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Community Service Helps Hospitalists Build Connections, Earn Credibility
July 1, 2014
Community activities offer opportunities to bond with hospital stakeholders, locals
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Society of Hospital Medicine Leadership Academy Provides Practical Tips, Hands-On Collaboration, Networking for Hospitalists
July 1, 2014
Three courses cover leadership foundations, advanced influential management and mastering teamwork skills
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10 Choosing Wisely Recommendations by Specialists for Hospitalists
June 1, 2014
Medical societies list safe, cost-effective tests physicians should perform—and ones to avoid—when diagnosing patients
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Bill to Clarify Three-Midnight Rule for Medicare Patients Gains Support from Congress, Hospitalists
- U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
May 1, 2014
H.R. 1179 would eliminate confusion around hospital admission requirements to cover skilled nursing care; relieve financial burden for Medicare patients, families
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Hospitalist Reviews on Healthcare-associated Infections, Mortality Benefit with Single Peripheral Pulmonary Emboli, Oral Anticoagulants to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
- Allison L. Smith, MD;
- Joshua Labrin, MD;
- Kelly C. Sponsler, MD, FHM;
- Kelly L. Sopko, MD, FHM;
- Laine J. Murphey, MD, PhD;
- Olamide Zaka, MD
May 1, 2014
Also reviewed this month: comorbidities and avoidable hospital readmissions, effect of resident handoff bundles on medical errors, pediatric readmission rates, sepsis diagnoses
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Frustrated with Existing Systems, Hospitalists Collaborate to Improve Health Information Technology
May 1, 2014
Physicians at Society of Hospital Medicine's annual meeting focus on end-user issues with electronic health records systems, medical informatics services
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How Hospitalists Can Improve Efficiency on Inpatient Wards
- Christine Donahue, MD;
- Danielle Smith, MD, SFHM;
- Rajesh Chandra, MD, FHM
May 1, 2014
Organized pre-rounding sessions; a prioritized order of patient rounds; succinct, timely discharge documentation can help facilitate patient throughput
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Hospitalists Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
April 1, 2014
Physicians' use of educational content sponsored by Society of Hospital Medicine, other groups designed to provide better patient-centered care
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Four Hospitalists Retrace Path to C-Suite Executive Ranks
April 1, 2014
Drs. Brian Harte, Nasim Afsar, Patrick Torcson, Steve Narang discuss the qualities, skills, strategies that landed them in hospitals' top spots
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Hospitalist Thrives In Leadership Role Overseeing Care Coordination
April 1, 2014
South Carolina-based hospital medicine group director Jairy Hunter III, MD, is all about getting things done