Opinion
New hospitalist unit has stellar patient satisfaction scores
September 22, 2017
Here’s how a hospitalist group in Ohio achieved top quartile performance on the Physician Communication domain of the HCAHPS survey.
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Opinion
Student Hospitalist Scholars: The importance of shared mental models
September 15, 2017
It can be difficult to maintain quality patient care in a large health system with both increased census and increased handoffs.
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News
Hospitalist movers and shakers – Sept. 2017
September 8, 2017
Take note of some recent career transitions in the hospital medicine community.
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Opinion
Immigration reforms: Repercussions for hospitalists and the health care industry
- Mohan Ramkumar Pamerla, MD;
- Venkatrao Medarametla, MD
August 16, 2017
The U.S. health care system is starved for hospitalists and primary care physicians, and international medical graduates will continue to play a pivotal role.
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News
Future Hospitalist: Top 10 tips for carrying out a successful quality improvement project
- Alfred Burger, MD, FACP, SFHM;
- And Hyung J Cho, MD, FACP;
- Maria Anaizza Aurora Reyna, MD, FHM
August 10, 2017
Implementing a successful quality improvement project requires intelligent direction, strategic planning, and skillful execution.
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Opinion
Student Hospitalist Scholars: Preventing unplanned PICU transfers
July 25, 2017
SHM Student Hospitalist Scholar Farah Hussain wants to help design interventions to prevent pediatric clinical deterioration and unplanned transfers to the PICU.
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News
HM17 session summary: Hospitalists as leaders in patient flow and hospital throughput
July 12, 2017
An education session at HM17 focused on key topics in patient flow and throughput for hospitalist physicians.
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Article
SHM group membership strengthens teams, builds leaders at iNDIGO
May 30, 2017
James W. Levy, PA-C, SFHM, managing partner at iNDIGO Health Partners, discusses the benefits that SHM’s group membership has brought to the iNDIGO hospital medicine team.
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News
Workshop to help hospitalists with patient flow
May 3, 2017
Thursday at HM17, a panel of experts will lead small workshops of audience members on how to put the “go” back in the flow.
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News
Telehospitalists can expand capability, capacity
May 3, 2017
“We are hearing so much about a need for an alternative care model, [and] the virtual-care model is incredibly relevant in today’s environment,” one expert says.