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Opinion
Steps Hospitalists Should Take to Reduce Turnaround Time of Death Certificates
July 1, 2013
Timely completion can avoid holdups of burials, cremations, delays of life-insurance payouts and estate settlements
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Reduced Estimate to Fix SGR Formula Brings Hope for Change
June 1, 2013
Congressional model cuts previous cost in half, hospitalists hopeful for permanent solution to flawed physician payment plan
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RIV Presenters at HM13 Explore Common Hospitalist Concerns
June 1, 2013
Defensive medicine, malpractice claims are popular topics of Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster competition
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Hospitalists Share Information, Insights Through RIV Posters at HM13
June 1, 2013
A Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes competition finalist promotes checklist to reduce missed doses of VTE prophylaxis
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Quality Improvement (QI) Remains a Central Theme at HM13
June 1, 2013
Hands-on demonstrations at SHM pre-courses help hospitalists translate QI to bedside
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Hospitalists Urge Congress to Reconsider Medicare’s “Observation Status” Rules
June 1, 2013
Policy complicates managing patients’ transitions to skilled nursing facility, say physicians
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Pediatric Hospitalist Charts Decade-Long Journey in Health Care
June 1, 2013
From would-be vagabond to visionary, Mark Shen, MD, challenges peers to define value in hospital medicine
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Speakers at HM13 Stress Overarching Reform, Day-to-Day Implementation
June 1, 2013
Hospitalists advised to put patients first, and embrace teamwork, quality initiatives
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Hospitalization Rates Higher Among Abused Elderly
June 1, 2013
Battered seniors three times more likely to be hospitalized than their non-abused peers
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Health-Care Journalists Tackle Barriers to Hospital Safety Records
June 1, 2013
News group’s Web site offers easy access to hospital information online
