Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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This Brief Report includes follow-up data about the sustainability and expansion of the Buprenorphine Team (B-Team), a hospital-based opioid treatment (HBOT) program. Between September 2018 and January 2023, the B-Team started 398 patients with opioid-use disorder (OUD) on buprenorphine therapy and coordinated outpatient care for 353 patients before discharge. ⋯ This model has been adopted at three additional Texas hospitals, resulting in rapid growth: 1037 patients were started on buprenorphine across these four sites during 2021-2022. Our longitudinal results support HBOT as an effective model for treating patients with OUD.
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Few hospitals have built surveillance for diagnostic errors into usual care or used comparative quantitative and qualitative data to understand their diagnostic processes and implement interventions designed to reduce these errors. ⋯ The study has been approved by the University of California, San Francisco Institutional Review Board (IRB), which is serving as the single IRB. Intervention toolkits and study findings will be disseminated through partners including Vizient, The Joint Commission, and Press-Ganey, and through national meetings, scientific journals, and publications aimed at the general public.
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Direct Admission to the Hospital for Children in the United States RELEASE DATE: March 3, 2023 PRIOR VERSION(S): n/a DEVELOPER: American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Hospital Care FUNDING SOURCE: American Academy of Pediatrics TARGET POPULATION: Children who are potential candidates for direct hospital admission.