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The Lone Hospitalist in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan
November 4, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11766" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: www.nytimes.comA screenshot of the New York Times website featuring Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff’s article "The Worst Atrocity You’ve Never Heard Of,” which chronicles Dr.
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SHM Holding Roundtable for Hospitalist Practice Administrators
November 4, 2015
Are you a hospitalist practice administrator in a new role? SHM can help—and the upcoming roundtable discussion presented by Glenn Appelbaum, CHE, CPA, and Heather Fordyce, BS, on December 9 can help you find the resources to enable you to manage your practice effectively and efficiently.
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Opinion
Eliminations Hospitalist Groups Should Consider
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
November 4, 2015
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Editor’s note: Second in a continuing series of articles exploring ways hospitalist groups can cut back.
In last month’s column, I made the case that most hospitalist groups should think abo
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources Often Lacking in Hospitalists’ Routines
November 4, 2015
The best antibiotic stewardship programs weave improvements into the routines of hospitalists. But at the end of the day, developing and overseeing these important programs does require some level of time and money.
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10 Things Geriatricians Want Hospitalists to Know
October 6, 2015
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How many octogenarians do you treat in a year? Nonagenarians? Centenarians? How much have their numbers increased over the last two decades?
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Hospitalists Support Medicare’s Plan to Reimburse Advance Care Planning
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignright" width="295"] SHM has joined 65 medical specialty and professional societies in signing a letter to HHS asking for end-of-life care codes to be formalized in CY 2016.Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption]
On July 8, following on the heels of the
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Hospitalists Can Earn CME Credits for Acute Coronary Syndrome Performance Improvement
October 6, 2015
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die of an acute myocardial infarction. Although ACS is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, a broad range of clinical strategies can affect outcomes if implemented effectively.
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Hospitalists in Richmond, Virginia Take Lead in Admitting Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
- Ibe Mbanu, MD, MBA, MPH;
- William Thistlethwaite, MD
October 6, 2015
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are rapidly becoming commonplace treatment for end-stage heart failure, either as a bridge to transplant or as destination therapy alone.1,2 More and more patients are surviving with LVAD therapy and going on to live longer, fuller lives.
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Interdisciplinary Team Care on General Medical Units Does Not Improve Patient Outcomes
- Devin Horton, MD;
- Jenny Tuan, MD;
- Joshua Labrin, MD, SFHM;
- Karli Edholm, MD;
- Katie Lappe, MD;
- Kencee Graves
October 6, 2015
Clinical question: Does interdisciplinary care on general medical wards improve patient outcomes?
Background: Patients on general medical wards might experience errors and/or preventable deaths.
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Interdisciplinary Team Interventions Have Little Impact on Traditional Quality Measures
- Nita Shrikant Kulkarni, MD
October 5, 2015
Clinical question: Do interdisciplinary team care interventions affect outcomes for hospitalized patients in general medical wards?
Bottom line: Interdisciplinary team care interventions do not significantly affect oft-used quality measures such as length of stay, readmissions, or mortality.