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Delay in ICD-10 Implementation to Impact Hospitalists, Physicians, Payers
July 1, 2014
Additional costs, potential problems with system-wide rollouts among their concerns, but hospitalists urged to remain engaged
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Hospitals Lose $45.9 Billion in Uncompensated Care in 2012
July 1, 2014
American Hospital Association survey ties revenue loss to bad debt, charity care provided to patients who can't pay
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Health Information Technology Could Improve Hospital Discharge Planning
July 1, 2014
Electronic discharge summary template populates core components, incorporates text entries
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Yogurt May Reduce Clostridium Difficile Infection Rate
July 1, 2014
Incidence of C.diff cut by two-thirds among inpatients on antibiotics who ate yogurt at Pennsylvania-based hospital
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Home Hospice Providers Offer Best Practices for End-of-Life Care
July 1, 2014
Hospice care techniques improved outcomes, comfort for dying patients
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Klaus Suehler, MD, FHM, Is Rooted in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2014
Veteran hospitalist enjoys intellectual challenge of hospital medicine, opportunity to forge relationships with patients
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When Should You Suspect Kawasaki Disease as the Cause of Fever in an Infant?
July 1, 2014
Clinicians should be suspicious of KD in young infants with unexplained fevers lasting more than seven days
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2014
Latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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Society of Hospital Medicine Improves Online Career Center
July 1, 2014
Updated website features better recruitment, job posting tools
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Hospitalists Share Q&As on SHM’s Hospital Medicine Exchange
July 1, 2014
Physicians address common HM questions through online community