Background: Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) are commonly inserted/ordered by hospitalists for venous access, long‐term therapies, and infusion of total parenteral nutrition, Despite these salient roles, little is known about PICC use in hospitalized patients. To understand hospitalist practice related to PICC, a Web‐based survey of a convenience sample of hospitalists in 4 health care […]

Background: The Choosing Wisely campaign discourages CT imaging in low-risk patients with suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) (e.g., low clinical probability and negative d-dimer). Few studies have investigated patient, provider, or operational characteristics associated with overuse of CT imaging. One possible approach to this research question is to examine variability in diagnostic yield (i.e., the percentage […]