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Specialization Teams Offer Providers Opportunity, Strengthen HM Group Integrity
December 21, 2011
Of the 2.7 million visitors who visit Mount Rushmore each year, some unknowingly enlist in the Rushmore (elevation 5,725 feet) stress test.
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Dedicated Texas Team Improves Quality of Care
December 21, 2011
I have been a hospitalist for eight years but joined SHM two and a half years ago at the encouragement of my sister, a hospitalist program director in New York.
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Six Ways You Can Help Reduce HAIs in Your Hospital
December 21, 2011
Hospitalists can help prevent hospital-acquired infections
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Program Targets “Frequent Fliers”
December 21, 2011
Hospitalists help identify patients best cared for via an ED clinic
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
December 21, 2011
Bedside screening tool is very sensitive in detecting acute aortic dissection
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NPs Improve Discharges, Not Readmissions
December 21, 2011
No significant difference 30-day ED visits or readmissions
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Debunking the "Holiday Blues" Myth
December 21, 2011
Depression isn't any worse at the holidays—beware the warning signs
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AMA Policy Opposes Switch to ICD-10
December 20, 2011
New coding system disproportionately burdens physicians in practice, but hospital-tied organizations maintain it will boost quality
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New ACO Rules Could Improve Enrollment
December 14, 2011
Draft rules increase incentives for joining shared care program, hospitalist says
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Hospitalist Leads Project to Improve Antimicrobial Prescribing
December 14, 2011
University of Michigan's Scott Flanders oversees pilot test of interventions at 8 hospitals