News
Actors Help Health-Care Providers Develop Better Patient Communication Skills
September 1, 2013
Hospitalists learn how to give bad medical news to patients and families through role-playing with actors portraying patients
News
Project BOOST Study Documents Modest Impact on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions
September 1, 2013
Experts suggest rehospitalizations may not be best quality metric for care transitions
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News
Pediatric Hospital Medicine Marks 10th Anniversary
- Weijen Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP
September 1, 2013
Record attendance, key issues addressed at annual meeting of pediatric hospitalists in New Orleans
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News
Career Boost a Benefit of Winning SHM’s Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes Poster Competition
September 1, 2013
Past winners describe how the recognition helped shape their professional path
News
Record Attendance, Key Issues Highlight Pediatric Hospital Medicine’s 10th Anniversary
- Weijen W. Chang, MD, SFHM, FAAP
August 19, 2013
Annual meeting of pediatric hospitalists features high-level speakers, an in-depth look at unnecessary treatments, and the JCPHM recommending a 2-year fellowship
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News
Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
August 2, 2013
The latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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News
SHM Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Tosha Wetterneck, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
August 2, 2013
Dr. Wetterneck is a member of SHM’s career satisfaction and work-life survey team, and a quality improvement mentor
News
Three Easy Ways to Get Ahead in Hospital Medicine
August 2, 2013
SHM’s Awards of Excellence program, Project BOOST initiative, Choosing Wisely campaign can advance your career, hospital
News
Reviews of Research on Steroids and VTE Risk, Epidural Catheterization, and Beta-Blockers During Noncardiac Surgery
- Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM;
- Deb Levy, MD, MPH;
- Grace Farris, MD;
- Ian McCormick, MD;
- Lauren Doctoroff, MD, FHM;
- Vasudev C. Mandyam, MD
August 2, 2013
Also reviewed this month: advance-care planning for hospitalized elderly, impact of surgical complications, and patient-centered decision making
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Opinion
Bundled-Payment Program Basics
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
August 2, 2013
Hospitalists’ roles and financial stake in health-care reimbursement model of accountable care organizations