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Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
July 1, 2013
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
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Hospitalist Pioneer Bob Wachter Says Cost, Waste Reduction Is New Quality Focus
July 1, 2013
Dr. Wachter closed SHM's 2013 annual meeting in National Harbor, MD, with a keynote address that identified cost and waste reduction as new planks of hospitalist's value proposition.
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Hospitalist-Focused Strategies to Address Medicare’s Expanded Quality, Efficiency Measures
July 1, 2013
Amount of time, money, resources needed to implement initiatives could put hospitals under duress
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Boston Marathon Bombing Calls Hospitalists to Duty
July 1, 2013
Tragedy reinforces need to incorporate hospitalists into disaster response plans
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The Hospitalist Names New Pediatric Editor
July 1, 2013
Med-Peds trained, UC San Diego's Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP aims to expand pediatric leadership roles
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Team Hospitalist Seats Nine New Members
July 1, 2013
Inductees hail from U.S. markets large and small, broaden group’s pool of expertise in hospital medicine
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2013
The latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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SHM’s Awards of Excellence Honor the Best in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2013
Five hospitalists, one care team, receive Society of Hospital Medicine’s highest award at HM13
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SHM Allies with Leading Health Care Groups to Advance Hospital Patient Nutrition
July 1, 2013
Newly launched Alliance to Advance Patient Nutrition aims to improve patient outcomes through nutrition intervention during hospital stays
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Efren Manjarrez, MD, SFHM
July 1, 2013
Dr. Manjarrez is a diplomat for the American Board of Internal Medicine and co-chair of SHM’s international hospitalist section
