Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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The aim of this study is to describe frontline physicians' perceptions of the impact of racial-ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 infection and mortality on their occupational well-being. ⋯ Health inequities are an under-acknowledged source of physicians' occupational stress that requires solutions beyond the clinical context.
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Electronic health records (EHRs) have become an important repository for patient race and ethnicity. Misclassification could negatively affect efforts to monitor and reduce health disparities and structural discrimination. ⋯ Nonconcordance between EHR-recorded race/ethnicity and parental report exists in the EHR for our hospitalized patients, which has implications for describing patient populations and for understanding racial and ethnic disparities. Current EHR categories may be limited in their ability to capture the complexity of these constructs. Future efforts should focus on ensuring that demographic information in the EHR is accurately collected and appropriately reflects families' preferences.
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Increased hospital admissions due to COVID-19 place a disproportionate strain on inpatient general medicine service (GMS) capacity compared to other services. ⋯ Admission redistribution based on diagnosis is a safe lever to reduce capacity strain on GMS during COVID-19 surges.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparing two durations of medically tailored meals posthospitalization: A randomized clinical trial.
Medically tailored meals (MTM) may be beneficial to patients after hospital discharge. ⋯ Different durations of short-term MTM did not affect patient-centered or utilization outcomes.