Pediatrics
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Can Medicare Pay for Value?
Physician quality reporting system (PQRS) and physician value-based payment modifier (VBPM) plan could reward high-quality, low-cost health care...
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Observation Status Designation in Pediatric Hospitals Is Costly
Study shows health-care costs for inconsistently coded observation stays substantially overlap with inpatient-status stays
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A History of Observation Hospital Stays in Pediatrics
Designation once used by physicians unsure of whether a patient's hospitalization would exceed 24 hours is now inconsistently applied in pediatric...
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Aims to Define Itself
Future of pediatric hospitalists may involve more options than two-year fellowship leading to certification
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The Hospitalist Names New Pediatric Editor
Med-Peds trained, UC San Diego's Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP aims to expand pediatric leadership roles
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Peer Benchmarking Network May Reduce Overutilization in Pediatric Bronchiolitis
Variation and overuse of common therapies remain despite publication of evidence-based guidelines
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Conference Marks 10th Year
PHM13 scheduled for August 1–4 in New Orleans
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Quality Improvement (QI) Remains a Central Theme at HM13
Hands-on demonstrations at SHM pre-courses help hospitalists translate QI to bedside
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Pediatric Hospitalist Charts Decade-Long Journey in Health Care
From would-be vagabond to visionary, Mark Shen, MD, challenges peers to define value in hospital medicine
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Nonurgent Pediatric Admissions on Weekends Bump Up Hospital Costs
Hospitalists encouraged to admit failure-to-thrive patients on Mondays to save money, reduce length of stay