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Why Hospitalists Should Heed Choosing Wisely Recommendations
June 1, 2014
Cost-effectiveness campaign should compel physicians to be good stewards of finite healthcare resources
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American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely Campaign Promotes Evidence-Based Patient Care
June 1, 2014
Specialty societies, consumer groups have identified more than 300 potentially harmful tests, procedures physicians should discuss with patients; more to come throughout 2014
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Society of Hospital Medicine Accepting Applications Through August for 2014 Project BOOST Cohort
June 1, 2014
Program pairs hospital medicine groups with experts, mentors in reducing unnecessary hospital readmissions
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10 Choosing Wisely Recommendations by Specialists for Hospitalists
June 1, 2014
Medical societies list safe, cost-effective tests physicians should perform—and ones to avoid—when diagnosing patients
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LISTEN NOW! ABIM Foundation EVP/COO Explains How the Choosing Wisely Campaign Got Started, and Its Impact on the U.S. Healthcare System
June 1, 2014
Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, executive vice president and COO of the ABIM Foundation, discusses how the Choosing Wisely campaign got started and its significance in U.S. healthcare
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LISTEN NOW! Two Additional Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Specialty Societies
June 1, 2014
Linda Cox, MD, president of American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, and Rahul Shah, MD, FACS, FAAP, co-chair of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation’s Patient Safety Quality Improvement Committee, offer recommendations for hospitalists
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LISTEN NOW! UC San Francisco’s Michelle Mourad Encourages Fellow Hospitalists To Get Involved in Quality Projects
May 5, 2014
Michelle Mourad, MD, director of quality and safety at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine, talks about how to get involved in quality projects and how to push others to get involved, too
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Hospitalist Program Peak Performance Sets Foundation for Improvement
May 2, 2014
Designed to reduce readmission rates in Illinois hospitals, HP3 program promotes better hospital medicine group performance through quality initiatives, project management techniques
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Registration for ASHP’s Medication Safety Collaborative Still Open
May 2, 2014
SHM members can register for specialty meeting held within American Society of Health-System Pharmacist’s conference starting May 31 in Las Vegas
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Bill to Clarify Three-Midnight Rule for Medicare Patients Gains Support from Congress, Hospitalists
May 1, 2014
H.R. 1179 would eliminate confusion around hospital admission requirements to cover skilled nursing care; relieve financial burden for Medicare patients, families
