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Q&A with Hospitalist Administrator Amit Prachand
April 1, 2011
Amit Prachand, MEng
Division Administrator, Hospital Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University, Chicago
Question: What motivated you to join SHM’s Administrators Task Force (ATF)?
A: I wanted to be able to directly interface with the comm
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The GOP Viewpoint
April 1, 2011
Senator expects ACA will be overturned, suggests individual accountability
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Pricey Problems
March 10, 2011
Readmissions, medication errors cost $46 billion a year in U.S.
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In the Literature: HM-Related Research You Need to Know
- David Lee, MD, MBA, FHM;
- Department OF;
- Frank Wharton, MD, FHM Srinivas Vuppala, MD;
- Prasad Ravipati, MD;
- Renee Meadows, MD, SFHM;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, SFHM;
- William Carter, MD
March 1, 2011
Physician reviews of HM-related research, including opioid risks, preventing hospital falls, antiplatelets added to warfarin for Afib, and cognitive effects of severe sepsis
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CPT 2011 Update
March 1, 2011
New observation-care codes aim to increase efficiency
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How You Can Save Your Hospital a Million Bucks
- Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM
March 1, 2011
HM can deliver on quality and patient-satisfaction measures, bonus payments
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Obama’s SGR Fix Gets Mixed Reviews
February 23, 2011
Payment patch could buy administration time, hospitalist says
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Hospitalists Tackle Heart Failure
February 9, 2011
Standardized care plan expected to reduce readmissions
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All Aboard
February 2, 2011
Hospitalists should jump on transitions-of-care train now to help solve rehospitalization problems
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POLICY CORNER: An inside look at the most pressing policy issues
February 2, 2011
Policy committee, new Web portal aim to keep hospitalists well-informed