Practice Management
Career
PHM19: Mitigating the harm we cause learners in medical education
Current processes in medical education are harming today’s adult learner.
News
Demeaning patient behavior takes emotional toll on physicians
Deciding how or whether to respond was often dictated by the level of support from colleagues, a professional responsibility to peers.
News
NAM offers recommendations to fight clinician burnout
A National Academy of Medicine report provides a roadmap for both broad and targeted efforts to address clinician burnout.
Practice Management
The growing NP and PA workforce in hospital medicine
There have been marked increases in the number of NPs and PAs performing “nontraditional” services.
Career
Gender bias and pediatric hospital medicine
Many pediatric hospitalists have raised concerns about the practice pathway eligibility criteria for the first PHM board certification exam.
Public Policy
Who makes the rules? CMS and IPPS
The IPPS final rule excluded the proposed broad changes to the MS-DRG system that were in the proposed rule.
Practice Management
Considering the value of productivity bonuses
Does this common model drive high-value care?
Opinion
Labeling of medication warnings
Issuing timely warnings regarding medical products promotes patient safety, and the law appears to place the major onus on the manufacturer.
News
Palliative care programs continue growth in U.S. hospitals
Almost three-quarters of hospitals have a program, but “geography is destiny” for patients.
Practice Management
Observation versus inpatient status
Observation care is increasing, and can frustrate patients and hospitalists.