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Beware Hospital Compare? New Measures Highlight Questions Surrounding Healthcare Quality Report Cards
April 26, 2012
A recent addition of patient-safety metrics has rekindled skeptical questions about the validity, purpose, and effectiveness of public healthcare quality report cards.
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Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists, PCPs, and Population Health
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 26, 2012
Game on with SHM’s Complex Medically Ill Project
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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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Jeffrey Glasheen, New SHM Board Member, Committed to Raising Quality of Care
April 18, 2012
Says he’ll “push the envelope” for quality issues
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Hospitalitsts Should Embrace Value-Based Purchasing
April 3, 2012
Get used to being measured, and learn new skills and competencies, says HM12 speaker.
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HM12 Pre-course Analysis: How to Improve Performance in CMS Valued Based Purchasing Program
April 3, 2012
Four key takeaways hospitalists need to be thinking about
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Affordable Care Act Implementation and How Hospital Medicine Can Help Lead Health Care
- Larry W. Holder, MD, FACP, FHM;
- Team
April 2, 2012
Former hospitalist calls for collective action from hospitalists nationwide
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PQRS and VBP Is Mixing Politics and Money; What Could Be More Dicey
- Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM;
- Physician Editor;
- The
April 2, 2012
Patrick Torcson, MD, SFHM, outlines physician reimbursement initiatives important to hospitalists
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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.