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A New Direction
November 2, 2011
Respected researcher brings energy, fresh ideas as Journal of Hospital Medicine’s second editor-in-chief.
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What Is the Best Approach for the Evaluation and Management of Endocrine Incidentalomas?
- Darlene Tad-Y, MD;
- Section OF
November 2, 2011
Inpatient approach to endocrine incidentalomas should include characterization of the clinical signs and symptoms, size, function, and malignant potential of the lesion
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Does Hospital Medicine Reinforce the Pillars of Career Satisfaction?
November 2, 2011
Flexible schedules, job security, andwork-life balance offset most concerns with stress, autonomy, and recognition.
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Opinion
Good Citizenship
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
November 2, 2011
Can a performance bonus help?
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Business Drivers
November 2, 2011
At SHM’s Leadership Academy, hospitalists get behind the wheel
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Bayes Theorem? There’s an App for That
November 2, 2011
A hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has created an iPhone application to help give academic HM groups fingertip access to Bayesian nomograms and real-time research.
Hospitalist Elizabeth Farrell, MD, says an app dubbed Medicine Toolkit (www.medicinetoolkit.com) should be
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In the Literature: The latest research you need to know
- Dimitriy Levin, MD;
- Jennifer Simpson, MD;
- Kristin Furfari, MD;
- Laura Rosenthal, DNP, ACNP;
- Nichole Zehnder, MD
November 2, 2011
Care-transitions intervention and rates of hospital readmission; Post-pneumonia CXR and rates of lung cancer identification; Hospitalist outcomes during and after hospitalization; Timing of smoking cessation and surgical outcomes
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The Appropriate Patient Census
October 5, 2011
More than half of survey respondents say 11-15 patients a day is ideal
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Transferring “Boarders” Could Save Millions
October 4, 2011
A pilot project that transferred “boarded” patients from one hospital’s ED to an inpatient bed at another nearby hospital in the same health system suggests that the concept could save hospitals millions.
“Improvement in Emergency Department Treatment Capacity: A Health System Integration Approac
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Joint Commission Launches Certification for Hospital Palliative Care
October 4, 2011
A new Joint Commission program offering advanced certification for hospital-based palliative-care services is accepting applications and conducting daylong surveys through the end of this month. As with the Joint Commission’s reviews of other specialty services (e.g.