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Providing Effective Palliative Care in the Era of Value
August 16, 2016
An important area to pay particular attention to is the role of future hospitalizations in patients’ wishes for care
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Understanding, Counsel Can Help to Navigate Payor Audits
August 3, 2016
Receiving notice from a payor that you are being audited can be alarming. Questions will inevitably run through your mind, such as, Why? How? How much will this cost? [caption id="attachment_11441" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr.
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Opinion
Simple Strategy for Addressing Problematic Patient Behavior
August 1, 2016
Linden Spital, NP, a psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner, staffs the Psychiatric Consultation Liaison Service at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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PHM16: How to Design, Improve Educational Programs at Community Hospitals
July 29, 2016
Facilitators: Christopher Russo, MD, FAAP, Laura Hodo, MD, and Lauren Wilson, MD This session discussed ways to design and improve education within community hospital settings.
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Should Physicians Care about Costs?
July 27, 2016
Surveys show most don’t, but hospitalists can have a huge impact on utilization, spending
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Reducing Drug Expenditure with Computerized Alerts
June 26, 2016
Hospitalists face ever-increasing pressure to reduce drug expenditures without compromising the quality of care provided to patients, and as a consequence, are creating new ways to approach the issue.
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As Summer—and Interns—Roll In, Try a Little Empathy on Your Patients, Colleagues
June 25, 2016
It’s July, the month that marks the annual rite of passage for both newly minted physicians starting their internships and somewhat-less-fresh trainees completing their residencies and moving on to the next stage of their professional journey.
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Who to Blame for Surgical Readmissions?
June 23, 2016
When too many surgery patients are readmitted, the hospital can be fined by the federal government - but a new study suggests many of those readmissions are not the hospital's fault. Many readmissions were due to issues like drug abuse or homelessness, the researchers found.
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Opinion
Lesson in Improper Allocations, Unaccounted for NP/PA Contributions
June 22, 2016
I visited during a hot Florida summer in the mid 1990s and could readily see that the practice was great in most respects. The large multispecialty group had recruited talented hospitalists and had put in place effective operational practices.
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Applying Military Principles to HM Leadership
June 19, 2016
Hospitalists are more than doctors—they are also leaders in their organizations, which is why a new book by retired Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling is relevant to what they do every day.
