The Hospitalist

Work-Life Balance for Hospitalists a People Issue, Not a Women's Issue

Individual hospitalists can mitigate strain and dissatisfaction by assessing their life and goals, and developing a work-life balance that is right for them.

HM12 Highlights Hospitalists' Excellence, Importance to Healthcare's Future

SHM’s annual meeting, held April 1-4 at the San Diego Convention Center, drew thousands to educational sessions, CME-eligible pre-courses, and plenary addresses.

HM12's Clinical Pearls

Team Hospitalist delivers key takeaways from the annual meeting’s clinical tracks

HM12 Experts Teach Hospitalists to Deal with Practice-Management Issues

Hospitalists looking for realtime advice on the business side of medicine came away from HM12 last month with brown bags full of tips.

Vanderbilt Hospitalist Impresses RIV Judges with Sample Size, Takes Home Research Prize

“Veterans Administration Acute Care 30-Day Mortality Model: Development, Validation, and Performance Variation” poster wins honor.

Hospitalist Investigators Impress Judges at HM12’s Annual RIV Competition

Nearly 150 HM-focused innovations abstracts were submitted for the 2012 Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition at HM12, and more than 60 of the submitters were invited to display posters in San Diego.

HM12’s Professional Development Offerings Have Singular Focus

This year’s pre-course lineup included the MOC test preparation, hands-on classes in medical procedures and ultrasound usage, and a debut class on “How to Improve Performance in CMS’s Value-Based Purchasing Program.”

HM Leaders Call for Thoughtful, Budget-Minded Advancement of Patient-Safety Reforms

The crossroads of patient safety, QI, and the use of technology from medical devices to iPhones was a major theme at SHM’s annual meeting, April 1-4 at the San Diego Convention Center.

D.C. Insiders, HM Leaders Urge Hospitalists to Stay in Fight to Achieve Quality in Era of Reform

SHM Public Policy Committee Chair Ron Greeno, MD, MHM, outlined how  accountable care organizations are designed to change the healthcare payment paradigm.