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News
Generation Y
July 31, 2012
HM needs to prepare, embrace the next bolus of hospitalists.
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Opinion
John Nelson: Admit Resolution
July 31, 2012
Service agreements, when adhered to, help solve admission disagreements.
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News
Physician Payment Systems Remain Constant
July 31, 2012
Where payment for the service of hospitalists fits into the insurance/Medicare payment system.
News
HQID Achieved Quality Goals, Mapped Path to Better Healthcare Future
July 31, 2012
To conclude that value-based purchasing will have a limited effect based on a narrow measure of outcomes is a very big leap.
News
Family-Medicine-Trained Hospitalists Fit to Handle ID Issues
July 31, 2012
We have internal medicine and family medicine working together well on our hospitalist teams.
News
ICD-10 Update
July 31, 2012
In April, HHS published a proposed rule to delay the compliance date for ICD-10.
News
Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline
July 31, 2012
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 11.2% of first-year students.
Audio
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Vineet Arora discusses primary-care workforce challenges
July 31, 2012
Dr. Arora outlines the factors to consider to entice medical students to choose a primary-care career
Audio
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: L.A. Care Health Plan’s Z. Joseph Wanski discusses efforts to prevent 30-day readmissions
July 31, 2012
Dr. Wanski, a hospitalist, endocrinologist, and medical director of the L.A. Health Care Plan, chats about Southern California hospitalists' efforts to prevent avoidable 30-day readmissions
News
Report: Wrong-Patient Orders Occur Frequently with CPOE Systems
July 24, 2012
Re-entering patient identification, other electronic interventions significantly reduce errors
