Hospital Medicine
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VA Expanded Emergency Care Program Offers At-Home Clinical Evaluation
The newly updated US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prostate cancer clinical pathway...
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VA Tele-Emergency Care Program Expanded Nationwide
The newly updated US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prostate cancer clinical pathway...
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A Veteran Presenting With Fatigue and Weakness
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Visual Management Board Implementation to Enhance High Reliability at a Large VA Health Care System
A large outpatient cardiology clinic found that visual management boards are simple, inexpensive, yet potentially powerful tools that may bring...
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Digital Pathology Seminar Focuses on Federal Practice
It appears that COVID-19 infection—even past the acute stage—could put hospitalized patients at risk of exacerbating existing...
Original Research
Overuse of Hematocrit Testing After Elective General Surgery at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center
A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent elective general surgery at a VA medical center sought to determine whether routine...
Program Profile
Graduate Medical Education Financing in the US Department of Veterans Affairs
The VA partners with 250 sponsors of graduate medical education, annually providing $850 million for 11,000 resident positions that support...
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Could EHR Pharmacy Errors Put Veterans at Risk?
Will the new US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pharmacy software be safe and effective? That was the topic when David Case...
Original Research
The Impact of a Paracentesis Clinic on Internal Medicine Resident Procedural Competency
A single Veterans Affairs medical center created a paracentesis clinic staffed by internal medicine residents to determine if it would improve...
Program Profile
Leader Rounding for High Reliability and Improved Patient Safety
Implementing rounding by facility leadership can promote open and transparent bidirectional communication among all staff, which is critical to...