Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common inpatient condition, managed with high‐risk anticoagulants. VTE management is often suboptimal. Inpatient anticoagulation teams improve anticoagulation processes and outcomes, but many centers (including ours) lack this resource. Diverse health care systems would benefit from alternative methods to optimize VTE management in the absence of an anticoagulation team. Methods: […]

Background: The approach to managing and admitting patients with syncope in an emergency setting lacks standardization. Our study aims to investigate how regional variation in management of emergency department (ED) patients presenting with syncope impacts outcomes and resource utilization in this patient population. Methods: We used the 2006 to 2014 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample to […]

Background: In the United States, the relative incidence of diverticulitis has continued to rise and represents a significant portion of gastrointestinal related hospitalizations [1]. Management and treatment can include both medical and surgical options. Of recent, considerable attention has been given to try to decrease healthcare utilization [2]. We sought out to determine the annual […]

Background: Since the landmark IOM report “To err is human” was published in 2000, national focus has been on patient safety and preventing medical errors. Miscommunication during patient care handoffs is a particular area of concern. Because of the sheer number of handoffs that occur, the potential for these to cause harm is enormous. There […]