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Hot Topics in Practice Management; HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session RAPID FIRE PANEL: Hot Topics in Practice Management Updates on Key Issues, Including the Key Characteristics of an Effective HMG
HM15 Presenters: Roy Sittig MD SFHM, Jeffrey Frank MD MBA, Jodi Braun
Summation: Speakers covered timely topics regarding the Accountable Care Act, nam
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Small Hospitals Concerned about Readmissions Avoidance
April 3, 2015
Small, rural, and community-based hospitals face many of the same concerns about readmissions as large ones. James Baumgartner, MD, chief hospitalist at Essentia Health-St.
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Continuity Visits by Primary Care Physicians Could Benefit Inpatients
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignright" width="295"] Internist Gila Kriegel, MD, says most PCPs “likeseeing their patients through the course ofthe illness.”[/caption]
Hospital medicine leaders have long acknowledged the disconnects in medical care that occur at discharge.
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Medicare’s Patient-Centered Medical Homes Return Mixed Results
April 3, 2015
In late January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the early results of two multi-year innovation projects focused on the creation of patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs).
Although PCMH models have been lauded as a way to achieve CMS’ triple aim —better quality patie
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Patient, Family-Centered Care at Veterans Affairs Hospitals
April 3, 2015
The journey toward patient and family centered care (PFCC) has been one of the hallmarks of early twenty-first century healthcare transformation.
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What Is the Appropriate Medical and Interventional Treatment for Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke?
- Jennifer R. Simpson;
- Sharon N. Poisson, MD, MAS
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8692" align="alignright" width="300"] (click for larger image)Figure 1: A: Noncontrast head CT, normal B: CT angiogram maximum intensity projection, showing occluded right middle cerebral artery C: CT perfusion, blood volume images, showing small core infarct D: CT perfusion,
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Bedside Procedures and Ultrasound: Evidence and Cost of Doing Business
- Nancy K. Zeitoun, MD, FHM
April 2, 2015
HM15 presenters: Joshua D. Lenchus, DO, FACP, SFHM, and Nilam Soni, MD, FHM
Summary: Drs. Lenchus and Soni focused on the forces that are driving the value and success of established procedure teams in hospital medicine groups (HMGs).
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Federal Program to Cut Hospital Readmissions Turns Out Modest Results
March 10, 2015
A new report has found that only a small number of groups included in a government-funded experiment to cut Medicare readmissions actually produced results.
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LISTEN NOW: Adam E. Fall, MD, SFHM, discusses VTE management in an era of technology
March 6, 2015
Adam E.
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Tip-Top Tactics for Bedside Procedure Training
March 6, 2015
David Lichtman, PA, director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service in Baltimore, Md., says bedside procedure training should be consistent and thorough, regardless of whether the trainee is a medical student, a resident, a fellow, or an established physician.