Things We Do for No Reason ™: Furosemide‐albumin coadministration for diuretic resistance
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 19, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Benjamin S. Vipler, Adam M. Barelski, Erin E. Vipler Tags: CHOOSING WISELY ®: THINGS WE DO FOR NO REASON™ Source Type: research

Methodological progress note: How to handle race in research according to the research aim
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 17, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Heidi Sucharew, Erin Shaughnessy, Samir S. Shah Tags: PROGRESS NOTES Source Type: research

Don't anchor on me!
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 16, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ann ‐Marie Tantoco, Ajay Bhasin, Maria Santos, Art Kastl, Adam Bracken Tags: CLINICAL CARE CONUNDRUMS Source Type: research

Policy in clinical practice: Impact of restoring the 1999 public charge rule on healthcare access for noncitizen immigrants
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 16, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Aman Narayan, Arthur S. Hong, Oanh K. Nguyen Tags: CHOOSING WISELY ®: NEXT STEPS IN IMPROVING HEALTHCARE VALUE Source Type: research

The coffee contract
(Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine)
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 15, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Christopher Moriates Tags: PERSPECTIVES IN HOSPITAL MEDICINE Source Type: research

Clinicians' interpretation of thresholds in hospital antibiograms for gram ‐negative rod infections: A survey and contingent valuation study of hospitalists
AbstractClinical guidelines suggest that hospital antibiograms are a key component when deciding empiric therapy, but little is known about how often clinicians use antibiograms and how they influence clinicians' empiric therapy decisions. We surveyed hospitalists at seven healthcare systems in the United States on their reported practices related to antibiograms and their hypothetical prescribing for four clinical scenarios associated with gram-negative rod pathogens. Each was given a randomly assigned antibiogram susceptibility percentage, and we used contingent valuation analysis to assess whether the antibiogram suscep...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 14, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Shinya Hasegawa, Che M. Harris, Vineet Gupta, Matthew Pappas, Valerie M. Vaughn, Eli N. Perencevich, Kimberly C. Dukes, Michihiko Goto Tags: BRIEF REPORT Source Type: research

Phlebotomy ‐free days in children hospitalized with common infections and their association with clinical outcomes
AbstractBackgroundPhlebotomy for hospitalized children has consequences (e.g., pain, iatrogenic anemia), and unnecessary testing is a modifiable source of waste in healthcare. Days without blood draws or phlebotomy-free days (PFDs) has the potential to serve as a hospital quality measure.ObjectiveTo describe: (1) the frequency of PFDs in children hospitalized with common infections and (2) the association of PFDs with clinical outcomes.Design, Settings and ParticipantsWe performed a cross-sectional study of children hospitalized 2018 –2019 with common infections at 38 hospitals using the Pediatric Health Information Syst...
Source: Journal of Hospital Medicine - February 13, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Megan E. Collins, Matt Hall, Samir S. Shah, Matthew J. Molloy, Paul L. Aronson, Jillian M. Cotter, Michael J. Steiner, Elisha McCoy, Michael J. Tchou, John R. Stephens, Jessica L. Markham Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research