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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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SHM Inducts New Officers at Annual Meeting
- Kevin/ross Public Relations;
- Lisa Freeman
May 1, 2005
Steven Pantilat, MD, assumed the role of SHM’s new president at the 2005 Annual Meeting, along with a slate of other newly elected officers, including: Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA, president elect, William Atchley, MD, FACP, treasurer, and Lisa Kettering, MD, FACP, secretary.
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Health Care Will Be Better and You Will Make It Happen
- Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP
March 2, 2005
The vision of a re-engineered hospital with patient-centered care, delivered by a fully empowered team of professionals, which is data driven with clear quality measurements, where better performance is rewarded by better compensation is coming to a hospital near you during your professional career.
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Five-Year Review of Codes Begins
- Mary Jo Gorman, MD, MBA;
- Pamela Ferraro, MS
March 1, 2005
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule indicates how much each physician service will be reimbursed by Medicare. Payment rates are a combination of three components: physician work, practice expense, and professional liability (malpractice).
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Other Pediatric Literature of Interest
March 1, 2005
1. Uehara R, Yashiro M, Nakamura Y, Yanagawa H. Clinical features of patients with Kawasaki disease whose parents had the same disease. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med.
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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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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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In the Literature
- Brian Harte, MD;
- Christopher Whinney, MD;
- Sanjeev Suri, MD, MBA
March 1, 2005
CARP Trial Suggests No Benefi t to Revascularization Before Vascular Surgery; Blood Transfusion May Increase Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndrome; and Cost-effectiveness of Rhythm Versus Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation
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Practice Profile
March 1, 2005
Lehigh Valley Hospitalist Services