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Pharmacist Intervention Can Help Reduce Readmissions
October 20, 2015
A new study has found that a pharmacist-led intervention featuring three outreach phone calls in the 30-day postdischarge period can help reduce patients' readmissions and ED visits. Recently published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the report found that 39% of patients who received only on
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Medicare Tests New Quality Measure: Readmission Rates for Heart Failure
October 6, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has wrapped up a test run of a new measure for readmission of heart failure patients as the federal agency tries to educate hospitals and hospitalists before formally including it as a quality metric in fiscal year 2018. The trial concludes O
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Hospital Medicine Administrator Amanda Trask Values Hospitalists, HM Role in Healthcare
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11467" align="alignright" width="250"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] Most people think a career in hospital medicine means a medical degree that confers those two ubiquitous letters after your name. Amanda Trask blazed her
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ABIM-ACCME Collaboration Helps Hospitalists Earn Credit for Continuing Medical Education
September 22, 2015
Earning credit for continuing medical education (CME) is a little easier for hospitalists and other physicians. A collaboration between the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) will enable physicians who are engaged in l
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Hospitalist Elizabeth Cook, MD, Pursues Lifetime of Learning
September 9, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11159" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] Physicians are lifelong learners by definition. But Elizabeth Cook, MD, is still an actual student. Dr.
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Infection, Acute Kidney Injury Raise 30-Day Readmission Risk for Sepsis Survivors
August 25, 2015
Nearly one-third of hospitalized patients who survive severe sepsis or septic shock require readmission within 30 days, according to a new report in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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TeamHealth-IPC Deal Latest in Consolidation Trend
August 11, 2015
Two deals involving hospitalist management firms were announced in the past week, further consolidating the ranks of staffing companies in the specialty. In the bigger deal, TeamHealth Holdings, Inc., last week agreed to acquire IPC Healthcare Inc. of North Hollywood, Calif., for $1.6 billion.
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Regional CMO Robert Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM, is Proud to Be Known as a Leader
July 29, 2015
Any hospitalist working for the largest HM group (HMG) in the country has one heck of a top-down perspective.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Launches Med Student Scholarship Program
July 28, 2015
The Society of Hospital Medicine has launched a new scholarship program to bring the "best and brightest" medical students into the specialty. The Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant program awards eligible students a $5,000 summer stipend for scholarly work on a project related to patient safety,
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Hospital Medicine’s Challenges, Rewards Lure Healthcare Administrator
July 6, 2015
Lisa Courtney’s journey into hospital medicine didn’t start with a chemistry set and didn’t take her to medical school.
