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From the Society
The state of hospital medicine in 2018
Slow growth in compensation, more funds for hospital support, but productivity remains flat.
News
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program may be doing more harm than good
Thirty-day postdischarge mortality went up after the program for some, down for others.
News
AHA: Statins associated with high degree of safety
Rumors of statins’ adverse side effects are greatly exaggerated.
Quality
Bring Schwartz Rounds to your hospital
Compassionate care rounds are a national initiative to help foster empathy in the health care setting.
Practice Management
Unit-based assignments: Pros and cons
Geographic cohorting comes with its implementation challenges.
News
Invasive strategy increased bleeding risk in frail older AMI patients
Registry analysis suggests frailty in an AMI patient calls for personalized decision making.
Practice Management
How do hospital medicine groups deal with staffing shortages?
The expanding and dynamic labor market for hospitalists has a challenging side for hospitals.
Quality
Patient-centered primed communication and goals-of-care discussions
Can primed communication increase the frequency of goals-of-care conversations in the outpatient setting?
Practice Management
Hospitalist groups explore use of medical scribes
Can medical scribes make life easier for hospitalists?
Video
How to slash colorectal surgery infection rates
BOSTON – Change perioperative routines.