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SHM Elects Jack Percelay, MD, FAAP, to newly Created Pediatrics Seat on Board of Directors
- Kevin/ross Public Relations;
- Lisa Freeman
May 1, 2005
SHM has created a new seat on the Board of Directors that must be filled by a pediatric hospitalist and has elected Jack Percelay, MD, FAAP as its new pediatric board member. Dr. Percelay began serving a 1-year term on the SHM board beginning April 29, 2005.
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Managing Physician Performance in Hospital Medicine
May 1, 2005
Joel Barker describes leadership as “…the ability to take people where they otherwise would not go.” In other words, leadership is about creating change in something that exists today.
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Four Physicians Presented SHM’s 2005 National Awards of Excellence
- Kevin/ross Public Relations;
- Lisa Freeman
May 1, 2005
SHM presented its 2005 national awards of excellence to four hospitalists whose work and research have contributed significantly to hospital medicine and to the betterment of hospital care across America.
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TIPs Case Report
- Drake Paul, MD, FAAP;
- Gita Balakumar, MD
March 1, 2005
Transverse Myelitis in a Pediatric Patient
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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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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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Clinicians’ Perspectives on Work-Hour Restrictions and House Officer Errors
- Sarah Bonkovsky, MD;
- Saul Weingart, MD And Anjala Tess, MD
March 1, 2005
Best of 2004 Annual Meeting Research Competition
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Listen to the Eye
March 1, 2005
Best of 2004 Annual Meeting Clinical Vignette Competition
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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