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Opinion
A Practice Resolution
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
December 2, 2014
In the heart of the holiday season’s gluttony (and the challenges of staffing the holidays), we need something to get us excited for 2015.
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Cut Costs, Improve Quality and Patient Experience
December 2, 2014
“Now that’s a fire!”
—Eddie Murphy
This is the final column in my five-part series tracing the history of the hospitalist movement and the factors that propelled it into becoming the fastest growing medical specialty in history and the mainstay of American medicine that it has become.
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News
Early Warning System Boosts Sepsis Detection, Care
November 19, 2014
An alert system that monitors inpatients at risk of developing sepsis can prompt early sepsis care, can speed patient transfers to the ICU, and may even reduce mortality risk from sepsis.
A recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine reports on an early warning and response system
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Medicare Program to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions Could Be Better
November 3, 2014
Medicare Program to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Conditions Could Be BetterMedicare, hospital-acquired condition, reduce, patient safety, adverse events, penalty
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State of Hospital Medicine Report an Evaluation Tool for Hospital Medicine Groups
- William A. Landis, MD, FHM
November 2, 2014
State of Hospital Medicine Report an Evaluation Tool for Hospital Medicine Groups
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Veterans Health Administration Will Pilot New Health Information Technology Platform
- Monica R. Hazelrigg, MD;
- phd, SFHM
November 2, 2014
Veterans Health Administration Will Pilot New Health Information Technology Platform
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News
Four Things HMGs Should Do To Prepare for Ebola
October 27, 2014
Dallas-based hospitalist recommends ways to spot patients with potential infection, prevent disease spread
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Patient Dumping Lawsuit Raises Awareness of Needs of Homeless
October 27, 2014
Hospitalist offers tips for discharging indigent patients
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Baystate Medical Center’s Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
October 24, 2014
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction. Get an up-close look at the service with our 6-minute feature video:
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Focus on Patient Experience Strengthens Hospital Medicine Movement
October 15, 2014
Monitoring, improving patient experiences gains importance as hospitalists target quality initiatives