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Society of Hospital Medicine’s RIV Poster Contest Draws Best, Brightest
May 4, 2015
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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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Choosing Wisely in Hospital Medicine: Accomplishments and What the Future Holds
April 1, 2015
John Bulger, DO, MBA reviewed the components of the Choosing Wisely campaign and SHM’s recommendations in an era where providing high value cost-conscious care is key to optimizing the health of our patients.
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Educational Opportunities for Hospitalists Beyond HM15
March 3, 2015
Whether you’re packing your bags for HM15 or following from afar, there are plenty of other opportunities to get the most up to date clinical, management, and quality improvement information in the specialty: Leadership Academy 2015 October 19-22 Austin, Texas Get the managerial confidence
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Quality Improvement Module Approved for ABIM Maintenance of Certification
March 3, 2015
If you’re among the many physicians enrolled in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, you have to earn a combined 100 points in medical knowledge and practice improvement throughout your 10-year certificate period.
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How to Initiate a VTE Quality Improvement Project
March 3, 2015
While VTE sometimes occurs in spite of the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities to optimize prevention and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital.
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LISTEN NOW: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Explains Hospitalists’ Role in Improving the U.S. Healthcare System
February 4, 2015
Patient-safety guru Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, talks about hospitalists’ role in improving the American healthcare system. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PeterPronovo
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Early Warning System Boosts Sepsis Detection, Care
November 19, 2014
An alert system that monitors inpatients at risk of developing sepsis can prompt early sepsis care, can speed patient transfers to the ICU, and may even reduce mortality risk from sepsis. A recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine reports on an early warning and response system
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LISTEN NOW: Kristen Kulasa, MD, Explains How Hospitalists Can Work with Nutritionists and Dieticians
November 10, 2014
Kristen Kulasa, MD, assistant clinical professor of medicine and director of Inpatient Glycemic Control, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of California in San Diego, provides tips on how hospitalists can work with nutritionists and dieticians for the betterment o
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Primary-Care Physicians Weigh in on Quality of Care Transitions
November 4, 2014
A new study on transitions of care gives hospitalists a view from the other side. Published recently online in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the authors surveyed 22 primary-care physician leaders in California-based post-discharge clinics and asked them about ways to improve care transitions.