News
Sharing Notes for Better Doctor-Patient Communication
February 26, 2016
Excellent communication between physicians and patients is a crucial element of hospital quality, but it’s also an ongoing challenge for many institutions.
News
5 Tips to Finding a Good Locum Tenens Company
February 24, 2016
Over the past five years, I have worked as a locum tenens hospitalist with more than 12 different locum tenens companies. I have learned a lot through this process.
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News
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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News
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.
News
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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News
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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News
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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News
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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Opinion
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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News
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.
