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SHM, IPC Healthcare Launch Hospitalist-Focused, Post–Acute-Care Educational Program
April 7, 2015
Hospitalists practicing in post–acute-care facilities have a new resource via an SHM partnership. The society and IPC Healthcare of North Hollywood, Calif., debuted at the "Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities" at 2015 annual meeting. The educational program, housed at SHM's L
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TeamHealth’s Dr. Jasen Gunderson Designs Own Path to Hospital Medicine
April 3, 2015
Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM, didn’t take the straightest path to HM. First, as he entered University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, he thought he’d be an emergency medicine physician. Then he thought about being a rural primary care physician.
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Hospitalist Continuity Doesn’t Affect Adverse Events among Inpatients
March 24, 2015
Hospitalist continuity does not appear to be associated with the incidence of adverse events (AEs), according to a new report in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Authors used two methods to measure continuity: the Number of Physicians Index (NPI) represented the total number of unique hospitalists
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Hospitalists Gear Up for HM15
March 10, 2015
Hospital medicine will descend on Washington, D.C., again. At least 2,500 attendees are expected at SHM's annual meeting, HM15, which kicks off March 29 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
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Hospitalists’ Holistic Approach Draws Monal Shah, MD to Hospital Medicine
March 3, 2015
There was just something about hospitalized patients and the folks who cared for them that drew the attention of Monal Shah, MD. Midway through residency, he decided that the best word for it was respect.
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Threat of Facility Closure Puts Pressure on Rural Hospitalists
February 24, 2015
A pair of rural South Carolina hospitals that may soon shutter their doors is the latest example of the pressure on rural hospitalists, says a veteran HM director.
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Hospitalists Optimistic over ABIM Changes to Maintenance of Certification Requirements
February 10, 2015
News that the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) will reboot its controversial Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program is an opportunity for hospitalists to help shape their own professional development, according to former ABIM chair and hospital medicine pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM.
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LISTEN NOW: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Explains Hospitalists’ Role in Improving the U.S. Healthcare System
February 4, 2015
Patient-safety guru Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, talks about hospitalists’ role in improving the American healthcare system. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PeterPronovo
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LISTEN NOW: Ron Greeno Discusses Key Policy Issues Facing Hospitalists
February 4, 2015
SHM Public Policy Committee Chair Ron Greeno, MD, MHM, talks about policy issues facing hospitalist, and how "Hill Day 2015" works as an advocacy tool. [caption id="attachment_7818" align="alignright" width="75"] Dr.
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LISTEN NOW: HM15 Course Director Explains How You Can Maximize SHM’s Annual Meeting
February 4, 2015
HM15 Course Director Efren Manjarrez, MD, SFHM, talks about getting new and younger hospitalists involved in the annual meeting, as well as how to get the most out of the largest hospitalist-focused confab in the nation. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/EfrenM
