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Jeffrey Schnipper MD MPH @drjschnip

Hospitalist-Researcher in quality improvement and patient safety

Joined July 2020
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And please check out Lisa Burry and Chaim Bell's excellent editorial that accompanied our manuscript: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

Pharmacist-Led Hospital Discharge Care—Identifying Those Who Benefit Most

Hospital discharge is among the most vulnerable transition points in care delivery for older adults with complex medication regimens. Several intervention trials have addressed this important...

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Thanks to JAMA Network Open for publishing the results of our PHARM-DC pragmatic trial: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… Hospitals should focus intensive pharmacist transitions interventions on older patients with polypharmacy AND low health literacy.

Pharmacist-Led Discharge Care to Reduce Postdischarge Health Care Utilization

This randomized clinical trial examines whether pharmacist-led transitions-of-care interventions after hospital discharge reduce subsequent readmissions and other health care utilization among...

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Have you seen this? From now on, all medical research conducted in the US will be a money-loser. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/… #endofmedicalresearch

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Reminder that the deadline for applications to the Harvard Summer Program in Clinical Effectiveness is December 1. Spread the word to clinicians interested in getting excellent training in clinical research! hsph.harvard.edu/clinical-ef… @ProgClinEffect
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Thank you to JAMA Internal Medicine for publishing our study on diagnostic errors in the hospital! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… @HOMERuN_Network @BrighamDGIM @BrighamHMU @JAMAInternalMed

Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Adults Who Died or Were Transferred to Intensive Care

This cohort study assesses the prevalence, underlying causes, and harms of diagnostic errors among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to intensive care.

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.@tedphilips @paulfeeneyma thank you and the entire MA legislature, for investing in permanent #SchoolMealsforAll in the FY24 budget! This is a bold & inspiring step towards building a hunger-free future for our children. #FeedKidsMA @projectbread
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.@massgovernor, please support #SchoolMealsforAll in the final FY24 state budget and ensure this resource remains available to all students permanently! It’s time for Massachusetts to invest in the well-being and future of our children #FeedKidsMA @projectbread
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Want to start (or improve) a med rec program at your hospital? Shameless plug for SHM's MARQUIS Med Rec Collaborative. @SocietyHospMed hospitalmedicine.org/clinica… #medwreck

SHM's MARQUIS Med Rec Collaborative

Hospitals across the U.S. are reducing unintentional medication discrepancies through SHM’s MARQUIS Med Rec Collaborative. Learn more about the program.

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Thank you to BMJ Quality and Safety for publishing our manuscript - what works in med rec! It provides concrete advice on the most important components of successful programs. Please RT! @BwhDgim @BrighamHMU qualitysafety.bmj.com/conten…
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Thank you to the Boston Globe for publishing my Op Ed today, a tirade on fee-for-service medicine: bostonglobe.com/2022/12/19/o… An over-simplification to be sure, but let's at least start the conversation with our patients about this important topic. @drjschnip @BwhDgim

What’s wrong with health care, and how to fix it - The Boston Globe

How our health care system is paid is rarely discussed among those outside the system, and yet it influences everything about how care is provided.

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Thank you to Annals of Internal Medicine for asking me to write a piece on medication reconciliation, published this week online in Annals for Hospitalists! acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/… @BrighamHMU @BrighamDGIM @AnnalsofIM

Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Improving Medication Reconciliation in Hospitals | Annals...

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Congrats to David Levine and colleagues for publication of this small but important pilot study of Rehab at Home! @BrighamDGIM journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…

Skilled Nursing Facility Care at Home for Adults Discharged From the Hospital: A Pilot Randomized...

Objectives The ability to deliver SNF-level care at home is unclear. We sought to demonstrate the feasibility of rehabilitation at home (RAH) via a pilot random...

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Most patients in need of post-hospitalization rehabilitation don't want to go to a facility. This could solve this problem in a cost-effective, patient-centered way.
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Thanks to the HOMERuN COVID Collaborative for turning around our newsletter on how hospitals can deal with the latest surge in record time! myemail.constantcontact.com/… @HOMERuN_Network
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Thank you to the Boston Globe for publishing my Op-Ed piece this morning on the COVID-19 pandemic. bostonglobe.com/2021/12/24/o… And thank you to @AimeeGindin for her help editing it. If it changes just one person's behavior, it will be worth it. #hospitalmedicine #brighamdgim

Pandemic Christmas at the Brigham - The Boston Globe

Each decision not to get vaccinated, not to wear a mask in public, not to get a booster, not to vaccinate your children, not to get tested before holiday gatherings, increased the number of people in...

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Congratulations to Evan Shannon @EMShan_MD for being the "Best Hospital Medicine Poster Winner" at the SGIM annual meeting! "Investigating racial/ethnic inequities in interhospital transfer at a major academic health care system. @BrighamDGIM @BWHHospitalists @DrStephMueller
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Congrats to David Levine and colleagues for a great article on why patients decline to participate in Home Hospital. @davidlevinemd @BrighamDGIM link.springer.com/article/10…

Predictors and Reasons Why Patients Decline to Participate in Home Hospital: a Mixed Methods...

Journal of General Internal Medicine - Acute care at home (“home hospital”) compared to traditional hospital care has been shown to lower cost, utilization, and readmission and improve...

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Thanks for all the shout-outs regarding my induction as a Master in Hospital Medicine by SHM! This a group award for all the colleagues I work with who share my passion for improving health care delivery for hospitalized patients! @tweet_akdMD @DrStephMueller @SocietyHospMed
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I'm thrilled to report that our manuscript demonstrating improvements in medication reconciliation at 18 hospitals is now published online at BMJ Quality and Safety! qualitysafety.bmj.com/conten…

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Using the MARQUIS toolkit and mentored implementation, medication discrepancies in admission and discharge orders were reduced from 2.85 to 0.98 per patient over an 18-month period.
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Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to make this study happen! @BrighamDGIM @SocietyHospMed
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