The Hospitalist

Cover Story: Consumer-Driven Healthcare

The growing popularity of high-deductible health plans could result in new ways to work with patients

Cover Story: Night-Shift Solutions

Robots, cameras, and computers nudge their way into off-site HM coverage

Public Policy: The ABCs of CMS

How Medicare works and why it’s important to hospitalists

Letters: Telemedicine Can Help Solve Intensivist Shortage

 

Team Hospitalist Q&A: Armed with HM Knowledge

Military, civic duty prepared David M. Grace, MD, for a hospitalist career

Key Clinical Question: When Is GI Bleeding Prophylaxis Indicated in Hospitalized Patients?

 

JHM Sneak Peek: Eliminate Inconsistency

Collaboration is key to reducing readmission rates in high-risk populations

Billing & Coding: Misunderstood Modifiers

Appropriate payment depends on documenting the proper two-digit code

Society Pages: Project BOOST Expands

Mentorship program takes aim at care transitions, reducing readmissions

In the Literature: The latest research you need to know

 

Career Development: Multiply Your Contacts

Step-by-step advice to cultivate hospitalist relationships that count

The Hospital Pharmacy: To Crush or Not to Crush

Do your homework before breaking down medications

Ask Dr. Hospitalist: Your hospital medicine questions answered

 

From the Editor’s Desk: Stimulus Clarification

How President Obama’s spending plan aims to save U.S. healthcare

Practice Management: Top o’ the Morning

The why and how of writing discharge orders early in the day

President’s Column: Avoid the “Urgent Trap”

Hospitalists shouldn’t get swept away by the onslaught of new tasks

First Read: See You in Chicago

Central location, expanded schedule pique interest in HM09