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Poor Surgical Outcomes for Safety-Net Hospitals
- (Reuters Health);
- Larry Hand
November 16, 2015
NEW YORK - Hospital resources, and not necessarily patient characteristics, may be causing safety-net hospitals to deliver inferior surgical outcomes at increased cost in elective surgical procedures, according to a new study.
"Analysis of Medicare Hospital Compare data revealed that safety-net h
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Standard Discharge Communication Process Improves Verbal Handoffs between Hospitalists, PCPs
July 29, 2015
Clinical question: Can a standardized discharge communication process, coupled with an electronic health record (EHR) system, improve the proportion of completed verbal handoffs from in-hospital physicians to PCPs within 24 hours of patient discharge?
Background: Discharge from the hospital setti
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Medical Professionalism: Its Evolution and What It Means to Hospitalists
July 29, 2015
Professionalism is an overused word in the medical industry. What exactly is meant by professionalism, and what should it mean to hospitalists?
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PHM15: New Quality Measures for Children with Medical Complexity
July 24, 2015
Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2015's keynote speaker, Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH, reviewed quality measures being developed for medically complex patients by the Center of Excellence on Quality of Care Measures for Children with Complex Needs (COE4CCN).
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PRONE Score Can Track Medicolegal Complaints
- Anuradha Mendu, MD;
- Heidi Beintrexler, MD;
- Jyotsna Bhatnagar, MD;
- Manoj Kumar Md, MPH;
- Nasir M. Khan, MD;
- Rebecca Calabrese, MD;
- Regina Makdissi, MD;
- Siva H. Yedlapati, MD, MPH
July 6, 2015
Clinical question: Is there a standardized way to identify doctors at high risk of incurring repeated medicolegal events?
Background: Medicolegal agencies react to episodes of substandard care rather than intervening to prevent them due to lack of robust prediction tools at the individual practit
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Hospitalists Positioned to Lead Improvements in Hospital Quality, Patient Safety
June 30, 2015
Hospitalists are ideally positioned to help create new approaches to hospital quality and safety, but they must acquire the skills necessary to make sustained, systematic changes, says David W.
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Nine Ways Hospitals Can Use Electronic Health Records to Reduce Readmissions
September 2, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine Health Information Technology committee members offer recommendations to slash unnecessary rehospitalizations
Opinion
Proper Inpatient Documentation, Coding Essential to Avoid a Medicare Audit
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
July 1, 2014
Tips to help your hospital medicine group ensure appropriate CPT coding
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Reflections on the Hospital Environment
January 2, 2014
Great hospitalists exhibit superior communication skills, teamwork, and the ability to empathize with patients
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Danielle Scheurer, MD: Hospital Providers Put Premium on Keeping Themselves, Hospital Patients Safe
January 1, 2013
Role of hospitalists should be to help create and maintain safe and effective work conditions for themselves, patients, and providers