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Pediatric Hospitalist Michael Beck, MD, FAAP, Measures Success By Others’ Success
August 5, 2016
Young boys sometimes see a firefighter or a police officer in the line of duty and decide that’s what they want to be when they get older.
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SHM Leadership Academy: Learning Awaits in Mastering Teamwork Course
July 26, 2016
As the SHM Leadership Academy’s course director, I always find time to visit the Mastering Teamwork course because each year, even though it’s slightly different, it’s still exciting.
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Education, Networking Opportunities Inspire Arizona Hospitalist Vishal Verma, MD, to Start New SHM Chapter
July 5, 2016
Editor’s note: As SHM celebrates the “Year of the Hospitalist,” we’re putting the spotlight on some of our most active members who are making substantial contributions to hospital medicine. You can get involved, too!
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LETTER: Point-of-Care Ultrasound: The (Sound) Wave of the Future for Hospitalists
July 3, 2016
Small devices carried in pockets during rounds can enable hospitalists to make quick decisions at the bedside, enhance and teach physical exam skills, streamline patient flow through the hospital, and potentially avoid the cost and risk of exposure to radiation.
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MACRA Rule Offers Little Clarity for Hospitalists
July 2, 2016
Last year, Congress put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), which had become a yearly battle fought on behalf of and by physicians to prevent significant last-minute cuts to Medicare reimbursement.
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Hospitalist Jill Slater Waldman, MD, SFHM, Watched the Field Grow Up But Thinks Peers Deserve More Credit
June 29, 2016
Jill Slater Waldman, MD, SFHM, loved math and science and working with people, so a career in medicine was always the logical choice. She just didn’t want to leave a hospital, literally.
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Hospitalist Chief Finds Value in SHM’s Hospitalist Engagement Benchmarking Service
June 2, 2016
Rachel Lovins, MD, SFHM, CPE, is the chief of hospital medicine and vice chair of the Department of Medicine at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn.
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Everything You Want to Know About Living with a Hospitalist
- Karen Pressel;
- Rob Pressel
May 31, 2016
As a hospitalist, patient satisfaction is top of mind. Then there’s another group of people whose satisfaction is also paramount: your family. What do they have to say about life with a hospitalist?
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Clarifying the Roles of Hospitalist and PCP
May 31, 2016
Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
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Stella Fitzgibbons, MD, FHM, Relishes the Variety, Interactions of Hospitalist Practice
May 25, 2016
Stella Fitzgibbons, MD, FHM, was an engineer for several years after college. But there wasn’t enough working with people for her taste. So she moved into internal medicine.