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CMS Update to the Two-midnight Rule
August 1, 2024
Many are familiar with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) two-midnight rule, which was created in 2013 and distinguished between observation-appropriate and inpatient-appropriate...
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Kill the Mortality—Building Successful Inpatient Mortality Reduction Programs in Academic and Rural Health Systems
July 1, 2024
The session began with a clear statement of its objectives, focusing on how quality programs view mortality, the methodology behind it, approaches to reducing mortality, and the impact hospitalists...
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Leading Within an Environment of Work-Life Balance: From Burnout to Wellness
July 1, 2024
Few topics echo in the doctors’ lounge across the country more often than physician burnout. It’s the hot topic of our time. In this talk, the presenters did an excellent job exploring this issue...
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The Art and Science of Hospitalist Workloads: Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Strategies for Optimal Patient, Workforce, and Organizational Outcomes
July 1, 2024
This engaging strategy session was led by two passionate speakers committed to optimizing hospital operations while prioritizing the well-being of hospitalists. They delved into various challenges,...
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Aiming for Equitable Care for Transgender Patients
June 3, 2024
With transgender care under debate among politicians and state laws around the U.S., hospitalists find they must take a leading role in making transgender patients feel welcome and helping them...
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4 Things Hospitalists Can Do to Reduce Nursing Turnover
May 1, 2024
Hospitalists and hospital administrators know the greatest challenge to providing safe, high-quality healthcare day in and day out in the U.S. is adequate nurse staff. Already a problem before the...
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Tricky Transitions: How SNF Challenges Affect Hospitalists
May 1, 2024
With skilled nursing facing thin margins and high costs, many hospitalists are also struggling to transfer patients for the care they need from these types of facilities. This becomes a big...
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Demystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: HCAHPS
May 1, 2024
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey was first implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assess and compare performance on...
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Working with Patient and Family Advisory Councils
April 1, 2024
Dr. Sood To achieve patient-centered care, a component of high-quality medical care, patients and their caregivers should be engaged in their health care decision-making processes, said...
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Pediatric Hospitalists as Physician Advisors Managing Utilization and Denials for Health Systems
April 1, 2024
The physician advisor role has been evolving in adult medicine for many years. Hospitalists are well suited for this role given their broad knowledge base regarding health care systems and their...