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DRG Downgrades: The Clash of Medical Standards and Insurance Guidelines
September 3, 2024
Clinical coding is a meticulous task that translates patient notes into specific International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, crucial for billing and insurance claims....
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Finding the Time to Optimize Hospitalist Workflow
August 15, 2024
The average daily census (ADC) is a tool that has been used in healthcare to “effectively manage patient flow, allocate resources, and ensure high-quality care.” It has become a central part of...
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Working as a Hospitalist Internationally
August 1, 2024
Hospital medicine is the fastest-growing medical specialty in the U.S., and it’s gaining popularity in other countries throughout the world.1 Although there are many similarities in how hospital...
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Managing the Long-term Physical Effects of Being a Hospitalist
August 1, 2024
Mark V. Williams, MD, FACP, MHM, age 64, has been a pioneer of hospital medicine, a physician leader, and a frontline clinician since helping to found the hospitalist program at Grady Hospital in...
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Leading Within an Environment of Work-Life Balance: From Burnout to Wellness
July 1, 2024
Few topics echo in the doctors’ lounge across the country more often than physician burnout. It’s the hot topic of our time. In this talk, the presenters did an excellent job exploring this issue...
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4 Things Hospitalists Can Do to Reduce Nursing Turnover
May 1, 2024
Hospitalists and hospital administrators know the greatest challenge to providing safe, high-quality healthcare day in and day out in the U.S. is adequate nurse staff. Already a problem before the...
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Working with Patient and Family Advisory Councils
April 1, 2024
Dr. Sood To achieve patient-centered care, a component of high-quality medical care, patients and their caregivers should be engaged in their health care decision-making processes, said...
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Pediatric Hospitalists as Physician Advisors Managing Utilization and Denials for Health Systems
April 1, 2024
The physician advisor role has been evolving in adult medicine for many years. Hospitalists are well suited for this role given their broad knowledge base regarding health care systems and their...
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Interruptions: Bad for Hospitalists and Their Patients
April 1, 2024
More than 10 years ago this magazine published an article by Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM, a pioneer of hospital medicine and co-founder of the Society of Hospital Medicine, warning of the hazards of...
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Integrating NPs and PAs into Your Hospital Medicine Program
March 1, 2024
The field of hospital medicine is continuously evolving to meet the demands of rising patient numbers and complexity. As a result, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants or physician...