The Hospitalist

Society Pages: Transition Expansion

SHM’s Project BOOST goes statewide in Michigan

Article: Attention to Detail

Scrupulous documentation can help HM minimize Medicare audits

Article: Hospitalists in Haiti

From triage to transfers to taking out the trash, HM reaches out to those in need

Audio File: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interviews with Medicare audit program experts

Connie Leonard, director of CMS’ Division of Recovery Audit Operations, and Richard Pinson, Richard D. Pinson, MD, FACP, CCS, principal of HCQ Consulting in Nashville, Tenn., discuss the RAC program and ways hospitalists can prepare to defend against an audit

Public Policy: Summit to Somewhere

Obama refocuses congressional leaders on healthcare reform

Key Clinical Question: What Is the Best Therapy for Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy?

The Hospital Pharmacy: Market Watch

New approvals, indications, generics, and pipeline drugs.

In the Literature: Pediatric In the Literature

Apnea and respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: when and how often?

In the Literature: In the Literature

Physician reviews of HM-related research

Practice Management: Continuity Conundrum

Special situations require answers for physician-to-physician transitions

From the Editor’s Desk: Mind Games & Silence

Deafening lessons in how we think

President’s Column: Research Commitment

Faculty development awards to help the generation of new knowledge