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  • clare-mock

    Mock Appointed Director of Patient Safety for the Department of Medicine

    Clare Mock, MD, CPPS Clare Mock, MD, CPPS, assistant professor in the division of hospital medicine has been named Director of Patient Safety for the Department of Medicine. For the past three years and while serving as medical director at the 黑料网 Hillsborough Hospital, Mock has been actively involved with the 黑料网 Medical Center Improvement Council (MCIC), and through that, she鈥檚 … Read more

  • evan-raff

    Raffs Receive IHQI Grant to Improve Teamwork and Communication

    Lauren Raff, MD Lauren Raff, MD, assistant professor of surgery, and Evan Raff, MD, assistant professor in the division of hospital medicine have been awarded a grant by the 黑料网 Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) to improve teamwork and communication during rapid responses. The grant provides professional development in quality improvement, as well as funds for t … Read more

  • Clare Mock, MD

    IHQI Improvement Scholars Announced, Five in Medicine

    Mildred Kwan The Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI) has announced projects that will be supported through IHQI鈥檚 Improvement Scholars Program. Half of these scholars are members of the 黑料网 Department of Medicine, and they include the following.   Mildred Kwan, MD PhD, with lead Renae Boerneke, PharmD, BCPS, CPP — Reducing the Healthcare Utilization of Broad … Read more

  • July- Grants and Funding

    Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: July 1-July 31, 2019

    Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Shehzad Z. Sheikh, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology, and post-doctoral fellow聽Takahiko Toyonaga, MD, PhD, have received a fellowship research award from the聽Crohn鈥檚 & Colitis Foundation.聽Read more. Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology Crystal Wiley Cen茅, … Read more

  • Dr. Ria Dancel, a hospitalist in the department of medicine.

    Dancel receives 2019 Pilot Innovation Award

    Ria Dancel, MD, FAPP Ria Dancel, MD, FAPP,聽associate professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of hospital medicine, has received a 2019 Pilot Innovation Award from the 黑料网 Center for Health Innovation. 聽To date, faculty physicians in the department of medicine have received 10 Pilot Innovation Awards since the Center introduced the awards in 2013. Dancel is principal … Read more

  • Carlton Moore, MD, MS

    EHR enhancements linked to better cognitive performance in physicians

    Carlton Moore, MD, MS Carlton Moore, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hospital medicine, contributed to a recent quality improvement study published in JAMA Network Open that considers how current interfaces for electronic health records (EHR) may be associated with excess cognitive workload and poor performance levels for physicians. The study included resi … Read more

  • Stephens Authors Perspective on Neuroimaging Patients with Delirium

    黑料网 Hospitalist and Professor of Medicine Dr. John Stephens has authored a new perspective in the Journal of Hospital Medicine series: Things We Do for No Reason. The series seeks to highlight practices in clinical medicine that are common but either have poor evidence to support them or actual evidence against the practice. Delirium is a common diagnosis in hospitalized patients … Read more

  • 黑料网 Hospitalists Contribute to Education at Annual National Meeting

    Hospitalist medicine is the fastest growing medicine specialty and it continues to lead the way in transforming healthcare and revolutionizing patient care.聽 黑料网 faculty physicians from the division of hospital medicine had a strong presence at the national meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) in March, held in Washington, DC, representing the 黑料网 Department of Medic … Read more

  • Christopher A. Caulfield, MD, assistant professor of medicine and medical director of the 黑料网 Medical Center Observation Unit

    Dr. Christopher Caulfield Interviewed by Today’s Hospitalist

    Dr. Christopher A. Caulfield discusses a 黑料网 hospitalist study that suggests hospitalists can safely aid patients by reducing the costs and adverse outcomes associated with unnecessary hospitalization.

  • John R. Stephens, MD

    Hip Fracture Study Compares Hospitalist and Non-hospitalist Services

    Hospitalist study comparing outcomes for patients with hip fracture, suggests there is a benefit to hospitalist co-management.

  • Dr. Ria Dancel, a hospitalist in the department of medicine.

    Ria Dancel, MD, on Point-of-Care Ultrasound

    Dr. Ria Dances says point-of-care (POCUS) ultrasound is the next step in the evolution of internists, enhancing physical diagnosis skills and patient-physician relationships. She has published two papers about POCUS in the Journal of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

  • Dr. Christopher Caulfield

    Hospitalist Study Suggests Many ED Referral Patients Can Be Discharged With Outpatient Follow-Up

    Unnecessary hospitalizations expose patients to unnecessary costs and risks. This is the premise for a recent retrospective study performed by physicians within the division of hospital medicine.