Mixed Topics
Practice Management
Pediatric HM highlights from the 2020 State of Hospital Medicine Report
After COVID-19, hospital revenues took an even greater downturn, affecting many hospital-based pediatric programs.
Quality
Finding meaning in ‘Lean’?
Physician well-being should be included among quality improvement metrics for health systems.
Quality
How can hospitalists change the status quo?
There is no hard and fast rule about the way health care should adopt Lean thinking.
News
Updated ACC decision pathway embraces new heart failure treatment strategies
The ACC’s updated decision pathway aims to close the substantial gap between current practice and unmet opportunities for inhibiting HFrEF...
Practice Management
Racism in medicine: Implicit and explicit
Health care systems need to move toward equity rather than focusing on equality.
Practice Management
13 best practices to increase hospitalist billing efficiency
Although hospitalists do a tremendous amount of work, they do not always bill for what they are doing.
Career
Bias against hiring hospitalists trained in family medicine still persists
“Truly, the best candidate for the position, regardless of background and training, is what you want."
Public Policy
Quick Byte: Global health before COVID-19
A glance back at global public health before COVID-19.
Practice Management
Getting to secure text messaging in health care
The stakes are higher for communication in the health care setting.
News
Fracking sites tied to increased heart failure hospitalizations
The results were consistent and robust among more than 9,000 patients with heart failure in Pennsylvania, a state steeped in controversy over...