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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
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Katherine Hochman, MD, MBA, FHM
March 2, 2013
Dr. Hochman is assistant chief of medicine and director of the hospitalist program at New York University Medical Center (NYUMC) in New York City
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Hospital Medicine Leaders Set to Converge for HM13
March 1, 2013
Highlights of the Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting include sessions on the Choosing Wisely campaign, health care reform, and patient safety
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Hospital Medicine Guidelines for Management of Diabetic Foot Infections
March 1, 2013
Coordinated clinical care is important for improving patient care and outcomes
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Affordable Care Act Provides Two-Year Increase in Medicaid Payments for Primary-Care Services
March 1, 2013
Medicaid-to-Medicare parity regulation will increase total revenue for some hospitalist groups
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Hospital Medicine Group Leaders Strive to Balance Administrative, Clinical Tasks
March 1, 2013
For some hospitalist group leaders, taking a lighter clinical workload allows them to fulfill administrative duties as well
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Automated Hospital Inpatient Assignment Program Increases Efficiency, Coordination of Care
March 1, 2013
Computerized program evenly distributes hospitalist workload
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Report: Hospitals Show Improvement on Infection Rates, but Progress Slows on CAUTIs
February 11, 2013
Work to reduce in-hospital adverse events still to be done, says hospitalist expert