Transitions of Care
Public Policy
Project BOOST Study Documents Modest Impact on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions
Experts suggest rehospitalizations may not be best quality metric for care transitions
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Listen to Project BOOST lead analyst Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, discuss the outcomes study published in JHM
Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, Project Boost lead analyst and lead author of the research paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine,...
Quality
Three Easy Ways to Get Ahead in Hospital Medicine
SHM’s Awards of Excellence program, Project BOOST initiative, Choosing Wisely campaign can advance your career, hospital
Quality
Bundled-Payment Program Basics
Hospitalists’ roles and financial stake in health-care reimbursement model of accountable care organizations
Public Policy
As Medicare Auditors Seek to Rein in Costs, Hospital Admission Decisions Are Under Microscope
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) out to identify improper payments made on claims for Medicare beneficiaries
Quality
Hospitalists Hold Key to Admissions Door for ED Patients
Partnering with ED physicians helps hospitalists tackle problem of emergency department boarding for admitted patients
Quality
Why Hospitalists Should Provide Patients with Discharge Summaries
Simple act could help reduce health-care expenditures, readmissions
Quality
Prediction Model Identifies Potentially Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions
Can a prediction model based on administrative and clinical data identify potentially avoidable 30-day readmissions in medical patients prior to...
Public Policy
Are Hospital Readmissions Numbers Fruit of an Imperfect Equation?
Medicare says penalties are working, but academic centers and safety-net hospitals are caught in the middle
Quality
Hospitalists Urge Congress to Reconsider Medicare’s “Observation Status” Rules
Policy complicates managing patients’ transitions to skilled nursing facility, say physicians