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AHRQ Report Moves Conversation About Patient Outcomes Forward
May 7, 2013
Co-author says recommendations are evidence-based, but not a "magic bullet"
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SHM Supports Clarification to Observational Status Loophole for Medicare Patients
May 2, 2013
Change would enable beneficiaries to qualify for Medicare-covered skilled nursing facility care after leaving the hospital
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SHM To Award First Certificates of Leadership at HM13
May 2, 2013
Q&A with Thomas McIlraith, MD, SFHM, who will accept one of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s first Certificate of Leadership awards
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Mangla Gulati, MD, FACP, FHM
May 2, 2013
Dr. Gulati is a physician advisor, the medical director for clinical effectiveness, and an assistant professor in the division of general internal medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Opinion
Coordinated Approach May Help in Caring for Hospitals’ Neediest Patients
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
May 2, 2013
Care plans for frequent fliers can reduce readmission rates, ED visits, and stress
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Drive Change in an ACO
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 30, 2013
Change your mindset and consider four key strategies
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Stricter Duty-Hour Regulations Tied to Diminished Patient Care
April 24, 2013
Decreased continuity of patient care and perceived quality of care reported in a study on the impact of shorter shifts for hospital residents
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SHM Tallies Ratio of Hospital Respondents’ Observation Admissions to Inpatient Admission Encounters
April 2, 2013
Included in the Society of Hospital Medicine’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Report, the new metric was added due to increased hospital observation encounters
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
- David Lee, MD, MBA;
- Department OF;
- Indranill Basu Ray, MD;
- Jeremiah Newsom, MD;
- Lakshmi Ravipati, MD;
- Luis Teixeira, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
April 1, 2013
Value of routine preoperative urine screening assessed; Impact of hospitalist-led intermediate care on patient survival; Risks of blood transfusion to treat upper GI bleeding; Low-dose steroids and increased mortality in sepsis; Reduced length of stay and hospital readmission rates; Restrictive blood transfusion strategies better for acute myocardial infarction; Trends in GI illnesses and their associated costs; Apixaban as a stand-alone anticoagulant in patients with VTE; Guidelines for upper endoscopy use in gastroesophageal reflux disease
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Foundation Chips in to Reduce 30-Day Readmissions
March 13, 2013
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation organizes healthcare community coalitions to help limit avoidable rehospitalizations, among other initiatives