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Service Distinction Crucial for Medical Claim Submissions
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8700" align="alignright" width="295"] Image credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] Hospitalists often are tasked with coordinating and overseeing patient care throughout a hospitalization.
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Academic Hospitalist Groups Lag Behind in Admissions, Discharges
April 3, 2015
In 2012, SHM reported increasing numbers of hospital encounters coded for high-level evaluation and management services, as reported by the 2012 State of Hospital Medicine (SOHM) survey respondents.
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What Is the Appropriate Medical and Interventional Treatment for Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke?
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8692" align="alignright" width="300"] (click for larger image)Figure 1: A: Noncontrast head CT, normal B: CT angiogram maximum intensity projection, showing occluded right middle cerebral artery C: CT perfusion, blood volume images, showing small core infarct D: CT perfusion,
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Expedited Multistate Medical Licensure Promises Efficiency for Physicians
April 3, 2015
Federation of State Medical Boards to simplify state licensure process for physicians
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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times
April 3, 2015
Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput
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Good Hospital Discharge Summaries Identified
April 3, 2015
Study outlines those elements of discharge summaries most helpful to physicians, patients
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Art Helps Hospitalized Patients Manage Pain, Anxiety
April 3, 2015
Studies suggest art therapy can reduce stress, boost care satisfaction for hospitalized patients with cancer, other diseases
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Assessing, Managing Delirium in Hospitalized Patients
April 3, 2015
HM15 Presenter: Ethan Cumbler, MD, FHM, FACP Summary: Delirium is a common problem in hospitalized patients, and all too often delirium is iatrogenic.
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Mobile Apps to Improve Quality, Value at Point-of-Care for Inpatients
April 3, 2015
HM15 Presenters: Roger Yu, MD, Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, Anuj Dalal, MD, and Amit Pahwa, MD Summary: The panel of high-tech doctors helped a standing-room-only crowd navigate numerous apps to be used at point-of-care [PDF, 458 kb]. Groups worked through case studies utilizing applicable mobile apps.
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Bedside Procedures and Ultrasound: Evidence and Cost of Doing Business
April 2, 2015
HM15 presenters: Joshua D. Lenchus, DO, FACP, SFHM, and Nilam Soni, MD, FHM Summary: Drs. Lenchus and Soni focused on the forces that are driving the value and success of established procedure teams in hospital medicine groups (HMGs).
