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Accountability Hits Home for Hospitalists
January 2, 2013
While some hospitalists see the value-based payment modifier (VBPM) program as a penalty, others see an opportunity
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Value-Based Purchasing Model for Medicare Reimbursement Extends to Physicians
January 2, 2013
A primer on the CMS' physician value-based modifier (VBPM) program, including the how and when it will impact hospitalists
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Pediatric Hospitalists Trust Their Gut with Serious Infections
January 1, 2013
Timely recognition of serious infections in children is difficult, but critical to improved outcomes
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Pediatric Hospitalist Certification Options Still Up for Debate
December 19, 2012
Majority favor further training and education for pediatric hospitalists
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Interfacility Transfers to Pediatric Academic EDs Often Discharged or Admitted Briefly
December 2, 2012
What are the characteristics of interfacility transfers to pediatric academic EDs?
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Defining a Safe Workload for Pediatric Hospitalists
December 2, 2012
The truth about hospitalists' sleep hygiene, work schedules, and clinical impact
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Exponential Growth, Look-Ahead Discussions Highlight Pediatric HM 2012
August 28, 2012
More than 600 attendees descended upon Cincinnati and the Northern Kentucky Convention Center for the seventh annual Pediatric Hospital Medicine conference
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Discordant Antibiotic Use in Pediatric UTIs Associated with Higher LOS
August 15, 2012
Study says better antibiotics, quicker discharge may better benefit patients
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Should Pediatric HM Pursue Subspecialty Certification, Required Fellowship Training?
July 31, 2012
Two hospitalists argue both sides of the issue.
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Feedback Needed to Help Guide Pediatric HM’s Certification Debate
May 25, 2012
Our input has been solicited by the Strategic Committee to help sort through the issue of certification in pediatric hospital medicine. What is potentially at stake here is how we define ourselves as a field.