Background: Patient experience (PEX) is associated with higher levels of adherence to recommended prevention and treatment processes, better clinical outcomes, improved patient safety within hospitals, and decreased inappropriate health care utilization. (1,2,3) Furthermore, overall patient satisfaction is associated with lower 30-day risk standardized hospital readmission rates after adjusting for clinical quality. (4) Our hospital medicine [...]

Background: Pediatric hospitalists are responsible for providing high quality care in the hospital setting while teaching learners and maintaining a professional learning environment. This skill is rarely taught during medical training. Peer observation is a collaborative tool with potential for mutual benefit; offering the observer an opportunity to learn new strategies and the individual observed [...]

Background: The American Board of Internal Medicine and the Society of Hospital Medicine have identified routine laboratory testing of stable inpatients as one source of low-value care.1,2 As it is estimated that upwards of 21% of all lab tests represent inappropriate overutilization,3 reducing unnecessary testing could have a significant impact on cost saving, limiting waste, [...]