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Tricky Transitions: How SNF Challenges Affect Hospitalists
May 1, 2024
With skilled nursing facing thin margins and high costs, many hospitalists are also struggling to transfer patients for the care they need from these types of facilities. This becomes a big...
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Demystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: HCAHPS
May 1, 2024
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey was first implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assess and compare performance on...
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Coding Corner: A Critical Opportunity
April 1, 2024
A 17-year-old with a history of major depressive disorder who is new to the hospitalist service is being transferred out of the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) after an intentional Benadryl...
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Main Causes of Costly Inappropriate Hospital Admissions are Premature Admission and the Potential for Outpatient Management
March 1, 2024
Clinical question: How prevalent and costly are inappropriate hospital admissions and are patients’ intrinsic risk factors (IRFs) or comorbidities associated with inappropriate hospital...
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Hospitalists Play a Leading Role in Responding to Mass-Casualty Incidents
March 1, 2024
Mass shootings. Bioterror attacks. Natural disasters. Wars. There’s seemingly no shortage of potential mass-casualty incidents (MCIs) that can lead health care professionals, including...
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How to Handle Medical Board Complaints and Investigations
February 1, 2024
First, a disclaimer: I am not an attorney, and this is not intended to be legal advice. Any specific questions or concerns you may have should be directed to your legal counsel. The recommendations...
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Coding Corner: Billing for Straightforward Pneumonia in a Hospitalized Patient
January 2, 2024
A 64-year-old woman with a history of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) was admitted to the hospital with decompensated heart failure one day ago. On day two, the patient is still...
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Budgeting Tips: Keeping Division Finances on Track
January 2, 2024
Dr. Brotman For a hospitalist, managing a budget shouldn’t be that much different than maintaining a household budget. “Ideally, you should know approximately how much income you’ll...
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SHM’s 2023 Hill Day: Continuing the Conversation with Legislators
December 7, 2023
U.S. Capitol, SHM Hill Day 2023 Each year SHM members and staff converge in Washington, D.C., to meet with legislators and discuss key concerns and policy issues that affect hospitalists, their...
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Psychological Safety a Must for HM Education
November 14, 2023
When the space shuttle Challenger exploded in the sky in 1986, a group of engineers’ fears had come true: They had known a critical failure was possible at the low temperatures that were seen...