Features
Article: Coat Tales
Hospitalists’ constant mobility means essential tools must be close at hand
Article: The Patient Has Left the Building
How long are hospitalists responsible for monitoring?
Cover Story: BOOST Sites Chosen
6 sites to participate in development of discharge toolkit for older adults
Cover Story: Weekend Effect Persists
Increased off-hours mortality forces hospitalists to learn new skills, forge new partnerships, increase staffing
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Departments
Key Clinical Question: Do post-discharge telephone calls to patients reduce the rate of complications?
A 75-year-old male with history of diabetes and heart disease is discharged from the hospital after treatment for pneumonia.
Residents’ Corner: Seek Work Wisely
Keep the employer’s perspective in mind when pursuing a hospitalist job
Legal Eagle: Medical Board Maneuvers
Some strategies to use if your care is called into question
Billing & Coding: Sort Out Surgical Cases
The truth behind the myths of the global surgical package
Public Policy: Presidential Opportunity
The upcoming election could bring radical healthcare reform
Career Development: Beat the Boss Blues
Advice on seeing eye to eye with a difficult supervisor
JHM Sneak Peek: Use Outside Help
Be clear, fair when adding non-housestaff services to your hospitalist group
The Hospital Pharmacy: Busy Season in Pharma
A roundup of the latest batch of key changes in the drug market
In the Literature: In the Literature
The latest research you need to know
Society Pages: New Voice for HM Administrators
Non-physician administrators are an integral part of most hospital medicine practices
Society Pages: SHM to Debut Fellow in HM
First class of fellows to be inaugurated at HM09 in Chicago
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Columns
From the Editor’s Desk: Doctor Remodel
A comparison to contractors hits a nerve and inspires an improvement project
President’s Column: Plan Good Discharges
Develop your arsenal of transition-of-care tactics
Ask Dr. Hospitalist: Delirium Dilemma
Your hospital medicine questions answered
From the Editor’s Desk: Foster Ownership Culture
Hospitalists who feel deeply vested in their organization succeed most
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current issue
January 2012
The Hospitalist newsmagazine reports on issues and trends in hospital medicine. The Hospitalist reaches more than 25,000 hospitalists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, and medical administrators interested in the practice and business of hospital medicine.
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