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Dr. Hospitalist: Routine Provider Evaluations Are a Necessary, Valuable Tool
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- Dr.
Dear Dr. Hospitalist: We have several physicians in our large academic group whom I hate to follow when picking up teams. There have only been a...
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How to Quantify “Safe” Level of Hyponatremia to Treat at Small Hospitals
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- Dr.
Tips for diagnosing, treating patients with hyponatremia in small, rural hospitals without urine osmol, Na+ tests
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Little Progress Made Training Hospitalists to Stem Shortage of Intensivists
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- Dr.
What would the status be for a hospitalist who could train for one year to become a critical care intensivist to address the shortage of...
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Billing for Hospital Admission, Discharge in Same 24-Hour Period
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- Dr.
Should the admitting physician or the discharge physician bill the CPT code (99234-99236) for a patient who is admitted and discharged in the same...
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Emergency Departments Monitored, Investigated by Hospital Committees, Governmental Agencies
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- Dr.
Emergency Departments Monitored, Investigated by Hospital Committees, Governmental Agencies
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Medical Billing Protocol for Discharge Summary Preparation, Signoff
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- Dr.
Proper procedures for nurse practitioners, physician assistants
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Hospitalists Should Take Wait-and-See Approach to Newly Approved Medications
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- Dr.
Experts suggest waiting three to five years after release of a drug before prescribing it to patients
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Multiple Approaches to Combat High Hospital Patient Census
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- Dr.
A production-based pay structure, salary bonuses and incentives, and integration of advanced-practice providers can be effective
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Hospital Medicine Groups Must Determine Tolerance Levels for Workload, Night Work
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- Dr.
Hospitalists' stamina, fatigue threshold, and desire for work-life balance should be considered
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Hospitalists Should Research Salary Range by Market Before Negotiating a Job Offer
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- Dr.
Value of benefits package, pay per unit of work, bonuses are valuable metrics when comparing different jobs
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Hospitalists Should Refrain from Texting Patient Information
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- Dr.
HIPAA regulations prohibit transferring patient-specific information via text message
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Hospitalists Encouraged to Join Hospital Committees Early
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- Dr.
Serving on committees improves hospitalist practice health, grants hospital-wide exposure
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Clarifying the Role of Hospitalists Focused on Family Medicine in the ICU
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- Dr.
Lack of intensivist certification pathways for physicians results in shortage of ICU docs
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Hospital Medicine Group Leaders Strive to Balance Administrative, Clinical Tasks
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- Dr.
For some hospitalist group leaders, taking a lighter clinical workload allows them to fulfill administrative duties as well
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New Anticoagulants Offer Promise, but Obstacles Remain
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- Dr.
An overview of the pros and cons of the recently introduced anticoagulant drugs dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban