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LISTEN NOW: UCSF’s Christopher Moriates, MD, discusses waste-reduction efforts in hospitals
June 9, 2015
CHRISTOPHER MORIATES, MD, assistant clinical professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, talks about the change in focus and priorities needed for medicine to make progress in waste-reduction efforts. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp
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From a Near-Catastrophe, I-CARE
June 9, 2015
For Robert Fogerty, MD, MPH, it’s more than just a story. It’s a nightmare that he only narrowly avoided. Now a hospitalist at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., Dr.
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Hospice, Palliative Care Groups Release Quality Care Measures
May 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_9635" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Manuel Noguera[/caption] The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) recently published a list of performance measures to assess the quality o
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Palliative Care and Last-Minute Heroics
April 9, 2015
4/8/15 Session: Last-Minute Heroics and Palliative Care – Do They Meet in the Middle? HM15 Presenter: Tammie Quest, MD Summation: Heroics- a set of medical actions that attempt to prolong life with a low likelihood of success. Palliative care- an approach of care provided to patients and
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Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice: HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session: Putting Your Nickel Down: The What, Why, and How of Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice Presenters: Stephen Besch, Simone Karp RPh, Patrick Torcson MD MMM SFHM, Gregory Seymann MD SFHM Summation: HHS has set a goal of tying increasing percentages of Med
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Hot Topics in Practice Management; HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session RAPID FIRE PANEL: Hot Topics in Practice Management Updates on Key Issues, Including the Key Characteristics of an Effective HMG HM15 Presenters: Roy Sittig MD SFHM, Jeffrey Frank MD MBA, Jodi Braun Summation: Speakers covered timely topics regarding the Accountable Care Act, nam
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Opinion
The Biggest Thing in Hospital Medicine Since Patient Safety?
April 4, 2015
Editor’s note: First of a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. Additionally, Dr.
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HM15 Session Analysis: End-of-Life Discussions
April 3, 2015
HM15 Session: Facilitating End-of-Life Discussions: Prognosis in Advanced Illness Presenter: Julia Ragland, MD, FHM Summation: Discussion of Prognosis in Advance Illness is a key component of informed decision-making and should be undertaken during a “Sentinel Hospitalization” and at times of
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Good Hospital Discharge Summaries Identified
April 3, 2015
Study outlines those elements of discharge summaries most helpful to physicians, patients
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Technology May Offer Solutions to Hospitalists’ Readmissions Exposure
April 3, 2015
Almost weekly, a white paper, report, journal article, or press release touts a new program, software, or technology system offering to help hospitals improve their readmissions avoidance processes and penalty exposure.
