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Pediatric HM highlights from the 2020 State of Hospital Medicine Report
January 25, 2021
After COVID-19, hospital revenues took an even greater downturn, affecting many hospital-based pediatric programs.
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COVID-19 drives physician burnout for some specialties
January 25, 2021
Women in medicine traditionally have experienced higher levels of burnout than men, and the pandemic seems to have widened that gap.
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Finding meaning in ‘Lean’?
January 15, 2021
Physician well-being should be included among quality improvement metrics for health systems.
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Opinion
How can hospitalists change the status quo?
January 13, 2021
There is no hard and fast rule about the way health care should adopt Lean thinking.
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Racism in medicine: Implicit and explicit
January 4, 2021
Health care systems need to move toward equity rather than focusing on equality.
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Hospital volumes start to fall again, even as COVID-19 soars
December 24, 2020
There was a much bigger crash in admissions, observation visits, and ED visits last spring than in November.
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Contact tracing in hospitals falls off as COVID-19 cases rise
December 18, 2020
Ad hoc approaches to contact tracing are likely to be short-lived.
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Opinion
13 best practices to increase hospitalist billing efficiency
December 17, 2020
Although hospitalists do a tremendous amount of work, they do not always bill for what they are doing.
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COVID-related harm to HCWs must be tracked more rigorously: NAS panel
December 15, 2020
Although the data are still limited, the prevalence of burnout and suicide points to a serious concern, according to the report.
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Bias against hiring hospitalists trained in family medicine still persists
December 15, 2020
“Truly, the best candidate for the position, regardless of background and training, is what you want."
