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    Hospitalists Support Medicare’s Plan to Reimburse Advance Care Planning

    • Kelly April Tyrrell

    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

    • Brendon Shank

    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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    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.

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    Hospital Medicine Administrator Amanda Trask Values Hospitalists, HM Role in Healthcare

    • Richard Quinn

    October 5, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_11467" align="alignright" width="250"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] Most people think a career in hospital medicine means a medical degree that confers those two ubiquitous letters after your name. Amanda Trask blazed her

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    Hospitalists Key Partners in Healthcare’s Future, Evolution

    • Rich Umbdenstock

    October 5, 2015

    After a career working for hospitals, I am about to retire as president and CEO of the American Hospital Association (AHA), an organization that represents some 5,000 hospitals and health systems.

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    Hospitalists’ Role in Improving Patient Experience: A Baldridge Winner’s Perspective

    • Chip Caldwell; 
    • James Partin, MD; 
    • Jayne Pope, MBA, RN

    September 9, 2015

    How Texas-based Hill Country Memorial achieved top-level patient experience performance by engaging physicians, using consumer input

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    Clinical Care Conundrums Provide Learning Potential for Hospitalists

    • Julianna Lindsey, MD MBA

    September 9, 2015

    At A Glance Series: Hospital Medicine: Current Concepts Title: Clinical Care Conundrums: Challenging Diagnoses in Hospital Medicine Edited by: James C. Pile, Thomas E.

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    Hospitalist Elizabeth Cook, MD, Pursues Lifetime of Learning

    • Richard Quinn

    September 9, 2015

    [caption id="attachment_11159" align="alignright" width="300"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] Physicians are lifelong learners by definition. But Elizabeth Cook, MD, is still an actual student. Dr.

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