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Karen Appold

Karen Appold is a seasoned writer and editor, with more than 20 years of editorial experience and started Write Now Services in 2003. Her scope of work includes writing, editing, and proofreading scholarly peer-reviewed journal content, consumer articles, white papers, and company reports for a variety of medical organizations, businesses, and media. Karen, who holds a BA in English from Penn State University, resides in Lehigh Valley, Pa.

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SHM names new Masters in Hospital Medicine
March 12, 2019
The two hospitalists receiving the MHM designation at HM19 are Dr. Brian Harte and Dr. Samir Shah.
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Learn to employ cultural humility
April 11, 2018
Many health care providers are guilty of having implicit or unconscious biases against patients, which can negatively affect the care they give.
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Using data to drive quality improvement projects
April 11, 2018
Attendees will learn how to develop balanced metrics for quality improvement projects, understand distinctions between quality improvement and traditional research projects, and identify how different measures of the same data can tell vastly different stories.
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Aim to achieve ‘zero harm’
April 10, 2018
“But the goal of zero harm should become everyone’s new mantra and, to get there, health care providers need to add new dimensions to their typical quality improvement and patient safety efforts.”
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Practical changes for improving practice management
April 8, 2018
“We can’t effectively use the same approaches that other medical specialties use to ensure we have successful practices.”
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SHM to induct new Masters in Hospital Medicine
March 29, 2018
Society bestows highest professional honor.
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Embracing constant change in a growing practice
March 29, 2018
Department chair discusses universal truths he’s learned in cultural, personal, and structural aspects of leading change.
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How hospitalists can help reduce readmissions
September 7, 2017
Multiple strategies exist that have either been proven to reduce hospital readmissions or show promise in doing so.
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Communication tools improve patient experience and satisfaction
August 24, 2017
In a culture prioritizing clinical outcomes above all, there can be a tendency to lose sight of one of the most critical aspects of providing effective care: the communication skills that build and foster physician-patient relationships.
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Set a goal, or two, or three
March 15, 2017
Hospitalists need to set goals on the job, as well as for their careers. HM groups should do the same.