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Pediatric in the Literature
March 1, 2005
Parents' Priorities and Satisfaction with Acute Pediatric Care; and Evaluation of a Staff-Only Hospitalist System in a Tertiary Care, Academic Children's Hospital
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Other Literature of Interest
- Brian Harte, MD;
- Christopher Whinney, MD;
- Sanjeev Suri Md
March 1, 2005
1. Dexter PR, Perkins SM, Mahany KS, Jones K, McDonald CJ. Inpatient computer-based standing orders vs. physician reminders to increase influenza and pneumococcal vaccination rates: a randomized trial. JAMA. 2004; 292: 2366-71.
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Practice Profile
March 1, 2005
Lehigh Valley Hospitalist Services
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The Quality and Patient Safety Track at the 2005 SHM Annual Meeting
March 1, 2005
Hospital Quality and Patient Safety
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Tackling the Underlying Problems of Failure to Rescue
March 1, 2005
A recent HealthGrades Quality Study titled Patient Safety in American Hospitals (July 2004) highlighted the frequency of patients dying from complications that develop while in hospitals.
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Navigating the Nuances of Consult Coding
- Ccs-P;
- Gail Pfeiffer;
- Jim Pile, MD;
- Rhia
March 1, 2005
Introduction
Hospitalists often have questions related to coding for consultative services and subsequent hospital visits, especially when other specialists are managing the patient “concurrently.” If the hospitalist is practicing in a teaching hospital the guidelines can be yet more con
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First Ever SHM Leadership Academy— A Rousing Success
- And Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP;
- Mark Williams, MD, FACP;
- Russell Holman, MD, FACP;
- Tina Budnitz, MPH,
March 1, 2005
What would prompt someone to exclaim “fantastic, inspirational, and motivational,” and trigger adults to hug each other when it is time to say goodbye?
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Pediatric Practice Profile
- Windy Lammers Stevenson, MD
January 2, 2005
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Oregon Health Center & Science University Pediatric Inpatient Service
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Practice Profile
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- Stacy Goldsholl, MD, BC
January 2, 2005
Covenant HealthCare Hospital Medicine Program
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Hospital Medicine: Growing Toward Specialty Status
January 1, 2005
When the Society of Hospital Medicine was very young and headquartered in the home computers of myself and Win Whitcomb (and known then as the National Association of Inpatient Physicians), I spent a lot of time thinking about the future of our field.