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Dr. Geeta Arora Brings Her Passion for Locum Tenens Work to TH’s Editorial Board
September 7, 2016
As a locum tenens hospitalist, Dr. Arora is based in New York City, but is licensed to practice in six states
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HM Turns 20: A Look at the Evolution of Hospital Medicine
August 12, 2016
A look at the evolution of hospital medicine as it celebrates 20 years
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Reducing Drug Expenditure with Computerized Alerts
June 26, 2016
Hospitalists face ever-increasing pressure to reduce drug expenditures without compromising the quality of care provided to patients, and as a consequence, are creating new ways to approach the issue.
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Update on the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
May 26, 2016
In 2014, the Society of Hospital Medicine endorsed the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact as a way to address divergent physician licensing requirements among states.
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Jerome C. Siy, MD, SFHM Explores Hospital Medicine’s Global Reach
March 29, 2016
Editor’s note: As SHM celebrates the “Year of the Hospitalist,” we’re putting the spotlight on some of our most active members who are making substantial contributions to hospital medicine. You can get involved, too!
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Experts Suggest Ways to Deal with Challenges Surrounding Care of Psychiatric Patients
March 16, 2016
In 1955, there was one psychiatric bed for every 300 Americans.
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Team Hospitalist Seats 8 Members
February 21, 2016
Eight hospitalists have joined Team Hospitalist, the only reader involvement group of its kind in hospital medicine. Each of the new members has experience in the practice of HM; many offer specialized backgrounds in pediatrics, academics, quality and patient safety, and group administration.
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Six Strategies to Help Hospitalists Improve Communication
February 8, 2016
As Karen Smith, MD, SFHM, chief of hospital medicine at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., sees it, communication problems often arise at the first possible opportunity, when she’s trying to find out whom to call when she needs to inform a primary care physician or specialist abo
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Strategies for Success in Risk-Based Payment Models
February 2, 2016
Risk-based payment models are becoming increasingly common in healthcare.
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How Veterans Affairs Healthcare Services Are Like Accountable Care Organizations
October 6, 2015
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an accountable care organization (ACO) is defined as a “group of doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients.” The goal of an ACO is “to