Maybelle Cowan-Lincoln
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6 Tips for Community Hospitalists Initiating QI Projects
September 9, 2016
Large hospitalist groups expect their physicians to contribute to the QI initiatives of the hospitals they staff
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Communication Crossroads: Managing Patient Interactions, Online Personas on Social Media
August 15, 2016
As electronic communication tools gain traction, hospitalists need to manage patient interactions, online personas carefully to prevent social media mishaps
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10 Things Geriatricians Want Hospitalists to Know
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11557" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] How many octogenarians do you treat in a year? Nonagenarians? Centenarians? How much have their numbers increased over the last two decades?
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Hospitalist-Led Quality Improvement Projects to Replicate in Your Hospital
July 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10389" align="alignright" width="115"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.com[/caption] The largest drivers of healthcare costs are physicians, but these professionals are among the least comfortable discussing healthcare value.
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How to Initiate a Choosing Wisely Project in Your Hospital
July 6, 2015
Tips for securing institutional, financial support for your quality improvement initiative
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Manya Gupta on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, hospitalist Manya Gupta, MD, an assistant professor in the department of internal medicine of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, discusses an example of a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads
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LISTEN NOW: Hospitalist Lisa Shieh on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Excerpt of our interviews with Choosing Wisely, Lisa Shieh, MD, PhD, of Stanford University School of Medicine, discusses an example of a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Shieh_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051015_LongVersion.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Gregory Seymann, MD, on Choosing Wisely
July 2, 2015
Gregory Seymann, MD, discusses a Choosing Wisely program. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Seymann_ChoosingWisely2015_FINAL_051215_long.mp3"][/audio]
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LISTEN NOW: Dr. Carolyn Zelop, MD, Discusses Cardiovascular Emergencies in Pregnant Women
November 10, 2014
Listen now to excerpts of our interview with Dr. Zelop, a board certified maternal-fetal medicine specialist and director of perinatal ultrasound and research at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/zelop.FINAL_.mp3"][/audio]
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The Increasing Presence of Pregnant Patients in Hospital Medicine
November 10, 2014
Twenty years ago, pregnant women rarely appeared in the hospital for reasons other than delivery.