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    Does Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Apply to Hospital Medicine?

    February 19, 2016

    Every American knows this well-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, which describes the three “unalienable rights” ordained on humans by their Creator and which governments are bound to dutifully protect.

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    Dr. Hospitalist: Routine Provider Evaluations Are a Necessary, Valuable Tool

    February 17, 2016

    Dear Dr. Hospitalist: We have several physicians in our large academic group whom I hate to follow when picking up teams. There have only been a few situations when I thought there was a clear knowledge deficit, but the most irritating problem is that they don’t discharge patients.

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    Stent-retriever Therapy Improves the Rate of Functional Independence for Acute Ischemic Patients

    February 9, 2016

    NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stent-retriever therapy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke improves the rate of functional independence at 90 days, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stent retrievers are deployed in an occluded vessel, temporarily expanded into the body of a

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    Six Strategies to Help Hospitalists Improve Communication

    February 8, 2016

    As Karen Smith, MD, SFHM, chief of hospital medicine at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., sees it, communication problems often arise at the first possible opportunity, when she’s trying to find out whom to call when she needs to inform a primary care physician or specialist abo

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    Practice Expanding: The Rising Trend in Hospitalist Co-Management

    February 4, 2016

    As the practice of medicine continues to transition to performance-based payment systems, the number of mergers of hospitalists and specialists has surged.

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    Defining Patient Experience: ‘Everything We Say and Do’

    January 26, 2016

    Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.

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    A New Schedule Could Be Better for Your Hospitalist Group

    January 13, 2016

    Present “hospitalist” in a word association exercise to a wide range of healthcare personnel in clinical and administrative roles, and many would instantly respond with “seven-on/seven-off schedule.” Some numbers from SHM’s 2014 State of Hospital Medicine report: 53.8%: Portion of hospitalist

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    Dr. Hospitalist: HM Groups Must Adapt to New Career Landscape

    January 12, 2016

    Dear Dr. Hospitalist: Over the past several years, we have had a problem with physician retention, especially with nocturnists, in our medium-sized hospitalist group.

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    Nick Fitterman, MD, SFHM, Discusses Population Health and Hospital Medicine’s Role

    January 6, 2016

    [caption id="attachment_12613" align="alignright" width="202"] Nick Fitterman, MD, FACP, SFHM[/caption] Nick Fitterman, MD, SFHM, vice chair of hospital medicine for the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y., and North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Par

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    Move to Allow Patients to Request ‘Refund’ Appealing and Risky

    December 30, 2015

    We’ve all seen hundreds of commercials from companies advertising products and services with a money-back guarantee. The Men’s Warehouse, for example, has been promising men across the globe for over a decade, “You’re going to like the way you look.

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