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Why Hospitalists are Important, Integral, and Irreplaceable
April 26, 2012
As an introduction to my new role as physician editor, I should explain why I took this on. Simply stated: I drank the Kool-Aid. I firmly believe in the power and future of hospital medicine.
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John Nelson: Your Hospital Should Use Scripts to Describe Hospitalists to Patients
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
April 26, 2012
Ideally, all communication about the hospitalist as an individual and the whole system of hospitalist care should help reassure the patient. Sadly, many people at the hospital unwittingly do the opposite.
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Wachter Highlights New Era for Hospitalists
April 5, 2012
Increasingly complex healthcare system calls for hospitalists to “champion reform,” Wachter tells HM12 attendees
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Complex Medically Ill Patients: A Challenge for PCPs and Hospitalists
March 31, 2012
Every year, primary-care physicians (PCPs) and hospitalists struggle to manage care for complex medically ill patients, according to a new survey conducted by SHM and QuantiaMD.
Complex medically ill patients have two or more concurrent chronic conditions that require ongoing medical attention or li
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Hospitalists Provide Leadership as Unit Medical Directors
March 31, 2012
A project to formalize “local leadership models”—partnering leadership teams comprising a hospitalist and a nurse manager on each participating unit—at the University of Michigan Health System helped to redefine the role of unit medical director and led to allocating sufficie
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WIN WHITCOMB: CMS Core Measures Program a Win-Win for Hospitalists
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
March 31, 2012
Looking back, many of us saw the huge opportunity created by the CMS core measures a decade ago. A good number of core measures recently have been retired or suspended.
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Pioneering Hospitalists Earn Masters of Hospital Medicine Designation
March 7, 2012
SHM honors Drs. Cawley, Lindenauer, Williams with highest designation
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Hospitalists On the Move
February 29, 2012
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Quality Improvement Success Key to Hospitalist Professional Satisfaction
February 29, 2012
While quality improvement (QI) is the niche of hospital medicine, most hospitalists are not adept in this science. HM12 is an excellent venue for everyone to get up to speed on this necessary and vital aspect of the care we provide.
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Pediatric Hospitalists Share Lessons Learned on the Path to Executive Leadership
February 29, 2012
A handful of pediatric hospitalists have assumed major administrative responsibilities in their hospitals. Most say their HM experience was crucial to the journey.