Tag: outcomes

Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits

Impact of a Postoperative Bariatric Surgery Phone Call Quality Improvement Intervention on 30-day Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits

| February 1, 2023

by Melissa C. Majumdar, MS, RD, CSOWM, LDN; Zachary I. Grunewald, PhD, MS, RDN, LD; Elissa A. Falconer, MD; Maggie L. Diller, MD; Mobola Oyefule, MD; Federico J. Serrot, MD; Jamil L. Stetler, MD; Ankit D. Patel, MD; Jahnavi K. Srinivasan, MD; S. Scott Davis Jr., MD; Edward Lin, DO; and Elizabeth M. Hechenbleikner, MD Ms. Majumdar […]

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Equity in Bariatric Surgery: Access and Outcomes

Equity in Bariatric Surgery: Access and Outcomes

| March 1, 2018 | 0 Comments

Column Editor: Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS, FASMBS Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School Vice Chair, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,  Boston, Massachusetts Featured Student: Bryn E. Falahee, MPhil  Medical Student, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Funding: No funding was provided for this article. Disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. […]

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Rethinking Lift Teams

Rethinking Lift Teams

| December 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

This CE activity is expired. by Shannon Michael Gallagher, BA; William Charney, DOH; and Laurie D. McGinley, RN, MS, CNS-BC, APN, CBN Author Affiliation: Mr. Gallagher is an independent consultant on safety, outcomes and lift management. Mr. Charney is the former safety coordinator for Washington Hospitals Workers Compensation Program in Seattle, Washington. He is also […]

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