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Opinion
Culture: An unseen force in the hospital workplace
- Prasanth Prabhakaran, MD;
- Venkatrao Medarametla, MD
May 17, 2019
The principles of crew resource management can be applied to hospital medicine to maintain positive work culture.
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News
CBO predicts more Medicare spending with drug rebate proposal
May 9, 2019
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that spending in the Medicare program would increase by $170 billion over the 2020-2029 period due to the proposed drug rebate changes.
News
Racial, economic disparities found in buprenorphine prescriptions
May 8, 2019
Black patients and patients without private health insurance are less likely to receive a buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorder.
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News
Clinicians, CMS confer over heart failure–readmission penalty
April 10, 2019
Evidence showed the CMS hospital penalty for excess heart failure readmissions has had unintended adverse consequences and needs fixing.
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News
In search of high-value care
April 9, 2019
Successful adoption of high-value care practices requires a disciplined approach.
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News
Adapting to change key to hospitalists’ future, SHM president says
March 26, 2019
“Run toward change,” Dr. Afsar urged attendees. “And be a force of positive change.”
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Opinion
Hospitalists and PTs: Building strong relationships
March 21, 2019
Hospitalists and physical therapists can together achieve high-value care during and following a hospitalization.
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News
Andexanet alfa effectively reverses factor Xa inhibition
March 18, 2019
HONOLULU – The drug establishes good or excellent hemostasis in 82% of patients with acute major bleeding associated with factor Xa inhibition.
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News
The power of policy at HM19
March 15, 2019
Featured speaker will be Dr. Reena Duseja, acting director of the Quality Measurement and Value-based Incentives Group at CMS.
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News
Advance care planning codes not being used
March 14, 2019
Few physicians are taking advantage of Medicare payment codes that reimburse them for discussing end-of-life planning with patients.