Mixed Topics
Career
Battling hospitalist burnout
Hospitalists are putting potential solutions to burnout into place.
Practice Management
Productivity-based salary structure not associated with value-based culture
What hospitalist reimbursement models are associated with value-based care culture?
Practice Management
To be, or not to be ... on backup?
A staffing backup system is a necessary tool for almost every practice.
News
CDC updates recommendation for serologic Lyme disease detection
The CDC’s updated recommendation is based on the approval of a new test that uses a modified two-test methodology different from the two-test...
Career
Generalist knowledge is an asset
Recognition of the place for HTFMs in hospital medicine has grown in recent years.
Clinical
Short Takes
In the Literature's Short Takes
News
FDA approves Recarbrio for cUTI, cIAI treatment in adults
Recarbrio is a three-drug combined injection of imipenem/cilastatin and relebactam.
Career
Recertification: The FPHM option
Should you recertify with a focus in hospital medicine or maintain a traditional internal medicine certification?
Practice Management
Dealing with staffing shortfalls
The rapid growth of hospital medicine has made it difficult to hire qualified hospitalists fast enough.
Quality
Adjustment for characteristics not used by Medicare reduces hospital variations in readmission rates
Can differences in hospital readmission rates be explained by patient characteristics not accounted for by Medicare?