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Coding Corner: Talk the Talk, Bill the Bill: Navigating Advance Care Discussion Billing
- Arunab Mehta, MD, MEd, FHM
January 1, 2025
A 75-year-old woman with a previous medical history of high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, stage 4 chronic kidney disease, and lung cancer was admitted to the hospital with chest pain and...
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How Do You Ethically Integrate a GIP Hospice Service into the Hospital?
- Analyn Dolopo-Simon, MPH, LSSBB, RN, ACM, CCD;
- Brian Clay, MD, SFHM;
- Bryan Huang, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, FHM;
- Diana Childers, MD, CHCQM-PHYADV, FHM;
- Maryann T. Ally, MD, MPH, CHCQM-PHYADV, FHM;
- Melody Akhondzadeh, MSN, RN, LSSBB;
- Robin Smith, MSPT, OCS;
- Sarah McSpadden, MSN, MHA, RN;
- William Frederick, III, MD, PhD, CHCQM-PHYADV
January 2, 2024
Case An 86-year-old female with a history of metastatic pancreatic cancer and diabetes was admitted for chest pain and dyspnea and found to have an acute pulmonary embolism. The hospital...
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What Is AI’s Promise and Potential for the Hospitalist?
January 3, 2023
Imagine entering the front door of your hospital to start your busy workday as a hospitalist. The smart hospital, with its smart technology, recognizes you by “reading” your name badge via radio...
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Opinion
Addressing vaccine hesitancy with patients
September 7, 2021
Why are some patients hesitant about receiving a lifesaving vaccine?
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COVID experience underscores ‘vital’ role of hospital medicine
May 6, 2021
“The response to the acute care needs in this pandemic would have been impossible in the health care system that existed before hospitalists,” said Dr. Larry Wellikson.
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Children’s doctors in the world of adults
August 7, 2020
Pediatric hospitalists in New York City volunteered to treat adult patients during the COVID-19 surge.
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Value of palliative care shines clearly in a crisis
August 5, 2020
Hospitalists have played key roles in clarifying and redefining the new role for palliative care during the pandemic.
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AAN publishes ethical guidance on patient care during the pandemic
May 20, 2020
The guidance reviews adaptations to inpatient and outpatient care and indicates the need for protocols to allocate scarce medical resources.
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AGS issues pandemic resource allocation recommendations amid ageism concerns
May 19, 2020
Rationing strategies that are solely, or predominantly, based on age cutoffs could lead to persistent beliefs that older adults’ lives are less valuable than others.
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Understanding palliative care: An important part of practicing hospital medicine
April 11, 2018
"As the population ages, this issue is going to become more and more important for our field."