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Opinion
Rapid-Response Teams Help Hospitalists Manage Non-Medical Distress
April 3, 2015
A team that could respond quickly to social and behavioral concerns—and not medical issues per se—would have tremendous benefits for patients and caregivers. I think there has been a steady increase, over the last 20 years or so, in the number of very unhappy, angry, or misbehaving patients (e.g.
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Opinion
Geographic Rounding of Hospital Nurses Challenges Unit-Based Theory
March 3, 2015
Nurses, of course, have always been assigned by unit—that is, geographically. So it should come as no surprise that searching “unit-based” at the-hospitalist.org returns many articles about assigning hospitalists geographically, but not nurses, partly because few would consider it a new idea.
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Opinion
How to Use Hospitalist Productivity, Compensation Survey Data
January 7, 2015
The 2014 State of Hospital Medicine report (SOHM), published by SHM in the fall of even years, is unquestionably the most robust and informative data available to understand the hospitalist workforce marketplace.
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Opinion
Hospitals’ Observation Status Designation May Trigger Malpractice Claims
November 3, 2014
Hospitals' Observation Status Designation May Trigger Malpractice Claims
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Opinion
Put Key Principles, Characteristics of Effective Hospital Medicine Groups to Work
September 2, 2014
Tooklit offers insight on high-efficiency HM groups, provides a guide to enact change
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Opinion
Proper Inpatient Documentation, Coding Essential to Avoid a Medicare Audit
July 1, 2014
Tips to help your hospital medicine group ensure appropriate CPT coding
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News
Hospitalists Working Hard to Improve Patient Care
April 1, 2014
Physicians' use of educational content sponsored by Society of Hospital Medicine, other groups designed to provide better patient-centered care
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Opinion
Problem Solving In Multi-Site Hospital Medicine Groups
March 2, 2014
Meetings, shared-staffing models can reduce hospitalist tension in multiple practice sites
News
Society of Hospital Medicine Creates Self-Assessment Tool for Hospitalist Groups
March 1, 2014
Assessment guide features 47 key characteristics, 10 guiding principles for hospital medicine groups
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News
Shift from Productivity to Value-Based Compensation Gains Momentum
February 1, 2014
Hospitalists should expect larger portion of pay to be measured by costs, quality, outcomes as Medicare expands value-based purchasing program
