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Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2014: Keynote Speakers Address Healthcare Reform, What Keeps Hospital CEO’s Awake at Night
- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP
July 30, 2014
Medicare CMO Pat Conway explains to packed crowd that CMS' Quality Strategy goals align well with ongoing pediatric hospital medicine efforts
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2014: Over-Diagnosis Is Harming Children
July 29, 2014
The classic example of over-diagnosis in pediatrics is asymptomatic urinary screening for neuroblastomas, where studies showed an increase in testing, an increase in diagnosis, but no change in mortality
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Quality Initiatives Earn Low Marks
July 2, 2014
Most think QI measures don't improve inpatient care: online survey by The Hospitalist
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Medicare Rule Change Raises Stakes for Hospital Discharge Planning
July 1, 2014
Regulation stresses screening patients for risk of adverse post-discharge outcomes; need for written discharge policies, procedures
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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Baystate Medical Center’s Unit-Based, Multidisciplinary Rounding Enhances Inpatient Care
- Jason Carris;
- Manuel Noguera
June 10, 2014
The hospitalist-led Broder Service empowers all care-team members to focus on patient quality, satisfaction.
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How Generation X-Era Physicians Have Energized Hospital Medicine
June 1, 2014
Gen-X hospitalists’ desire to work independently, achieve work-life balance has helped grow HM specialty at fast pace
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Society of Hospital Medicine Leadership Academy Heads to Honolulu in November
June 1, 2014
Courses in leadership foundations, advanced leadership techniques help hospitalists hone skills
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Registration for ASHP’s Medication Safety Collaborative Still Open
May 2, 2014
SHM members can register for specialty meeting held within American Society of Health-System Pharmacist’s conference starting May 31 in Las Vegas
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Society of Hospital Medicine Phases Out Inaccurate Nomenclature for Healthcare Professionals
May 1, 2014
Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists will no longer be called allied health provider, physician extender, or mid-level providers in society materials, databases
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State of the Art
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
May 1, 2014
A conversation about team-based, unit-focused care with Emory hospitalist Jason Stein, MD, SFHM