News
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.
News
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).
News
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.
Audio
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.
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News
Hospitals Launch Bedside Procedure Services
March 3, 2015
A dedicated procedure team or service can give hospitals needed expertise without requiring a one-size-fits-all approach.
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Physician Residency Training Gets Boost from Quality Improvement Clinics
March 3, 2015
Although two Institute of Medicine reports say medical educators fall short on giving physician residents the skills they need to make sure patients get safe, high quality care, fewer than 20% of U.S.
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Opinion
Geographic Rounding of Hospital Nurses Challenges Unit-Based Theory
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
March 3, 2015
Nurses, of course, have always been assigned by unit—that is, geographically. So it should come as no surprise that searching “unit-based” at the-hospitalist.org returns many articles about assigning hospitalists geographically, but not nurses, partly because few would consider it a new idea.