Background: With the widespread implementation of rapid response system aimed at improving patient outcomes, providers are expected to perform the early detection, manage clinically deteriorating patients, and communicate effectively with rapid response teams (RRTs). Prior literature has reported that users of RRT described uncomfortable interactions, reduced clinical autonomy, role ambiguity, and a desire for improved [...]

Background: The 2016 and 2023 AABB international red blood cell (RBC) transfusion guidelines recommend, in addition to restrictive transfusion practices, that clinicians also consider the patient’s overall clinical context when making transfusion decisions (1). However, there is little empiric data on which specific clinical factors, other than Hb, should inform transfusion decisions in hospitalized patients [...]

Background: Since the introduction of the hospitalist system in Korea, their role and responsibilities have grown significantly. However, the current status and impact of Korean hospitalists on job satisfaction are poorly studied. We aimed to investigate the present state of Korean hospitalists and their influence on job satisfaction, six years after the pilot program’s launch. [...]

Background: The growth of academic hospitalists has lagged behind the expansion of hospital medicine as a specialty, and leaders within the field have called the lack of academic hospitalists a challenge to the academic credibility of the field.1 Previous publications have cited challenges to developing academic hospitalists including lack of access to resources, an absence [...]

Background: Shifting dynamics present unique opportunities for inpatient providers to enhance outcomes during transitions of care (TOC) as hospital medicine rises as a specialized field. It is well established that gaps in TOC can lead to unfavorable outcomes for patients and healthcare systems alike including increased morbidity, complications, readmissions, and costs. While TOC visits are [...]

Background: Lung transplant recipients are a unique cohort of patients who require a multidisciplinary approach to management when hospitalized due to their higher rate of comorbidities, use of immunosuppression medications, and increased risk of complications. As of April 2023, over 12,000 total transplants have been performed in our institution, of which, 538 (4.5%) have been [...]