Article-at-a-Glance Background The Joint Commission has made a “standardized approach
to hand-off communications” a National Patient Safety Goal. Method An interactive 90 …

BACKGROUND: Handoffs are ubiquitous to Hospital Medicine and are considered a
vulnerable time for patient safety. PURPOSE: To develop recommendations for hospitalist …

BACKGROUND Restrictions in the hours residents can be on duty have resulted in
increased sign‐outs, that is, transfer of patient care information and responsibility from one …

Importance Vitamin D treatment has been found to decrease the incidence of viral
respiratory tract infection, especially in patients with vitamin D deficiency. Whether vitamin D …

Background Recent investigations have documented poor cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) performance in clinical practice. We hypothesized that a debriefing intervention using …

Background Previous studies of hospital readmission have focused on specific conditions or
populations and generated complex prediction models. Objective To identify predictors of …

User-created content and communications on Web-based applications, such as networking
sites, media sharing sites, or blog platforms, have dramatically increased in popularity over …

Purpose Medical student mistreatment has been recognized for decades and is known to
adversely impact students personally and professionally. Similarly, burnout has been shown …

Background Little is known about how often patients desire and experience discussions with
hospital personnel regarding R/S (religion and spirituality) or what effects such discussions …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND While Electronic Medical Record (EMR) use has increased
dramatically, the EMR's impact on the patient–doctor relationship remains unclear. This …