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Ethics, Advocacy, and Disclosure: The Sunshine Rule
March 31, 2012
Letter highlights critical distinctions in compensation for teaching Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses
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Verify Your Liability Coverage before Taking that New Job
March 31, 2012
Now is the time to dust off your employment agreement and professional liability insurance policy and review what happen in the event a lawsuit is filed against you after you leave your current employer.
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JEFF GLASHEEN: What’s Been, What’s Next, and a Hogan Update
March 31, 2012
Jeff Glasheen's tenure as physician editor of The Hospitalist ends with this issue.
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HM12 Organizers Strive for ‘Meaningful’ Educational Offerings for Hospitalists
February 29, 2012
Jeff Glasheen, MD, SFHM, has been going to SHM’s annual meetings for a decade. He’s played the part of poster presenter, session leader, physician editor of The Hospitalist, and even just a healthcare consumer eager to hear what a keynote speaker has to say.
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Guidelines for VTE Prophylaxis in Medical Patient Populations, Including Stroke
February 29, 2012
Observational studies suggest that 50% of patients who develop a VTE in the hospital will do so despite appropriate prophylaxis.
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SHM, Hospitalists Play Key Roles in CMS Innovation
February 29, 2012
A lot has happened in the past year at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, and many details can now be filled in. Some of those details directly relate to the work of hospitalists.
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Massachusetts Healthcare Law Highlights Implications for National Healthcare Reform
- Christopher Guadagnino, PhD
February 29, 2012
The Massachusetts experience represents a microcosm of what might be expected on a national scale with the Affordable Care Act: success in covering the uninsured, but persistent access and cost challenges that can only be overcome with fundamental payment reform.
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John Nelson: ED Patient Throughput Is New Core Measure
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
February 29, 2012
Hospitals are likely to increase their customers’ satisfaction by improving “frontend” throughput from the ED to the inpatient unit. In fact, CMS added two new core measures (known as inpatient quality reporting, or IQR) that hospitals began reporting on Jan. 1.
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Incentives to Improve Hospital Readmission Rates OK
February 29, 2012
Is it legal to incentivize hospitalists to reduce readmission rates?
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Physician Involvement in Hospital Quality and Safety Programs
January 27, 2012
Do we encourage all doctors to participate, or do we require all doctors to participate?