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Hospitalists Get Answers to Tough Healthcare Questions
February 1, 2013
The Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) provides answers to frequently asked questions around cutting-edge healthcare policy issues at www.hospitalmedicine.org/advocacy
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Hospitalists Encouraged to Join the Future of Hospital Conversation
January 2, 2013
The Institute for the Future's online game taps the wisdom of healthcare experts and others about future possibilities for community hospitals
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TeamSTEPPS Initiative Teaches Teamwork to Healthcare Providers
December 26, 2012
Hospitalists have an important role in improving team function
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Innovator of Care Transitions Model for Hospital Patients Honored
December 2, 2012
Geriatrician Eric Coleman, MD, MPH, of the University of Colorado at Denver, and pioneer of the celebrated Care Transitions Model for discharged hospital patients, wins MacArthur Foundation “genius” award
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The Quality Journey of Hospitalist David J. Yu
November 2, 2012
Hospitalist David J. Yu MD, FACP, MBA, SFHM began his quality journey by earning an MBA, then spending a week learning Lean process-management techniques
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Hospitalists’ Voices to be Heard on Capitol Hill
November 1, 2012
Hospital medicine leaders and colleagues join the Society of Hospital Medicine's "Hospitalists on the Hill" day to bring healthcare concerns before members of Congress
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Palliative-Care-Focused Hospitalist Appreciates Training the Next Generation
August 29, 2012
Chithra Perumalswami, MD, says there are many aspects to caring for a patient as a palliative-care specialist and as a hospitalist that "really strike at the heart of what being a doctor is”
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Interactive Quality, Leadership Lessons for Residents
August 29, 2012
Medical trainees eager and willing to learn skills that will be required from hospitalists in a reformed healthcare system
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Collaboration Prevents Identification Band Errors
July 31, 2012
Can a quality-improvement collaborative decrease patient ID band errors?
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Replenishing the Primary Care Physician Pipeline
July 31, 2012
A recent survey of nearly 1,000 students from three medical schools found that just 15% planned to become primary-care physicians, including 11.2% of first-year students.
