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Hospital medicine procedure services (HMPS), which emphasize ultrasound-guided bedside procedures, have multiplied during the past decade because they are thought to provide care that is as safe as that provided by radiology services and more convenient for patients. Although hospitalist services generally employ fewer periprocedural transfusions (NEJM JW Hosp Med Aug 2013 and Am J Med 2013; 126:349), whether their presence is associated with improvement in a wider range of outcomes, such as shorter length of stay (LOS) or better patient access to more-complicated procedures provided by interventional radiology, remains unknown.
Researchers at a single academic institution in Virginia performed a retrospective analysis to compare length of s…