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The Role of Hospitalists in Stroke Management
September 1, 2005
Training, protocols, and communication remain key. Plus, a look at the stroke teams at Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center
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Hospitalists Recognize and Reward Value
- Ceo;
- Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP;
- Society OF
September 1, 2005
Hospital medicine has arrived at just the right moment for a healthcare delivery system in need of change. Medical errors and cost escalation continue to dominate the headlines.
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Palliative Care Services Offer New Horizons for Hospitalists
July 1, 2005
Howard Epstein, a hospitalist at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN, spent nearly 2 years planning an inpatient palliative care consultation service for Regions before its launch in January of this year. A multidisciplinary advisory committee met monthly to help with the planning, and Dr.
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Patient-Centered, Measurable-Quality, True Teamwork
- Larry Wellikson, MD, FACP
July 1, 2005
I have mentioned in previous columns and often in public speeches that hospitalists will actively create and implement the hospital of the future.
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Resource Utilization: How Hospitalists Add Value to the Bottom Line
March 1, 2005
Value Added by Hospitalists (sixth in a series)
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Improving Physicians’ Practices: Hospitalists Add Value
- Burke T. Kealey, MD;
- Larry Vidrine, MD
March 1, 2005
Value Added by Hospitalists (fifth in a series)
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What Is a Hospitalist?
- Jeanne Huddleston, MD, FACP
March 1, 2005
The next Annual Meeting is near. This means that the year, serving as your President, has nearly come to an end. As a result, this will be my last column.
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Issues in Determining Appropriate Levels of Hospitalist Staffing
January 2, 2005
Introduction
A major challenge for leaders of hospital medicine programs is determining appropriate staffing levels.
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Resident Work Hours, Hospitalist Programs, and Academic Medical Centers
- and Scott Flanders, MD;
- Vikas Parekh, MD
January 2, 2005
In July of 2003, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) implemented new rules that restricted resident work hours to no more than 80 per week and restricted continuous duty to no more than 30 hours (24 hours plus 6 hours for transfer of care, the “24+6” rule).
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Education: Hospitalists Add Value to Formal and Informal Learning Processes
- Mary Pak, MD;
- Teresa Jones, DO
January 1, 2005
Value Added by Hospitalists (fourth in a series)