News
Digital Schedule Boards Improve Outcomes at South Carolina Hospitals
June 1, 2013
Tracking system for patients, surgery schedules, replaces dry-erase boards
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Opinion
Effective Clinical Documentation Can Influence Medicare Reimbursement
June 1, 2013
Standardization and coordination of documentation practices is key to successful hospital billing
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News
Hospitalists Should Refrain from Texting Patient Information
June 1, 2013
HIPAA regulations prohibit transferring patient-specific information via text message
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News
Work-Hour Restrictions Impact Staffing, Education for Academic Hospital Medicine
May 2, 2013
The addition of physician full-time equivalents, and nurse practitioners or physician assistants, is most notable change, according to the 2012 State of Hospital Medicine report
News
SHM To Award First Certificates of Leadership at HM13
May 2, 2013
Q&A with Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, who will accept one of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s first Certificate of Leadership awards
News
SHM Welcomes Nonphysician Fellows to Hospital Medicine
May 2, 2013
For the first time, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and practice administrators will be inducted as Fellows and Senior Fellows
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News
Sunshine Rule Requires Physicians to Report Gifts from Drug, Medical Device Companies
May 2, 2013
Exemption will allow indirect payments to speakers at CME classes or courses
News
‘Systems,’ Not ‘Points,’ Is Correct Terminology for ROS Statements
May 2, 2013
"The Billing and Coding Bandwagon" article in the May 2011 issue of The Hospitalist should have noted that "systems" is the correct term to use in an ROS statement
News
Some Thoughts on the Patient-Doctor Relationship
May 2, 2013
Listening is a key component of conveying an attitude of respect toward the patient
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Opinion
Coordinated Approach May Help in Caring for Hospitals’ Neediest Patients
May 2, 2013
Care plans for frequent fliers can reduce readmission rates, ED visits, and stress
