Patient Safety

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How to prevent and manage hospital violence

Key takeaways: • Hospitals are deploying different strategies for prevention and de-escalation. •  A consistent response helps defuse patients sooner and allow staff to experience less...

Compensation & Career

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Pay for hospitalist program directors: What’s the average?

HOW MUCH MORE do hospitalist program directors earn than the hospitalists they work alongside every day? On our most recent annual Today's Hospitalist survey, we...

Healthcare Redesign

Clinical work

hospital-acquired infections dropped from 2015-2023 according to CDC data

Hospital-acquired infections fall from 2015-2023

New data show that hospital-acquired infections dropped 27% between 2015 and 2023, going from 1 in 31 patients having at least one HAI in...

Quality improvement

hospitalist-led procedure service performing ultrasound-guided paracentesis and thoracentesis in community hospitals

Hospitalist-led procedure service: A model for community hospitals

A hospitalist-led procedure service in a community-hospital setting delivered procedures to inpatients faster than specialist-led teams, reducing length of stay without hurting safety—or breaking...