Practice Management
Practice Management
Professional versus facility billing: What hospitalists must know
Hospitalists don’t often realize how much impact they have on their hospital’s revenue cycle and quality.
News
Judge tosses hospital staff suit over vaccine mandate
News
COVID-19 death toll higher for international medical graduates
These individuals are more likely to work in places where the incidence of COVID-19 is high and in facilities with fewer resources, according to...
Quality
Hospital acquisition had no significant change in the rate of readmission or mortality
How do hospital acquisitions or consolidations affect patient satisfaction, the rate of readmission, and the mortality rate?
SHM Converge
Improving racial and gender equity in pediatric HM programs
Be wary of conscious biases and the mental burden placed unfairly on underrepresented minorities in your institution.
Practice Management
Texas hospital workers sue over vaccine mandates
The lawsuit hinges on a section of the federal law that authorizes emergency use of medical products.
SHM Converge
Better ways to handle in-hospital conflicts
Managing conflicts better can improve patient care but can also benefit clinicians.
SHM Converge
Hospital medicine leaders offer tips for gender equity
Flexible work opportunities can help boost female physicians’ careers.
Practice Management
Visa worries intensify pandemic stress for immigrant hospitalist moms
Immigrant hospitalists go through years of expensive training with extensive background checks, yet they’re classified as second preference (EB-2...
SHM Converge
Hospitalists innovate in ICU management
Hospitalists helped develop and staff critical care programs to optimize patient care during the pandemic.