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BACKGROUND
Responding empathically when patients express negative emotion is a recommended component of patient‐centered communication.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the association between the frequency of empathic physician responses with patient anxiety, ratings of communication, and encounter length during hospital admission encounters.
DESIGN
Analysis of coded audio‐recorded hospital admission encounters...
BACKGROUND
Few studies have assessed the quality and impact of postoperative cardiovascular medication reconciliation.
OBJECTIVE
To describe appropriate discharge reconciliation of cardiovascular medications and assess associations with postdischarge healthcare utilization in surgical patients.
DESIGN
Retrospective cohort study from January 2007 to December 2011.
SETTING
An academic medical...
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