Monee Amin, Meredith Trubitt, Avital Y O'Glasser, Michelle N Brooks
{"title":"Publish or perish: A path forward for digital scholarship.","authors":"Monee Amin, Meredith Trubitt, Avital Y O'Glasser, Michelle N Brooks","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literature and Medicine.","authors":"Aditi Mahajan","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143627086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addressing the ethical and legal complexities of hospital visitation restrictions for patients who are incarcerated.","authors":"Amber R Comer","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Preston Simmons, James Bowen, Matthew Molloy, Brooke Luo
{"title":"Secure messaging in medical training: Carving a path for trainee development in the digital age.","authors":"Preston Simmons, James Bowen, Matthew Molloy, Brooke Luo","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Installing updates.","authors":"Donna Coetzee, Andrew P J Olson","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143506669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Himali Weerahandi, Marisha Burden, Zoë Kopp, Catherine Callister, Jamie Burke, Khooshbu Dayton, Angela Keniston, Russell Ledford, Katie E Raffel, Jeffrey Schnipper, Andrew Auerbach
{"title":"Clinician perspectives on electronic health record behavioral alerts and hospital workplace violence prevention: A mixed methods study at 20 organizations.","authors":"Himali Weerahandi, Marisha Burden, Zoë Kopp, Catherine Callister, Jamie Burke, Khooshbu Dayton, Angela Keniston, Russell Ledford, Katie E Raffel, Jeffrey Schnipper, Andrew Auerbach","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Workplace violence prevention programs are important for safety, but little is known about how they are perceived by clinicians or whether electronic health record (EHR) behavioral alerts are perceived as effective.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To understand perspectives on the use of EHR behavioral alerts as part of workplace violence prevention programs in hospitals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Mixed methods study utilizing semi-structured focus groups with a structured survey. Focus group participants were members of a national hopsitalist consortium.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-eight individuals from 20 different organizations participated in focus groups, with 24 (86%) completing the survey. There was broad uncertainty in best practices for inpatient workplace violence prevention. There was also wide variation in EHR behavioral alert use across multiple domains, including how and why the alerts are placed and how they are used by the end user. Finally, focus groups had mixed sentiments on the potential impacts of these alerts; among participants who responded to surveys, half (50%) noted that alerts caused deviations in care and 21% indicated they witnessed instances where behavioral alerts led to adverse patient outcomes. Most (67%) survey respondents did not think EHR behavioral alerts prevented workplace violence. The majority (88%) of respondents also reported that patient demographic factors impacted whether an alert was placed.</p><p><strong>Limitations: </strong>The study focused on clinician experience at academic hospitals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions and relevance: </strong>Reports of uncertainty in best practices for deploying EHR behavioral alerts, along with perceptions of variability in implementation and potential biases in alert usage, raise concerns about their effectiveness and potential for worsening disparities. Standardized, evidence-based practices that safeguard healthcare workers without compromising patient care and equity are needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143470438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The art of attention.","authors":"Megan Brandeland","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143470439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce Schutte, Kalie Savage, Matthew Merwin, Matthew Morris, Rage Geringer, Danielle B Dilsaver, Robert W Plambeck, Nikhil Jagan
{"title":"Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis: Rising incidence, diagnostic delays, and the impact of SGLT2 inhibitors in hospitalized patients.","authors":"Bryce Schutte, Kalie Savage, Matthew Merwin, Matthew Morris, Rage Geringer, Danielle B Dilsaver, Robert W Plambeck, Nikhil Jagan","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the setting of growing use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), little is known about the prevalence and impact of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (eDKA). We performed a retrospective analysis on patients with DKA in the Catholic Health Initiatives-Omaha Health system from 2018 to 2023. Among the 510 patients meeting inclusion criteria; 455 (89.2%) had traditional DKA and 55 (10.8%) had eDKA. SGLT2i use was more likely in eDKA patients (44.4% vs. 0.03%). Compared with traditional DKA, those with eDKA had a significantly longer time to diagnosis (388 vs. 166 min, p < .001) and duration of DKA (2772 vs. 2005 min, p = .007). However, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay (LOS) were similar between both DKA groups (171 vs. 170 h; 3.43 vs. 3.37 days, respectively). The unique biochemical profile of eDKA likely delays diagnosis and treatment, ultimately leading to similar LOS despite eDKA patients having lower Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores. Because the proportion of eDKA is rising, hospitalists must have a heightened awareness of eDKA as SGLT2i use increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143461251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nita S Kulkarni, Matthew P Landler, Elaine R Cohen, Diane B Wayne, Eytan Szmuilowicz
{"title":"Performance of electronic medical record tool in predicting 6-month mortality in hospitalized patients with cancer.","authors":"Nita S Kulkarni, Matthew P Landler, Elaine R Cohen, Diane B Wayne, Eytan Szmuilowicz","doi":"10.1002/jhm.70012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A systematic tool to identify hospitalized patients with high mortality risk may be beneficial for targeting palliative care to those in greatest need.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Evaluate the performance of the End-of-life Index (EOLI; Epic Systems Corporation) in identifying patients at the highest 6-month mortality risk among hospitalized patients with cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective study of adults with cancer admitted to oncology services in a 959-bed hospital between July 1 and December 31, 2023. We evaluated EOLI score performance in determining mortality risk using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The primary outcome was 6-month mortality for patients with an EOLI score above and below the optimal threshold value. Secondary outcomes included in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, length of stay, intensive care unit (ICU) utilization, palliative care consultation, do-not-resuscitate status on discharge, and discharge disposition.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The EOLI score had moderate accuracy in identifying patients at higher risk of 6-month mortality (AUC: 0.71) with an optimal threshold value of 40. For patients with EOLI > 40 and < 40, the 6-month mortality was 45.9% and 16.3%, respectively (p < .001). Patients with EOLI > 40 had higher ICU utilization (12.4% vs. 6.5%, p = .002) and were more likely to be discharged to a location other than home (13.5% vs. 5.3%; p < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>For hospitalized patients with cancer, the EOLI shows moderate accuracy in identifying patients with a high risk of 6-month mortality. As a screening tool, the EOLI can be used to identify patients who may benefit from timely palliative care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94084,"journal":{"name":"Journal of hospital medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143443080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}