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Society Pages: Change You Should Believe In

Care transitions challenge hospitalists to improve systems, communication

Article: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Simulator Training Program Aims to Improve Hospital Handoffs

Transitions of care training offers "“air of authenticity ... without the high-risk environment of learning on live patients”

Audio File: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interviews with transitions of care experts

Hospitalists Arpana Vidyarthi, MD, Anuj Dalal, MD, and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, discuss care transitions

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Career Development: Two-Way Street

The hiring process can help hospitalists’ career advancement

Society Pages: California Dreamin’

20 hospitals will be first to use Project BOOST’s tuition-based model

The Hospital Pharmacy: Market Watch

New drugs, indications, dosage forms, and approvals, including items about carglumic acid, desirudin injection, ritonavir, and saxagliptin/metformin

In the Literature: In the Literature

Physician reviews of HM-related research, including cancer risks with CT imaging, monoclonal antibodies in C. difficile, and autcomes associated with hyponatremia

Billing & Coding: Observation Care

Detailed notes, correct codes critical to charge capture

Key Clinical Question: What Is the Most Cost- Effective Evaluation for a First Syncopal Episode?

Syncope is defined as sudden, self-terminating loss of consciousness. Syncope is a common problem, accounting for 1% to 2% of ED visits in the U.S. The primary objective for evaluation is identification of individuals at increased risk of death due to associated conditions, especially cardiac conditions.

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Columns

President’s Column: National Champions

SHM has earned the title—here’s a strategy to keep it

Practice Management: Hospitalist Salary Spike

New survey shows compensation rising, but beware over-generalization

From the Editor’s Desk: Urban Legends

Dispelling the myths of the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine    

Ask Dr. Hospitalist: Rule Proposes Electronic Prescription of Controlled Substances, Doesn’t Scrap Pen-and-Paper Method

Is it true that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is going to allow doctors to prescribe controlled drugs electronically?

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