Background Despite more than a decade of research on hospitalists and their performance,
disagreement still exists regarding whether and how hospital-based physicians improve the …

Background With an increasing ageing population in most countries, the role of general
practitioners (GPs) and general practice nurses (GPNs) in providing optimal end of life (EoL) …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Bioethicists and professional associations give specific
recommendations for discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). OBJECTIVE To …

Hospital physicians care for most seriously ill patients in the United States. We employed
dimensional analysis to describe communication about death and dying in audio-recorded …

OBJECTIVE: Secondary databases are used in descriptive studies of patient subgroups;
evaluation of associations between individual characteristics and diagnosis, prognosis …

BACKGROUND: Hospitalists care for an increasing percentage of hospitalized patients, yet
evaluations of patient perceptions of hospitalists' communication skills are lacking …

Background Unplanned hospitalizations among patients with advanced cancer are often
sentinel events prompting goals of care discussions and hospice transitions. Late referrals to …

BACKGROUND: Hospital admission is a time when patients are sickest and also often
encountering an entirely new set of caregivers. As a result, understanding and documenting …

Literature suggesting improved patient outcomes and patient satisfaction with the hospitalist
model of inpatient medical care coupled with the desire to improve provider satisfaction led …

Hospitalists are uniquely positioned to implement strategies to improve patient flow and
efficiency. Hospital leaders have stated they expect hospitalists to comanage surgical …