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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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Guidelines Help Slash CLABSI Rate by 40% in the ICU
October 31, 2012
Proper hand hygiene, antimicrobial agents on safety checklist that hospitalists are encouraged to follow
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VIDEO: Checklists Improve Outcomes, Require Care-team Buy-in
October 29, 2012
Quality experts explain how hospitalists can best utilize checklists during at the 7th annual Mt. Sinai Hospital Medicine Symposium in New York City
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Hospitalists Can Be Prime Partners in QI, Patient Safety Efforts
October 24, 2012
Practice setting, staff relationships make hospitalists obvious champions of quality and safety initiatives
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Listen to Derek C. Angus discuss incorporating hospitalists into a tiered system of ICU care
October 10, 2012
Dr. Angus is chair of critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, discusses the differences in opinion over the SHM/SCCM critical care fellowship proposal
October 10, 2012
Dr. Dressler is associate professor of internal medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and a former SHM board member
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Penalties for Hospitals with Excessive Readmissions Take Effect
October 10, 2012
Hospitals nationwide must curb their rate of 30-day readmissions for some Medicare patients, or lose millions in federal revenue
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Study: Neurohospitalists Benefit Academic Medical Centers
October 10, 2012
Authors report significant LOS decrease for neurology patients, potential to reduce costs
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Society of Hospital Medicine Seeks to Connect Hospitalists Far and Wide
October 1, 2012
SHM's Hospital Medicine Exchange (HMX) online community makes it easy for hospitalists to connect and collaborate with peers nationwide
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Physician Value-Based Payment Initiative Would Change Medicare Reimbursement
October 1, 2012
Value-based scheme would shift Medicare's traditional fee-for-service plan toward some type of pay-per-performance model.
