Category Archives: Quality Reporting

From Curricula to Crowdsourcing: Time for Trainees to Teach Value

Posted on May 28, 2013 by

By Andy Levy, MD and Christopher Moriates, MD Medical education’s efforts to incorporate the teaching of value-based care into formalized curricula have been remarkably few and fraught with challenges. More than 60 percent of med school grads feel they get inadequate … Continue reading →

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Displaying the Price of Tests Makes Docs Think Twice

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

By Scott Harris During any shopping trip, an item found without a price tag seems to be followed inevitably by the old quip that “if there’s no price, it must be free.” The joke’s ubiquity might speak to an inherently … Continue reading →

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In Case of Emergency, Consider Quality Improvement

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

By Scott Harris If quality improvement measures are good for the hospital or the doctor’s office, why not also for emergency medical services (EMS)? Reimbursing for a few more EMS options could prevent hospital admissions and increase care efficiency. So … Continue reading →

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Familiar Tools Can Fix Care for Sickest Seniors

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

By Scott Harris Though geriatrics is a relatively small segment of the physician population, given America’s aging rates it seems likely to grow. A new study found that well-coordinated geriatrics care can help bend the curve of hospital readmissions, and … Continue reading →

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Five Patient Handoff Resolutions for 2013

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

by Brandon H. Abbott, DO, MPH Since the restriction on resident duty work hours was passed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) more than a year ago, I’ve found myself participating in patient handoffs more frequently in 2012 than ever before. … Continue reading →

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Montefiore Medical Center Study Shows Strength of Simulation Training

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

By Sarah Sonies Pilots-in-training don’t have immediate access to the cockpit of a Boeing 757. They are first placed in a simulator, navigating through bad weather, mechanical failures, and other adverse conditions to gain experience handling possible crises in a … Continue reading →

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New Years Resolution: More teachable moments please

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

By Nikita Joshi, MD Originally posted Friday, Jan. 4 2013 on Academic Life in Emergency Medicine “The worst thing about busy shifts is that I never learn anything.”   My junior resident and I were contemplating the many difficulties of … Continue reading →

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Newer Physicians Spend More on Care

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

By Scott Harris A new study found that less-experienced physicians tend to provide more costly care per patient than their more veteran counterparts. An underlying cause of the difference, however, eluded researchers. The study, published in the November edition of … Continue reading →

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Chart Review: A New Carnival for Academic Medicine Blogs

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Chart Review, our new monthly feature where the editors at Wing of Zock highlight our favorite blog posts from the previous month. We focus on blogs about academic medicine, whether from the perspective of … Continue reading →

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In His Words: Pronovost on CUSP

Posted on November 20, 2012 by

Peter Pronovost, MD, Ph.D., senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine, was the lead on the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) initiative. CUSP reduced central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in intensive care units by 40 … Continue reading →

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