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The University of Michigan Specialist-Hospitalist Allied Research Program: jumpstarting hospital medicine researchScott A Flanders
Hospitalist Program, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Hosp Med 3:308-13. 2008..Ideally, a successful hospital-based clinical research program will need to partner hospitalists with specialists...- Hospitalists as emerging leaders in patient safety: lessons learned and future directionsScott A Flanders
Hospitalist Program, University of Michigan Division of General Medicine, Ann Arbor VA Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Patient Saf 5:3-8. 2009..To examine the results of a multi-institution, hospitalist-centered consortium designed to disseminate knowledge of best practices relevant to patient safety and to facilitate institutional innovation around such practices... - Nosocomial pneumonia: state of the scienceScott A Flanders
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA
Am J Infect Control 34:84-93. 2006..We also summarize the most recent data on how to prevent hospital-acquired infection, in general, and nosocomial pneumonia, in particular... - Where should hospitalists sit within the academic medical center?Scott A Flanders
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1269-72. 2008..At community hospitals and less research-oriented AMCs, hospital medicine programs may soon be ready to become separate divisions... - Effectiveness of ceftriaxone plus doxycycline in the treatment of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumoniaScott A Flanders
Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Hosp Med 1:7-12. 2006..Limited data exist on the effectiveness of ceftriaxone plus doxycycline in the treatment of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... - Importance of urinary tract infection to antibiotic use among hospitalized patientsTejal Gandhi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5378, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:193-5. 2009..Strategies to optimize antibiotic use for such patients are discussed and include implementing a process whereby a urine culture is automatically performed if a urinalysis result suggests infection... - Perioperative beta-blockers for major noncardiac surgery: Primum Non NocereVineet Chopra
Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Am J Med 122:222-9. 2009..We conclude by commenting on performance measures as they relate to perioperative beta-blockers and make recommendations for the continued safe implementation of this practice... - Clinical problem-solving. A pain in the neckSandra J Bliss
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
N Engl J Med 350:1037-42. 2004 - Clinical problem-solving. Clear as mudDaniel R Kaul
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, USA
N Engl J Med 352:1914-8. 2005 - Characteristics of intensive care units in Michigan: not an open and closed caseRobert C Hyzy
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Hosp Med 5:4-9. 2010..Our objective was to understand the delivery of critical care physician services in Michigan and the role of intensivists and nonintensivist providers in providing care... - Does statin use improve pneumonia outcomes?Vineet Chopra
Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Chest 136:1381-8. 2009..This article explores some of the potential mechanisms by which statin therapy may impact the course of pneumonia. In addition, we review the clinical studies both supporting and arguing against such an effect... - Perioperative practice: time to throttle backVineet Chopra
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5853, USA
Ann Intern Med 152:47-51. 2010..Our society demands better care at lower cost; in perioperative medicine, it is time for us to throttle back... - Performance of a bedside C-reactive protein test in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia in adults with acute coughScott A Flanders
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94118, USA
Am J Med 116:529-35. 2004..A C-reactive protein level > or =100 mg/L might be a useful indication for chest radiography or empiric antibiotic therapy when the diagnosis of pneumonia is in doubt... - Guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia: are they reflected in practice?Scott A Flanders
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Treat Respir Med 3:67-77. 2004..Increased attention to these factors will be needed if professional society practice guidelines are to fulfill their promise as tools for improving the quality and outcomes of care for patients with pneumonia... - Brief report: incidence, etiology, risk factors, and outcome of hospital-acquired fever: a systematic, evidence-based reviewDaniel R Kaul
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0378, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1184-7. 2006..This systematic review is intended to provide clinicians with an overview of the incidence, etiology, and outcome of hospital-acquired fever... - Hospitalist time usage and cyclicality: opportunities to improve efficiencyChristopher S Kim
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 5376, USA
J Hosp Med 5:329-34. 2010..Many AMCs have increased the use of nonresident service hospitalists to manage continued growth in clinical volume. To optimize their time in the hospital, it is important to understand hospitalists' work flow... - Venous thromboembolism: a collaborative quality improvement model for practitioners, hospitals, and insurersGeoffrey D Barnes
Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Thromb Thrombolysis 33:274-9. 2012..In this review, we describe the model BCBSM/BCN and participating Michigan hospitals have developed to improve the prevention and diagnosis of VTE for patients in the state of Michigan... - Impact of a pharmacist-facilitated hospital discharge program: a quasi-experimental studyPaul C Walker
College of Pharmacy, The University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, UH B2D301, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5008, USA
Arch Intern Med 169:2003-10. 2009..Our objectives were to characterize medication discrepancies at hospital discharge and test the effects of a pharmacist intervention on health care utilization following discharge... - How complete is the evidence for thromboembolism prophylaxis in general medicine patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trialsGregory M Bump
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 2582, USA
J Hosp Med 4:289-97. 2009..We sought to determine whether prophylaxis decreases clinically significant events and to answer whether unfractionated heparin (UFH) or low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is either more effective or safer... - Challenges and opportunities in academic hospital medicine: report from the Academic Hospital Medicine SummitScott A Flanders
Division of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
J Hosp Med 4:240-6. 2009..However, few organizations have explicitly considered the opportunities for and barriers to hospital medicine's development as an academic field in internal medicine... - Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measureRobert M Wachter
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0120, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:29-32. 2008..These steps will increase the probability that future quality measures will improve care without creating negative unintended consequences... - Community-acquired pneumonia: a practical approach to management for the hospitalistBradley A Sharpe
UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
J Hosp Med 1:177-90. 2006..Multiple quality indicators are measured and publicly reported in the management of CAP, which provides hospitals with an opportunity to improve care processes and patient outcomes... - Hospitalists in teaching hospitals: opportunities but not without dangerSanjay Saint
J Gen Intern Med 19:392-3. 2004 - In response to SilvestriScott A Flanders
Am J Infect Control 35:284-5. 2007