Practice Management
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Bias in the clinical setting can impact patient care
Health care providers may harbor implicit, or unconscious, biases that contribute to health care disparities.
From the Society
The new SoHM report is here, and it’s the best yet!
Use the 2018 State of Hospital Medicine Report to assess how your practice compares to your peers.
News
Telehealth: States broaden options for locations, providers
More states are expanding telehealth locations and broadening the pool of telemedicine providers, while fading out in-person requirements.
Practice Management
Reviving rural health care
Ignoring the health disparities in rural America diminishes essential parts of our health care system.
Public Policy
Trump, not health care, likely focus of midterm elections
Will the 2018 U.S. midterm elections prove health care to be a significant issue at the polls?
Practice Management
White coats and provider attire: Does it matter to patients?
Compared with photo stills and films from the 1960s, the doctors of today appear like vagabonds.
News
Disruptive physicians: Is this an HR or MEC issue?
Experts explain when to take disruptive behavior to human resources or the medial executive committee (or both) and the pros and cons of each path...
Practice Management
Hospitalist NPs and PAs note progress
Integrating NPs and PAs into hospitalist groups successfully is a “nuanced and multilayered” process.
News
Burnout may jeopardize patient care
Burnout was associated with unprofessionalism and higher rates of patient safety issues.
News
Penalties not necessary to save money in some Medicare ACOs
Groups participating in MSSP were “associated with a mean differential reduction of $302 in total Medicare spending per beneficiary in the 2012...