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Ready for post-acute care?
January 5, 2017
As PAC expands, hospital medicine’s role – and leadership – will be key.
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Seeing the Future of Hospital Medicine
December 15, 2016
Hospitalists touch the lives of patients and shape health systems’ practices and health policy on a national and international scale according to an editorial titled “The Next 20 Years of Hospital Medicine: Continuing to Foster the Mind, Heart, and Soul of Our Field.”1 “This editorial was my refl
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Promoting the Health of Healthcare Employees
December 15, 2016
Provisions in the Affordable Care Act encourage hospitals to work with their communities to improve population health.
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Strategies for Preventing Patient Falls
December 8, 2016
Between 700,000 and 1 million people fall each year in U.S. hospitals, and about a third of those result in injuries that add an additional 6.3 days to hospital stays, according to a report from the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare. Some 11,000 falls are fatal.
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Helping Patients Quit Smoking
December 8, 2016
Inpatient hospitalization can be a key time for patients to quit smoking, according to an abstract called “No More Butts: An Automated System for Inpatient Smoking Cessation Team Consults.”1 “Tobacco smoking continues to be one of the most important public health threats that we face,” says lead
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Predicting 30-Day Readmissions
November 10, 2016
Rates of 30-day readmissions are of major concern to hospitalists
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Ramping Up Telehealth’s Possibilities
November 10, 2016
Congress is considering the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act, intended to modernize the way Medicare reimburses telehealth services and to expand locations and coverage
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Improving Hospital Telemetry Usage
November 3, 2016
Research has shown that inappropriate usage of inpatient telemetry monitoring increases costs to the healthcare system
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Measuring Excellent Comportment among Hospitalists
November 3, 2016
The hospitalist’s performance is among the major determinants of a patient’s hospital experience. But what are the elements of a successful interaction?
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New Standard Announced for Antimicrobial Stewardship
October 13, 2016
The Joint Commission recently announced a new Medication Management (MM) standard for hospitals, critical-access hospitals, and nursing care centers.
