Volume 2, Issue 2 (2020) Volume 2, Issue 2 (July 2020)
From the Editor
Original Research
Does A Diagnostic Algorithm Reduce the Overuse of Chest CT Angiography in Suspected Pulmonary Embolism? : A Pre- and Post-Intervention Retrospective Study in a Critical Access Hospital
Rattanaporn Mahatanan, Brianna Philbrick, William J. Hirschfeld, and Gina Gomez
Evaluation of Geographic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Survival Across Maine
Kaylee Underkofler and Jason Lachance
Application of Best Practices
A Primer on Cognitive Errors Illustrated Through the Lens of a Neurosurgical Practice
Jeffrey Evan Florman, Lisa Almeder, and Robert Trowbridge
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Exemplars
Evaluation of Pharmacist- or Nurse-driven Long-acting Insulin Titration Protocol in Adult Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Ruth Manzi, Corinn Martineau, Carmine LaPorta, Mary Muca, Samantha Marrier, Donald Medd, and Jennifer Aronson
Multidisciplinary Protocol for the Management of Violent Patients and Promotion of Workplace Safety in the Intensive Care Unit
Kathryn A. Hess, Shawn Taylor, Susan F. Goran, and Gilles L. Fraser
Innovation Highlights
Building a Peer Reviewer Community of Practice
Victoria Hayes MD; Robert Bing-You MD, MEd, MBA; and Wendy Craig PhD
Development of a Certificate in Healthcare Improvement for Inter-Professional Teams
Kathleen M. Fairfield, Hannah R. Martin, Peter W. Bates, Erin M. Graydon-Baker, Mark G. Parker, Jordan S. Peck, Debra A. Rothenberg, Ghassan A. Saleh, Isaac Z. Stickney, John Tooker, Robert L. Trowbridge, and John E. Wennberg
Case Reports
Ruptured Splenic Hemangioma Presenting As Small Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
Haya S. Raef and Karin L. Cole MD
Loperamide toxicity: a case report of turning bowels and twisting points
Katherine Rizzolo, Ryan Best, John E. Erickson, and Tammi Schaeffer
Multifocal Bone Pain, Recurrent Fevers and Anemia in a 15-Year-Old
Anna M. Martens, Catherine Ezzio, Amanda Goddard, and Leah Mallory
A case of Disseminated Nocardia beijingensis in an Immunocompetent Patient, Manifesting as Subcutaneous and CNS Nocardiosis.
Scott Cathcart, Patricia Stogsdill, and Rebecca Bell
A Fatal Rectus Sheath Hematoma after a Myasthenia Crisis Case Report
Robert G. Michaud and Lesley B. Gordon
Research and Quality Improvement Brief
Association of Palliative Care Consultation with Advance Directive Completion for Patients Admitted with an Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation
Michelle Crispo, Doug Sawyer, Kathleen Fairfield, and Rebecca N. Hutchinson
Commentaries
Lessons From an Evidence-Based Medicine Exploration: When Transparency and Sensitivity (Analyses) Can Change the Take-Home Message
Nadi N. Kaonga and Toby Fitzgerald
Supplements
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