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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
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- 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.
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Thanks for the Memories
- Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP
January 1, 2005
This issue of The Hospitalist marks the beginning of my sixth year as the chief executive officer at SHM.
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The Campaign to Save 100,000 Lives
- Jeanne Huddleston, MD, FACP
January 1, 2005
I am on a plane on my way back to Minnesota after being professionally rejuvenated by the content of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s 16th Annual Forum, in Orlando, FL. The theme of the meeting called on all hospitals, and hence I believe all hospitalists, to save lives. Dr.