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Ann Sheehy, MD, MS, FHM, Outlines To Lawmakers Hospitalist Concerns about Two-Midnight Rule, Medicare Policies
June 19, 2014
SHM Public Policy Committee member explains flaws in observation status rule, RAC program
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Change To Dietary Rule Could Free Up Hospitalists for Other Tasks
June 19, 2014
Registered dietitians now allowed to prescribe therapeutic diets for inpatients
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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Baystate Medical Center’s Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
June 10, 2014
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction.
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Telemedicine on Capitol Hill
June 4, 2014
Hospitalist Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, addresses a Congressional subcommittee on potential of e-health technology
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Overworked Hospitalists Linked to Higher Costs, Longer Lengths of Stay
June 4, 2014
JAMA Internal Medicine study suggests 15 encounters per day is optimal patient census
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Why Hospitalists Should Heed Choosing Wisely Recommendations
June 1, 2014
Cost-effectiveness campaign should compel physicians to be good stewards of finite healthcare resources
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How Generation X-Era Physicians Have Energized Hospital Medicine
June 1, 2014
Gen-X hospitalists’ desire to work independently, achieve work-life balance has helped grow HM specialty at fast pace
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American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely Campaign Promotes Evidence-Based Patient Care
June 1, 2014
Specialty societies, consumer groups have identified more than 300 potentially harmful tests, procedures physicians should discuss with patients; more to come throughout 2014
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When to Order Red Blood Cell Transfusion for Patients with Anemia
June 1, 2014
American Association of Blood Banks’ 2012 clinical guidelines update criteria for RBC transfusion therapy
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Which Patients Should be Screened for Hepatitis C Virus Infection?
June 1, 2014
Insufficient current screening strategies for people with high prevalence of chronic HCV infection should prompt hospitalists to improve screening rates in this population
