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A Look at Speakers, Educational Tracks Planned for Hospital Medicine 2016
December 17, 2015
Get ready for hospital medicine’s main event—Hospital Medicine 2016 (HM16). SHM remains at the forefront of healthcare, leading the charge to provide the best care for hospitalized patients.
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Press Ganey Executive Urges Physicians to Embrace Hospital Medicine Care Model
December 16, 2015
James Merlino, MD, president and CMO of Press Ganey's strategic consulting division, wants to convince physicians around the country that hospital medicine is good healthcare as a whole.
“[Hospitalists] are the holistic scorekeepers for a variety of medical conditions that a lot of physicians don
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Leadership Academy ‘Hits Nail on the Head’
December 11, 2015
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The Leadership Academy, presented by SHM, was held in October in Austin, Texas.
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Electronic Health Records Key Driver of Physician Burnout
December 1, 2015
Half of U.S. physicians are experiencing some of the symptoms of burnout, with even higher rates for general internists.
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Claims Data Misclassify Cardiovascular Disease Event Rates
- (Reuters Health);
- Will Boggs Md
December 1, 2015
NEW YORK - Diagnostic codes from administrative claims data underestimate cardiovascular disease event rates, researchers report.
"Increasingly, the diagnostic codes from administrative claims data are being used to measure clinical outcomes," Dr. Bruce M.
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Top Trends at Society of Hospital Medicine for 2016
December 1, 2015
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Ready or not, 2016 is almost here, and SHM is gearing up for another year jam packed with exciting, enriching opportunities for hospitalists and their teams.
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Institute of Medicine Report Examines Medical Misdiagnoses
November 30, 2015
In the latest report in its series on quality and patient safety in healthcare, the Institute of Medicine addresses the challenge of errors in medical diagnoses.
Authors of the IOM’s “Improving Diagnosis in Health Care” report cite problems in communication and limitations in electronic health re
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Quality Improvement Initiative Targets Sepsis
November 30, 2015
A quality improvement (QI) initiative at University Hospital in Salt Lake City aims to save lives and cut hospital costs by reducing inpatient sepsis mortality.
Program co-leaders, hospitalists Devin Horton, MD, and Kencee Graves, MD, of University Hospital, launched the initiative as a pilot pro
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Opinion
Early Mobility Program
- Justin Psaila, MD, FHM;
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
November 30, 2015
“I didn’t get out of bed for 10 days” —Anonymous patient admitted to a skilled nursing facility post-hospitalization for a COPD exacerbation Readmission penalties, “Medicare spending per beneficiary” under value-based purchasing, and the move to accountable care are propelling hospitalists to do
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Elderly Patients with Pneumonia Benefit from ICU Care
- (Reuters Health);
- Megan Brooks
November 18, 2015
NEW YORK - Elderly patients with pneumonia whose need for intensive care unit (ICU) admission is uncertain actually fare better in the ICU than on the general medical ward, a new study suggests.
"Although our results should be confirmed with a randomized trial, clinicians should be aware that man