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Multi-Site Hospitalist Leaders: HM15 Session Summary
April 15, 2015
Session: Multi-site Hospitalist Leaders: Unique Challenges/What You Should Know
HM15 Presenter/Moderator: Scott Rissmiller, MD
Summation: This standing-room-only session was the result of a popular HMX e-community, which has become an active discussion board.
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HM15 Session Analysis: Innovative Hospitalist Staffing Models
- Amanda Trask, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CMPE, SFHM
April 9, 2015
HM15 Presenters: John Nelson, MD, MHM; Daniel Hanson, MD, FHM; Darren Thomas, MD
Summation: The presenters, from three entirely different geographic regions across the U.S., walked the audience through several different innovative hospitalist staffing models, from staffing in a multi-hospital sy
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SHM, IPC Healthcare Launch Hospitalist-Focused, Post–Acute-Care Educational Program
April 7, 2015
Hospitalists practicing in post–acute-care facilities have a new resource via an SHM partnership.
The society and IPC Healthcare of North Hollywood, Calif., debuted at the "Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities" at 2015 annual meeting.
The educational program, housed at SHM's L
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TeamHealth’s Dr. Jasen Gunderson Designs Own Path to Hospital Medicine
April 3, 2015
Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM, didn’t take the straightest path to HM. First, as he entered University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, he thought he’d be an emergency medicine physician. Then he thought about being a rural primary care physician.
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Hospitalist Training Helps Phuoc Le, MD, MPH, Fight Global Health Inequality
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8736" align="alignright" width="279"] Left: Typical Ebola educational mural in Monrovia, Liberia. Inset: Left; Dr. Phuoc Le doffing personal protective equipment at CDC Ebola training in Atlanta prior to departure.
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Leadership Basics for Young Hospitalists
April 3, 2015
Editor’s note: first published online at shmcareercenter.org
There are many practical skills you should hone if you are interested in becoming a team leader in your hospital medicine group—among them the ability to engage others, to effectively conduct an efficient meeting, and to meet project de
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Hospitalists’ Responsibility, Role in Readmission Prevention
April 3, 2015
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Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, K.T.
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Technology May Offer Solutions to Hospitalists’ Readmissions Exposure
April 3, 2015
Almost weekly, a white paper, report, journal article, or press release touts a new program, software, or technology system offering to help hospitals improve their readmissions avoidance processes and penalty exposure.
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Leadership 101: Basic skills for early-career hospitalists
March 10, 2015
There are many practical skills you should hone if you are interested in becoming a team leader in your hospital medicine group—among them the ability to engage others, to effectively conduct an efficient meeting, and to meet project deadlines.
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Hospitalists Gear Up for HM15
March 10, 2015
Hospital medicine will descend on Washington, D.C., again.
At least 2,500 attendees are expected at SHM's annual meeting, HM15, which kicks off March 29 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.