Stakeholder Perspectives on an Inpatient Hypoglycemia Informatics Alert: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Iatrogenic hypoglycemia is a common occurrence among hospitalized patients and is associated with poor clinical outcomes and increased mortality. Clinical decision support systems can be used to reduce the incidence of this potentially avoidable adverse event.

Objective: This study aims to determine the desired features and functionality of a real-time informatics alert to prevent iatrogenic hypoglycemia in a hospital setting.

Regional variation in outcomes and healthcare resources utilization in, emergency department visits for syncope.

Background: Management of patients with syncope lacks standardization. We sought to assess regional variation in hospitalization rates and resource utilization of patients with syncope.

Methods: We identified adults with syncope using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample from years 2006 to 2014.