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Nine Ways Hospitals Can Use Electronic Health Records to Reduce Readmissions
September 2, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine Health Information Technology committee members offer recommendations to slash unnecessary rehospitalizations
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Derail Behavioral Emergencies in Hospitals
- David M. Pressel, MD, PhD
September 2, 2014
Staying safe, calm can help hospital staff de-escalate high-risk patient outbursts
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Project BOOST Pays Off
August 1, 2014
Applications for 2014 cohort of hospital readmissions reduction program accepted through August 30
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Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp for Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners
August 1, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine's annual program scheduled Oct. 2–5 at Atlanta’s Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel
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LISTEN NOW: Clinical Decision-Making Live
July 31, 2014
Hospitalist Gupreet Dhaliwal of the University of California San Franscisco shares clinical decision-making philosophies at HM14
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Aspirin May Deserve Closer Look as DVT Prophylaxis in Lower Extremity Orthopedic Surgeries
July 31, 2014
Aspirin may be as effective as anticoagulants following hip, knee arthroplasties; anticoagulants preferred post-hip fracture repair
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2014: Negotiation 101
July 30, 2014
Understandings about the concepts and process of negotiation can lead to successful negotiations
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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