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Physician Assistant Hooked on Hospital Medicine’s Patient Care Approach
July 6, 2015
James Levy, PA-C, SFHM, isn’t a doctor. But he’s been a hospitalist for more than 15 years.
A veteran physician assistant (PA), Levy is vice president of human resources (VPHR) for iNDIGO Health Partners of Traverse City, Mich., a firm he has co-owned since it began in 2008.
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, July 2015
July 6, 2015
Latest promotions, appointments for professionals in HM
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Lowering Systolic Blood Pressure Tied to Reduced Atrial Fibrillation Risk
June 25, 2015
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lower systolic blood pressure in patients being treated for hypertension is associated with a reduced risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to data from the LIFE study.
"Among hypertensive patients at high risk of atrial fibrillation who can tolerate
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Startup Pharmacy Takes Mail-Order to Next Level, Could Solve Medication Management Issue for Millions
June 10, 2015
It only takes one idea to help change the face of medicine and, recently, Forbes posted an article outlining a small startup pharmacy that could change the way we get our medication.
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Physician Learns Lessons About Patient Care from Failure
June 8, 2015
“Are you comfortable talking to him about all this stuff?” my attending asked me casually.
“Yeah, of course—sure,” I replied, trying to mimic the same casual tone.
STOP!
Hold on.
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Medical Care Overuse Causes Waste, Harm in Healthcare
June 8, 2015
A trickle of anecdotes has become a flood of cautionary tales.
There’s one about the patient in intensive care who didn’t have a cardiac condition yet still had a troponin blood test on 26 consecutive days.
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Opinion
Bundled Payment and Hospital Medicine, Pt. 2
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
June 8, 2015
Editor’s note: Second in a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. In full disclosure, Dr.
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Quality Data Dashboards Provide Performance Feedback to Physicians
June 1, 2015
A best-of-research plenary presentation at HM15 in National Harbor, Md., described a project to link physicians’ schedules to the electronic health record (EHR) in order to provide real-time, individualized performance feedback on key quality improvement and value metrics.
The abstract’s lead aut
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, June 2015
May 31, 2015
[caption id="attachment_9750" align="alignleft" width="66"] Dr. Bugger[/caption]
Tammy Bugger, hospitalist practice administrator at Alton Memorial Hospital (AMH) in Alton, Ill., was awarded Manager of the Year for Illinois by BJC Medical Group.
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s RIV Poster Contest Draws Best, Brightest
May 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_9306" align="alignright" width="295"] Donald Tashkin, MD, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., talks about his poster in the RIV poster competition.[/caption]
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—On one end of the cavernous exhibit hall space at HM15 stood Brendan Sullivan, OMS-II, a second-year