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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
News
Two Distinct Pathways to Hospital Leadership
July 8, 2013
Experts offer career advancement routes, warn hospitalists of time, energy, and financial commitment
News
Minutes Matter for Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
July 3, 2013
Reducing onset-to-treatment time by just 15 minutes lowers in-hospital mortality, hemorrhage rates: JAMA study
News
Direct Provider Communication Not Associated with 30-Day Readmissions
- Allison L. Smith, MD;
- Emily Tarvin, MD;
- J. Daniel Markley, DO;
- Kelly C. Sponsler, MD, FHM;
- Kevin Flemmons, MD, SFHM;
- Section OF
July 2, 2013
How often do inpatient providers report direct communication with outpatient providers, and how is direct communication associated with 30-day readmissions?