The Hospitalist

Cover Story: Perilous Intersection

Hospitalists use human factors engineering to prevent error

Cover Story: Resident Restrictions

New ACGME guidelines will impact hospitalist recruitment, scheduling, and the bottom line

Society Pages: At Work in Washington

Public policy team advances hospital medicine’s cause in the nation’s capital

Letters: Non-Physician Providers Critical to Hospital Medicine Practices

 

Team Hospitalist Q&A: It’s Good to Be Country

Longtime hospitalist extols the many benefits of working in a rural hospital

Key Clinical Question: When should a hospitalized patient be transfused?

 

Billing & Coding: Face-to-Face Improvement

New AMA terminology clarifies billing procedure for prolonged care services

Public Policy: Medicare Modifications

Key legislation provisions will impact healthcare, hospitals, and hospitalists

Career Development: Beware Office Politics

Frustrated by workplace antics? Don’t play along; take the high ground

In the Literature: The latest research you need to know

 

The Hospital Pharmacy: Inhaled Insulin: Troubled Drug Rises from the Ashes

Pfizer is out, but three competitors are charging ahead with production

Ask Dr. Hospitalist: Coming to a Hospital Near You: E-prescribe

 

Practice Management: Satisfaction Scorecard

Use your HCAHPS results to educate, train staff to better serve patients

From the Editor’s Desk: The Fast, Furious Future

Address HM workforce shortage by limiting growth and building an academy

SHM Point of View: Welcome, President Obama

Once you settle into your new residence, let’s try to fix American healthcare