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Opinion
Much Ado about Hospital Quality
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
February 2, 2015
I have reported previously on major incentive programs under Medicare and the Affordable Care Act that affect hospitals and, by extension, their affiliated hospitalists. I’d like to provide you with an update on these programs.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Connects Physicians in Training with Specialty
February 2, 2015
SHM is introducing the Student Hospitalist Scholar Grant, an award of $500 a week for the summer to cover salary support for a student project related to patient safety/quality improvement or other areas relevant to the field of hospital medicine.
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Bedside Attention Tests May Be Useful in Detecting Delirium
- Courtney O’Rourke, DO;
- Deepak Asudani, MD, MPH, FHM;
- Division OF;
- Leslie Martin, MD;
- Meghan Sebasky, MD;
- Remus Popa, MD, FHM;
- Robert El-Kareh, MD, MPH, MS
February 2, 2015
Clinical question: Are simple bedside attention tests a reliable way to routinely screen for delirium?
Background: Early diagnosis of delirium decreases adverse outcomes, but it often goes unrecognized, in part because clinicians do not routinely screen for it.
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Vermont Hospital Honored for Reducing Healthcare-Associated Infections
February 2, 2015
The University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC), a 562-bed academic facility in Burlington, has been honored with a Partnership in Prevention award for sustainable improvements to eliminate healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The award, sponsored by the U.S.
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, January 2015
January 7, 2015
This month, The Hospitalist features new appointments, promotions, awards, and achievements of hospital medicine physicians and healthcare industry professionals.
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News
Fit Direct Observation of Medical Trainees Into Your Day
- Cheryl W. O’Malley, MD, FHM;
- Kelly Caverzagie, MD
January 7, 2015
All of us who work with housestaff understand that a crucial component of teaching clinical medicine is to take the time to both supervise resident work and deliver constructive feedback on its quality.
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Audio
LISTEN NOW: Co-Management in Hospital Medicine
January 6, 2015
In this podcast, hospitalists discuss why co-management in hospital medicine is still a work in progress. Dr. Bradley Flansbaum, a founding member of SHM and current member of SHM’s Public Policy Committee, says every member of a medical team needs to pull their weight and communicate. Dr.
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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