Richard Quinn
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HM15 Speakers Urge Hospitalists to Use Technology, Teamwork, Talent
May 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_9287" align="alignright" width="300"] LEFT: Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, kicks off the speaker series with his presentation about the quality in healthcare during Day 2 of HM15.
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Hospitalist Nancy Zeitoun, MD, FHM, Seeks Better Health Outcomes
May 5, 2015
Nancy Zeitoun, MD, FHM, sees her expanding role as a leader at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., as a chance to make a difference.
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Hospitalist Bob Wachter Tops Modern Healthcare’s Physician Leadership List
May 5, 2015
For the first time, a hospitalist tops Modern Healthcare’s 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders list. The who’s who of standout physicians starts with HM pioneer Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, chief of the division of hospital medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medic
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LISTEN NOW: David Weidig, MD, talks about best practices for multi-site hospital medicine
May 1, 2015
Excerpts from our interview with Team Hospitalist member David Weidig, MD, director of hospital medicine for Aurora Medical Group in West Allis, Wis., about best practices for multi-site hospital medicine. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/David-Weidig_HM15_FIN
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LISTEN NOW: Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, talks about practice management in an ever-changing healthcare landscape
May 1, 2015
SHM founder Win Whitcomb, MD, MHM, chief medical officer of Remedy Partners of Darien, Conn., talks about the annual practice management pre-course in an ever-changing healthcare landscape. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Win-Whitcomb_HM15_FINAL_050215.mp3"][
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LISTEN NOW: SHM President Robert Harrington Jr., MD, SFHM, discusses hospital medicine, value of diversity and teamwork
May 1, 2015
New SHM President Robert Harrington Jr., MD, SFHM, talks about his views on hospital medicine, the society and the value of diversity and teamwork. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bob-Harrington_HM15_FINAL_050215.mp3"][/audio]
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SHM, IPC Healthcare Launch Hospitalist-Focused, Post–Acute-Care Educational Program
April 7, 2015
Hospitalists practicing in post–acute-care facilities have a new resource via an SHM partnership. The society and IPC Healthcare of North Hollywood, Calif., debuted at the "Primer for Hospitalists on Skilled Nursing Facilities" at 2015 annual meeting. The educational program, housed at SHM's L
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TeamHealth’s Dr. Jasen Gunderson Designs Own Path to Hospital Medicine
April 3, 2015
Jasen Gundersen, MD, MBA, CPE, SFHM, didn’t take the straightest path to HM. First, as he entered University of Connecticut School of Medicine in Farmington, he thought he’d be an emergency medicine physician. Then he thought about being a rural primary care physician.
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Hospitalist Continuity Doesn’t Affect Adverse Events among Inpatients
March 24, 2015
Hospitalist continuity does not appear to be associated with the incidence of adverse events (AEs), according to a new report in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Authors used two methods to measure continuity: the Number of Physicians Index (NPI) represented the total number of unique hospitalists
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Hospitalists Gear Up for HM15
March 10, 2015
Hospital medicine will descend on Washington, D.C., again. At least 2,500 attendees are expected at SHM's annual meeting, HM15, which kicks off March 29 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.
