A hospitalist-run short-stay unit: features that predict length-of-stay and eventual admission to traditional inpatient services.

Background: Short-stay units (SSUs) provide an alternative to traditional inpatient services for patients with short anticipated hospital stays. Yet little is known about which patient types predict SSU success.

Objective: To describe patients admitted to our hospitalist-run SSU and explore predictors of length-of-stay (LOS) and eventual admission to traditional inpatient services.

Impact of a bedside procedure service on general medicine inpatients: A firm-based trial.

Background: Procedure services may improve the training of bedside procedures. However, little is known about how procedure services may affect the demand for and success of procedures performed on general medicine inpatients.

Objective: Determine whether a procedure service affects the number and success of 4 bedside procedures (paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and central venous catheterization) attempted on general medicine inpatients.