News
Using “design thinking” to improve health care
December 12, 2017
With design thinking, the innovations come from those who actually work in health care spaces.
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Consider ‘impactibility’ to prevent hospital readmissions
December 11, 2017
Predictive models and clinicians together might produce more effective decisions than either does alone.
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New curriculum teaches value-based health care
December 8, 2017
It is critical that hospitalists understand and embrace the concepts of value, and are able to deliver upon these ideals.
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ABIM to allow do-overs for all subspecialties with Knowledge Check-In
December 6, 2017
The option had been available only for internal medicine and nephrology.
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Swarm and suspicion leadership
December 4, 2017
Leaders influence the tone and tenor of their own group’s interactions as well as interactions between different working groups.
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How hospitalists can focus on health equity
November 21, 2017
Experts say hospitals and hospitalists must focus on health disparities to address the multitude of chronic medical conditions they treat.
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Safety-net hospitals would be hurt by hospital-wide 30-day readmission penalties
November 19, 2017
Considering all readmissions within 30 days of discharge in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program would modestly increase the number of hospitals eligible for penalties and would have a bigger impact on safety-net hospitals, based on a study of two years of Medicare claims data from 3,443 ...
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Price transparency of laboratory testing does not change provider ordering habits
November 18, 2017
Clinical question: Does price transparency of laboratory tests at the point of order entry affect provider ordering behavior?
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Opinion
Medical malpractice and the hospitalist: Reasons for optimism
November 9, 2017
The most common types of malpractice allegations made against hospitalists were related to medical treatment, diagnosis, and medications.
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Quick Byte: Telemental health visits on the rise
October 27, 2017
From 2004-2014, the number of telemental health visits grew on average 45.1% annually.
