Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln began her career in healthcare communications with an internet start-up for which she created and wrote content for www.cysticfibrosis.com. She has worked in pharmaceutical advertising and penned disease treatment guidelines, monographs, and patient educational materials. Maybelle has written for The Hospitalist and other medical and scientific titles since 2011.
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6 Tips for Community Hospitalists Initiating QI Projects
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Large hospitalist groups expect their physicians to contribute to the QI initiatives of the hospitals they staff
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Communication Crossroads: Managing Patient Interactions, Online Personas on Social Media
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
As electronic communication tools gain traction, hospitalists need to manage patient interactions, online personas carefully to prevent social...
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10 Things Geriatricians Want Hospitalists to Know
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
[caption id="attachment_11557" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] How many octogenarians do you treat in a...
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Hospitalist-Led Quality Improvement Projects to Replicate in Your Hospital
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
[caption id="attachment_10389" align="alignright" width="115"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.com[/caption] The largest drivers of healthcare costs...
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How to Initiate a Choosing Wisely Project in Your Hospital
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Tips for securing institutional, financial support for your quality improvement initiative
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Manya Gupta on Choosing Wisely
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, hospitalist Manya Gupta, MD, an assistant professor in the department of internal medicine of Rush...
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Lisa Shieh on Choosing Wisely
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an example of a Choosing...
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LISTEN NOW: Gregory Seymann, MD, on Choosing Wisely
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Gregory Seymann, MD, discusses a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/...
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LISTEN NOW: Dr. Carolyn Zelop, MD, Discusses Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnant Women
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Listen now to excerpts of our interview with Dr. Zelop, a board certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist and director of perinatal ultrasound...
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The Increasing Presence of Pregnant Patients in Hospital Medicine
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Twenty years ago, pregnant women rarely appeared in the hospital for reasons other than delivery.
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10 Things Obstetricians Want Hospitalists to Know
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
10 Things Obstetricians Want Hospitalists to Know
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Hospitalist Outlines Importance of Nutrition in Patient Care
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Melissa Parkhurst, MD, medical director of the hospital medicine section at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, talks about...
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Nutritional Intervention Can Improve Hospital Patients' Outcome, Reduce Costs
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Hospitalists can lead cultural change to recognize critical role nutrition plays in patient care
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Guidelines Help Hospitalists Manage Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
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- Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
Mount Sinai Medical Center expert outlines ACS treatment guidelines, new advances, and performance measures at the seventh annual Mid-Atlantic...