Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
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Opinion
Much Ado about Hospital Quality
February 2, 2015
I have reported previously on major incentive programs under Medicare and the Affordable Care Act that affect hospitals and, by extension, their affiliated hospitalists. I’d like to provide you with an update on these programs.
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Opinion
A Practice Resolution
December 2, 2014
In the heart of the holiday season’s gluttony (and the challenges of staffing the holidays), we need something to get us excited for 2015.
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Opinion
Homecare Will Help You Achieve the Triple Aim
October 15, 2014
Hospitalists must begin to pay attention to the cost side of the value equation
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News
State of the Art
May 1, 2014
A conversation about team-based, unit-focused care with Emory hospitalist Jason Stein, MD, SFHM
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News
Hospitalist Pay Shifts from Volume to Value with Global Payment System
March 1, 2014
How do we reward physicians for seeing more patients under a global payment system that encourages physicians and hospitals to do less?
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Opinion
Beware Mid-Career
February 1, 2014
As hospital medicine matures, physician satisfaction gains importance
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Opinion
Performance Evaluation Program for Individual Physicians Directional at Best
January 2, 2014
Concerns about applying the Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation measurement system to hospitalists
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Opinion
Workflow Interruptions Threaten Patient Safety, Hospitalists’ Job Satisfaction
December 2, 2013
Why daily disruptions can be dangerous and how to curb them
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Opinion
Massachusetts Hospitalists Experiment with Unit-Based Rounding
November 1, 2013
We're also incorporating multidisciplinary rounds, where the hospitalist, case management, social services, physical therapy, and perhaps pharmacy meet each day and review each patient’s progress through the hospitalization
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Opinion
New Rules for Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, Admissions
October 1, 2013
What hospitalists should know about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ revised guidelines for hospital performance measures
