Background: Gamification and social incentives, such as family/peer engagement in goal-setting and feedback, are increasingly used by employers and health plans to promote physical activity and lose weight in outpatient settings but these approaches have not been used to improve mobility and reduce hospital-associated functional decline after hospital discharge. Methods: 12-week randomized, controlled trial of […]

Background: Medication discrepancies, defined as unexplained differences in documented medication regimens across different sites of care, are prevalent and an important contributor to adverse drug events among hospitalized and recently discharged patients. In November 2011, we implemented a Web‐based discharge module, including a new tool to reconcile medications at discharge. The goal of this study […]