (Betran et al., 2016; Martin et al., 2019; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. Most common operations during inpatient stays. Available at: https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/faststats/NationalProceduresServlet. Accessed November 12, 2020) In the USA, oral opioids are commonly prescribed at hospital discharge (Badreldin et al., 2018) and exposure to high doses of opioi...
Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia - February 27, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: R. Landau, P.F. Cavanaugh, M. DiGiorgi Tags: Short Report Source Type: research

A systematic review of the co-occurrence of self-harm and aggression: Is dual harm a unique behavioural construct?
DiscussionThe critical appraisal identified numerous limitations within the dual harm literature. Clinical implications and recommendations for future research are provided.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=197323, identifier CRD42020197323. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - February 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research