Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was labeled a global pandemic rapidly. As of April 22nd, 2020, New York City became its epicenter, reporting differences in death rates among its 5 boroughs. The aim of this study was to investigate the mortality difference associated with hospital factors (teaching versus community hospital) in New York City. [...]

Background: Opening new residency programs in community hospitals is one strategy to address physician shortage. Previous reports have shown better mortality outcomes in university based hospitals. However, less is known about teaching community hospitals. Disrupting well- established workflows in community hospitals is feared to cause an increased cost and possibly a slide in quality of [...]

Background: In utero opioid exposure can result in neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). NAS incidence has increased five-fold in the last decade. NAS is a serious condition characterized by central nervous system hyperirritability and autonomic nervous system and gastrointestinal tract dysfunction. Newborns with NAS may have several potential complications, may require pharmacological management, have increased hospital [...]

Background: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys allow patients to reflect on their hospital stay and provide standardized metrics for hospitals to improve the quality of care they provide. hospital administrators have a vested interest in earning strong HCAHPS scores, as this information is publicly available. One theorized way to improve [...]

Background: Clostroidiodes difficile (CD) is the most prevalent hospital-acquired infection in the United States, accounting for approximately 224,000 infections with 13,000 deaths and over 1 billion dollars spent in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Clostroidiodes difficile accounts for 10-20% of diarrhea in the setting of recent antibiotics exposure.In St [...]