Practice Management
News
A third of serious malpractice claims due to diagnostic error
Diagnosis errors are a top cause for medical malpractice cases associated with patient death or permanent disability, an analysis finds.
Practice Management
Dealing with staffing shortfalls
The rapid growth of hospital medicine has made it difficult to hire qualified hospitalists fast enough.
News
Some burnout factors are within a physician’s control
SAN DIEGO – Even in the face of daunting systemic factors, physicians can practice some important steps toward self-care.
News
Patients concerned about clinician burnout
Survey results suggest caregivers “may be conveying signs of burnout to their patients without knowing it.”
News
Benefits of Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs lacking
When employing an instrumental variable model, there was not an association with changes in total spending per beneficiary per quarter.
Practice Management
Quick Byte: Conversations about cost
Many patients would like to discuss health care costs with their providers.
Quality
Creating better performance incentives
There are better options than pay-for-performance programs.
Practice Management
A “Ray of light”
There is value in looking for inspiration in the patients you care for.
Practice Management
Are hospitalists being more highly valued?
Financial support from hospitals to hospital medicine groups continues to climb.
Practice Management
Discharge before noon: An appropriate metric for efficiency?
The basic idea makes sense, but a lot of moving parts have to align perfectly.