Background: The placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) is increasingly performed primarily by vascular access nurses (VAN) in United States hospitals1. Despite the increased use of these specially trained clinicians, little is known about the patient and device characteristics of the PICCs they placed compared to those placed by interventional radiology (IR) providers. While [...]

Background: Medicine procedure services (MPS) have been shown to increase procedure volume, procedure completion rate, adherence to best practice safety measures, resident involvement, and resident satisfaction within Internal Medicine (IM). Despite these benefits, widespread deployment of MPSs has proved challenging, partly because the impact of MPSs on non-IM services is unknown, including MPSs’ impact on [...]