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News
Communication tools improve patient experience and satisfaction
August 24, 2017
In a culture prioritizing clinical outcomes above all, there can be a tendency to lose sight of one of the most critical aspects of providing effective care: the communication skills that build and foster physician-patient relationships.
News
Here’s what’s trending at SHM – Aug. 2017
August 14, 2017
Get the latest news about upcoming events, new programs, and SHM initiatives.
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When families participate in rounds, errors decrease
August 11, 2017
When families are actively included in pediatric hospital rounds, preventable adverse events drop and families report better hospital experiences.
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New telehealth legislation would provide for testing, expansion
August 11, 2017
A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to test expanded telehealth services provided to Medicare beneficiaries.
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The Core Competencies in Hospital Medicine – 2017 revision
August 9, 2017
The 2017 revision of the Core Competencies seeks to maintain its relevance, value, and more importantly, highlight areas for future growth and innovation.
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Focused on value-based care: Harry Cho, MD
August 8, 2017
Education and service have always been important for Harry Cho, MD, who recently joined the editorial advisory board of The Hospitalist.
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PHM17 session summary: Tools for engaging learners of all levels
August 3, 2017
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Various instructional tools and techniques, such as multilevel teaching and cognitive apprenticeship, can help hospitalists teach medical learners at a variety of levels.
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What is the best approach for managing CIED infections?
- John L. Davisson, MD;
- Joseph Sweigart, MD;
- Sean M. Lockwood, MD
July 17, 2017
Patients with CIED infections generally present in one of two ways: pocket infection (most common) or signs of systemic infection.
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Opinion
The role of NPs and PAs in hospital medicine programs
- Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM;
- Tracy Cardin, ACNP-BC, SFHM
July 14, 2017
Hospitalist nurse practitioner and physician assistant providers have been a growing and evolving part of the inpatient medical workforce, seemingly since the inception of hospital medicine.
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News
QI enthusiast to QI leader: John Bulger, DO
July 5, 2017
This month features the story of John Bulger, DO, chief medical officer for Geisinger Health Plan.