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Digital Diagnostic Tools Unpopular with Patients, Study Finds
April 1, 2013
Patients fear computerized clinical decision support will reduce face time with physicians
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Society of Physician Entrepreneurs Co-Founder Talks about MD Career Changes
March 2, 2013
Entrepreneur Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, MD, MBA, FACS, managing director of FMS Financial Solutions, Greenbelt, Md., co-founder and treasurer of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.
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Survey Shows Five-Year Decrease in Employee Benefits, Paid Time Off for Hospitalists
March 2, 2013
Findings reported in SHM's 2012 State of Hospital Medicine survey
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HMX Term of the Month: Achievement Points
March 2, 2013
Achievement points are awarded to a hospital by comparing an individual hospital’s performance measure rates during a certain period with all hospitals’ rates during the baseline period
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Is Your Hospital Medicine Group a Good Candidate for Project BOOST?
March 2, 2013
An eagerness to improve the hospital discharge process is a key quality for Project BOOST candidates
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Hospitalists Urged to Help Reduce 30-Day Readmission Rate
March 2, 2013
Healthcare expert encourages hospitalists to use methods and assessment tools of the Project BOOST program to avoid unnecessary patient readmissions
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Physicians Exercise Their Entrepreneurial Skills, Creativity to Pursue Passions Beyond Clinical Medicine
March 2, 2013
Career shifts can help hospitalists broaden horizons, strike better work-life balance
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Week On, Week Off Schedules Make Balancing Work-Life Demands Tough for Some Hospitalists
March 1, 2013
Physicians who favor the work model enjoy having seven days off to focus on family, while those opposed prefer a five-day work week
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Experts Debate Pros and Cons of Seven Days On, Seven Days Off Work Schedule
March 1, 2013
Familiar hospital medicine work model popular with some for its distinct time-off structure, criticized by others as inflexible and financially unstable
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Former Hospitalist Gets Satisfaction Helping Physicians Launch Nonclinical Careers
March 1, 2013
Philippa Kennealy, MD, traded her place in a family physician practice to pursue her passion for helping people
