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Resident Education, Feedback, Incentives Improve Patient Satisfaction
September 9, 2015
New research shows patient satisfaction intervention program can improve HCAHPS scores
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Family Physicians Propose Payment for PCPs’ Hospital Consult Visits
September 8, 2015
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has appealed to some of the nation's largest insurers, asking for coverage of hospital consults conducted by PCPs on behalf of hospitalists for their patients who are in the hospital.
"We believe that there is value in paying primary care physician
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Rise of the Chief Patient Experience Officer
September 8, 2015
Since the Cleveland Clinic hired its first CXO in 2007, more than 60 medical institutions have followed suit
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Better Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis Outcomes at Higher-Volume Institutions
August 18, 2015
NEW YORK - In-hospital mortality and bleeding rates after catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) of lower extremity proximal deep vein thrombosis are lower in institutions that perform more procedures than in those with fewer procedures, according to a new study.
"As utilization of CDT continues to
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Inflammation Contributes to Effect of Diabetes on Brain
August 17, 2015
NEW YORK - Inflammation may contribute to impaired cerebral vasoregulation in type 2 diabetes, research suggests.
In a two-year study, participants with type 2 diabetes experienced diminished regional and global vasoreactivity in the brain, as well as a decline in cognitive function and the abili
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Triple Therapy May Increase Major Bleeding in Older Patients with Acute MI, AF
August 14, 2015
NEW YORK - Compared with dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), triple therapy increases the risk of major bleeding without altering the rates of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, or death in older patients with acute MI and atrial fibrillation (AF), according to a registry study.
"These data sugges
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Maintaining Board Certification Has High Hidden Cost
August 11, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) maintenance-of-certification (MOC) program could cost $5.7 billion in physicians' time and fees over the next decade, according to a new model study.
"We estimate that physicians will spend 33 million hours o
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New Bill Hopes to Increase Residency Medicare Slots after Two Previous Bills Failed
July 29, 2015
The new version again seeks to increase Medicare residency slots by 15,000 over five years, while attempting to identify physician shortage specialties and increase the workforce diversity.
Two federal bills introduced in 2013, the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act and the Training Tomorr
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Institute of Medicine Report Prompts Debate Over Graduate Medical Education Funding, Oversight
July 29, 2015
Ever since 1997, when the federal Balanced Budget Act froze Medicare’s overall funding for graduate medical education, debates have flared regularly over whether and how the U.S.
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Regional CMO Robert Zipper, MD, MMM, SFHM, is Proud to Be Known as a Leader
July 29, 2015
Any hospitalist working for the largest HM group (HMG) in the country has one heck of a top-down perspective.