Richard Quinn
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Hospitalists’ EMR frustrations continue: SHM report
May 9, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Hospitalists say they are stymied and frustrated by continuing issues of interoperability, functionality, and access related to their electronic medical record systems.
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Highlights of Day 4
May 4, 2017
Sometimes the final day of a convention is nothing more than the “getaway day.” But not at HM17.
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Hope and change
May 4, 2017
Dr. Robert Wachter, the dean of hospital medicine, will give his traditional last plenary address of the meeting on Thursday.
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Conway says health care payment, quality reform to continue
May 3, 2017
Health care will continue its trajectory to higher value, lower costs, and improved quality for patients, keynote speaker Dr. Patrick Conway said Wednesday.
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From idea to abstract, RIV posters highlight novel thinking
May 3, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Always-popular abstract competition positions hospitalists as national leaders.
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Systems engineering in the hospital
May 3, 2017
Systems-engineering expert James Benneyan, PhD, doesn’t want hospitalists to look at poorly working processes in their institutions and think, “I should try to tweak this process to improve it.” Instead, he wants them to walk out of his HM17 session at 8 a.m. Thursday – a...
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On Tap Wednesday
May 3, 2017
SHM Awards of Excellence and a keynote speech on the transformation of health care take center stage.
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Telehospitalists can expand capability, capacity
May 3, 2017
“We are hearing so much about a need for an alternative care model, [and] the virtual-care model is incredibly relevant in today’s environment,” one expert says.
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DeSalvo: HM needs holistic approach to health care
May 2, 2017
LAS VEGAS – The job must evolve to include a focus on such social issues as economic stability, neighborhood and physical environment, and education.
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Optimism in the face of change
May 2, 2017
Despite the tumult in health care today, hospitalists are well positioned to drive the discussion.