The Hospitalist

5.23.2012

Cover Story: Hospitalists Can Help Alleviate Intensivist Shortage

SHM and Society of Critical Care Medicine propose critical-care accreditation pathway for HM physicians

Cover Story: ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research

Hospitalists in general are happy, but many report risk of burnout

5.16.2012

Cover Story: SHM Leaders Discuss Growth of Specialty Hospitalist Medicine

JAMA editorial analyzes potential for improvements in care, calls for more data on key outcomes

Cover Story: Society of Hospital Medicine Joins Campaign against Unnecessary Medical Treatments

ABIM's Choosing Wisely aims to improve quality, costs of care

5.9.2012

Cover Story: Social Media Poses Potential Patient Privacy Violations for Physicians

Webinar to assist healthcare workers with nuances of protecting patient information while maintaining an online presence

Cover Story: Hospitalists Can Bring Attention to Overuse of Medical Services

Researcher finds limited data on the topic, recommends more attention, investment to help improve hospital quality initiatives

5.2.2012

Cover Story: New SHM Board Member Brian Harte Brings Experience, Broad Range of Perspectives

Credits hospitalist pioneers with helping foster his passion for leadership

Cover Story: SHM Calls for CMS to Shorten Time Frame for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments

Proposed extended audit time problematic, unreasonable for hospitalists, SHM says

4.25.2012

Cover Story: Nasim Afsar, New SHM Board Member, Focuses on Improvement Initiatives

HM leaders need to disseminate best practices and integrate them into hospital practice, she says

Cover Story: Study: Medicare Pay for Performance Might Not Work as Currently Designed

Hospitals should focus more on outcomes, incentives to make the model work, researcher says