Kevin J O'Leary

..Research supports medical record review using screening triggers as the optimal method to detect hospital adverse events (AE), yet the method is labour-intensive...

..Interdisciplinary rounds (IDR) provide a means to assemble hospital team members and improve collaboration. Little is known about teamwork during IDR...

..Assurance behaviors include providing additional services of minimal clinical value. Avoidance behaviors include withholding services that are, or avoiding patients who are, perceived as high risk...

..However, many hospitalists are inadequately prepared to engage in efforts to improve quality, because medical schools and residency programs have not traditionally emphasized healthcare quality and patient safety in their curricula...

..The objective of this study was to assess the effect of an intervention designed to improve interdisciplinary collaboration and lower the rate of adverse events (AEs)...

..Effective collaboration and teamwork is essential in providing safe and effective care. Research reveals deficiencies in teamwork on medical units involving hospitalists...

..Our objective was to characterise nurse-physician communication and their agreement on patients' plan of care...

..Effective collaboration and teamwork is essential in providing safe and effective hospital care. Prior research reveals deficiencies in collaboration on medical teaching units...

..Discrepant attitudes about teamwork among nurses and physicians exist in operating rooms and intensive care units. Little is known about teamwork attitudes on general medical services...

..To evaluate hospitalized patients' understanding of their plan of care...

..A significant barrier to communication among patient care providers in hospitals is the geographic dispersion of team members...

..Deficits in information transfer between inpatient and outpatient physicians are common and potentially dangerous...

..To determine the effect of a simulation-based mastery learning model on central venous catheter insertion skill and the prevalence of procedure-related complications in a medical intensive care unit over a 1-yr period...

..Although many hospitalists work with clinical coordinators, few studies have evaluated their impact...

..Studies demonstrating the value of hospitalists to medical student education have been performed in traditional resident covered ward service settings (RCWS)...

..However, little data exists describing hospitalist workflow and their activities in daily patient care...

..Deficits in information transfer between inpatient and outpatient physicians are common and potentially dangerous...

..Looking to the future, hospitalists have exciting potential for a positive impact in a broad range of areas and lasting effect on healthcare delivery...

..Unprofessional behaviors undermine the hospital learning environment and quality of patient care...

..Thoracentesis has been identified as a core competency for hospitalists. Residency training may not provide adequate preparation to perform this procedure...

..To determine whether overweight and obese inpatients are receptive to weight-loss interventions while hospitalized and whether interest in weight-loss intervention correlates with accurate self-perception of weight...

..By exploring the dynamics of transition communication between specialties and suggesting best practices, the authors hope to strengthen hand-off skills and contribute to improved continuity of care...

..To evaluate the types and frequency of activities that hospitalists perform during routine work, we conducted a time-motion study of hospitalist physicians at our institution...