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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Wachter Relishes Opportunity to Guide Hospitalists
April 1, 2011
HM pioneer considers annual meeting address “a privilege”
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to IPC hospitalist Dave Bowman recount the Arizona shooting
March 1, 2011
Dr. Bowman was the first physician on the scene outside the Tucson, Ariz., grocery store where a lone gunman killed six people and injured 13 others, including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Stephen Jencks, MD, and hospitalist Brad Sherman, MD, FHM, chat about readmission problems and solutions
February 2, 2011
With Medicare preparing to curtail reimbursement for 30-day readmissions, hospitalists are on the frontlines of safe and effective transitions of care
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Dr. Ammann discuss the FPHM exam and the reasons she wanted to be among the first to recertify through the focused practice MOC
January 1, 2011
Studying and completing required MOC elements enabled Dr. Ammann to think about the medicine she practices in a more academic way; she recommends practicing hospitalists choose the FPHM route
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to HM program directors and hospital execs discuss strategies for negotiating your group’s next contract
January 1, 2011
Sound Inpatient president and CEO Rob Bessler, MD, and Christine Lum Lung, MD, FHM, medical director of Northern Colorado Hospitalists discuss the new environment for negotiating HM contracts with hospital administrators
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interviews with experts in career advancement, training
December 2, 2010
Experts discuss why hospitalists are a good fit for leadership positions and how you can get the necessary training.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with MGMA systems analyst David Litzau
October 1, 2010
Discussion with the expert analysts behind the State of Hospital Medicine: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with Troy Ahlstrom, MD, FHM, CFO of Hospitalists of Northern Michigan
September 1, 2010
Hospitalist leader offers tips on how to incorporate benchmarking data into your practice
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with a pediatric hospitalist who is starting a palliative care team
August 2, 2010
Listen to an audio interview with Ami Doshi, MD, who is spearheading an effort to establish a pediatric palliative care team at the University of California at San Diego.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Audio interview with Ethan Fried, MD, MS
June 1, 2010
President-elect of the Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine talks about resident restrictions