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TeamHealth Announces $1.6 Billion Acquisition of IPC Healthcare
August 4, 2015
TeamHealth has acquired IPC Healthcare in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $1.6 billion, or $80.25 per share, according to a release on the TeamHealth website.
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10 Tips for Hospitalists to Achieve an Effective Medical Consult
- Dennis Chang, MD, FHM;
- Erin Gabriel, MD
July 29, 2015
A medical consult is an amazing way to learn. Consultation challenges us to practice our best medicine while also exposing us to innovations in other specialties. It can forge new and productive relationships with physicians from all specialties.
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Standard Discharge Communication Process Improves Verbal Handoffs between Hospitalists, PCPs
July 29, 2015
Clinical question: Can a standardized discharge communication process, coupled with an electronic health record (EHR) system, improve the proportion of completed verbal handoffs from in-hospital physicians to PCPs within 24 hours of patient discharge?
Background: Discharge from the hospital setti
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The Hospitalist Earns Pair of 2015 Awards for Publication Excellence for Health and Medical Writing
July 29, 2015
The Hospitalist has been honored with two 2015 Awards of Excellence in the Health and Medical Writing category from the Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX).
The annual awards, presented to corporate and nonprofit publications, received 1,851 total entries, including nearly 400 entries to the
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Medical Professionalism: Its Evolution and What It Means to Hospitalists
July 29, 2015
Professionalism is an overused word in the medical industry. What exactly is meant by professionalism, and what should it mean to hospitalists?
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Antibiotic Stewardship and Hospitalists: How to Educate Patients on Antibiotics
July 29, 2015
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on SHM’s official blog, “The Hospital Leader,” in June 2015.
“Tell me what you know about antibiotics.”
That’s the discussion I start with hospitalized patients all the time, right after they ask me to prescribe antibiotics for their simple cough
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Podcast Series “Before the White Coat” Explores Early Lives of Hospitalists
July 29, 2015
Editor’s note: This article is adapted from a June 2015 post on SHM’s official blog, “The Hospital Leader”.
When you see him on stage, it’s like he’s always been here.
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Hospitalists Choose Quality Metrics Most Important to Them
July 29, 2015
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Fantasy sports, hospital medicine, and quality metrics.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Events, Online Tools, Programs for Hospitalists
July 6, 2015
Schedule includes HM16, leadership conferences, new Podcast, quality improvement Webinars, continuing medical education modules
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Hospitalists Should Embrace Advances, Transparency in Health Record Technology
July 6, 2015
We are definitely in the era of data access and transparency. These days you can find information on anything and everything within a matter of seconds. You can become a subject matter expert on any topic within a matter of hours: music, cooking, foreign language, weather, travel.