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Hospital Medicine’s Movers and Shakers – July 2016
June 20, 2016
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Hospitals Not Utilizing More Observation Services to Avoid Readmission Penalties: Study
June 7, 2016
Concern that the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has led to more observation stays in an effort by hospitals to avoid readmission penalties can be put to rest.
A study published in late February in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that while readmission rates dropped drama
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Help Bolster Your Skills at Leadership Academy 2016
June 1, 2016
A successful hospitalist program requires strong leadership from the unit to the C-suite. SHM’s Leadership Academy (www.shmleadershipacademy.org) prepares clinical and academic leaders with vital skills traditionally not taught in medical school or typical residency programs.
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Tips for Improving Early Discharge Rates
May 29, 2016
Discharging patients before noon has many advantages: It creates open beds to accommodate the surge in admissions in the afternoon and helps minimize the bottleneck in system-wide patient flow, says Ragu P.
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New Community-Based Palliative Care Certification to Launch
May 22, 2016
The industry’s first certification for home health and hospices that provide top-caliber community-based palliative care services in the patient’s place of residence is being launched by The Joint Commission.
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Leadership Academy to Be Held in Florida
May 8, 2016
A successful hospitalist program requires strong leadership from the floor to the C-suite. SHM’s Leadership Academy prepares clinical and academic leaders with vital skills traditionally not taught in medical school or typical residency programs.
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Hospital Medicine’s Movers and Shakers – May 2016
May 8, 2016
Eric Howell, MD, MHM, recently was promoted to professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Howell serves as division director of the Collaborative Inpatient Medicine Service (CIMS) at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
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Benefits of Earlier Palliative Care
May 3, 2016
Offering palliative care early to hospitalized patients with multiple serious conditions could improve care and help reduce healthcare spending, according to “Palliative Care Teams’ Cost-Saving Effect Is Larger for Cancer Patients with Higher Numbers of Comorbidities,” published in Health Affairs.
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Research Shows Link Between EHR and Physician Burnout
April 28, 2016
Hospitalists’ struggles with the promise and pitfalls of the electronic health record (EHR) can also impinge on their personal satisfaction with their jobs.
The EHR has been identified as a major contributor to physician burnout.
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SHM Launches Enhanced SHM Learning Portal
April 21, 2016
You asked, we listened: Introducing the enhanced SHM Learning Portal!
The SHM Learning Portal, the online learning home for hospitalists with all eLearning initiatives in one place, just launched a brand-new responsive design in March 2016.