The Hospitalist

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

4.18.2012

Cover Story: Jeffrey Glasheen, New SHM Board Member, Committed to Raising Quality of Care

Says he’ll “push the envelope” for quality issues

Cover Story: HM Tool Designed to Pinpoint Program Strengths, Weaknesses

Performance measurement survey will be available free online

4.11.2012

Cover Story: Geriatric Patients Show Greater Cognitive Decline after Hospitalization

Hospitalists can assist in prevention, therapeutic strategies

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

Upper endoscopy is safe in patients with low hematocrits

4.5.2012

Cover Story: Wachter Highlights New Era for Hospitalists

Increasingly complex healthcare system calls for hospitalists to “champion reform,” Wachter tells HM12 attendees

Cover Story: Engineering Can Help Hospitalists Solve Scheduling Dilemmas

Queuing principles, Little’s Law can ease caseload