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The Hospitalist Earns Pair of 2015 Awards for Publication Excellence for Health and Medical Writing
July 29, 2015
The Hospitalist has been honored with two 2015 Awards of Excellence in the Health and Medical Writing category from the Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX). The annual awards, presented to corporate and nonprofit publications, received 1,851 total entries, including nearly 400 entries to the
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Hospitalists Can Help Reduce “July Spike” in Hospital-Acquired Complications
July 14, 2015
The number of inpatient hospital-acquired complications (HACs) typically spikes in July, but hospitalists can be instrumental in reducing this annual uptick, according to the lead author of a study on the "July effect" in hospital admissions. Researcher Timothy Wen, MPH, a medical student at the
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Team Hospitalist Seats Seven New Members
May 5, 2015
New physician members join volunteer editorial advisory board of The Hospitalist
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Most Hospitalist Groups Don’t Offer Paid Time Off
April 21, 2015
More than two-thirds of HM groups do not offer paid time off (PTO) to their hospitalists, but lack of vacation time isn’t a career deal breaker for aspiring hospitalists, say some HM leaders. “Lack of separate PTO in general has not affected young hospitalists from choosing hospital medicine as t
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Similar Outcomes for Patients Discharged on Weekends vs. Weekdays
February 24, 2015
Inpatients discharged from teaching hospitals on weekends experience similar postdischarge outcomes and shorter lengths of stay compared with patients discharged on weekdays, according to a recent Journal of Hospital Medicine study. The study, led by Finlay McAlister, MSc, MD, LMCC, general inter
