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Listen Now: Characteristics of Frequently Hospitalized Patients
October 14, 2015
The social determinants of health are a root cause of readmissions in the most heavily readmitted patients, according to data analyzed in a recent study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. The study's lead author, Marilyn Szekendi, PhD, discusses the research, and Dr.
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Listen Now: Dr. Michael Murphy Discusses Use of Medical Scribes
October 9, 2015
Michael Murphy, MD, the co-founder and CEO of ScribeAmerica, talks about the business model that has led to the growing use of medical scribes. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Murphy-Scribes_FINAL_0206151.mp3"][/audio]
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Listen Now: Lance Maki, MD, Discusses His Passion for Tandem Surfing
October 9, 2015
Listen to excerpts of Carol Patton’s interview, including Dr.
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Joint Commission Resource Educates Patients, Hospitalists about Antibiotics
October 6, 2015
The Joint Commission has launched a new online resource for patients and hospitalists to help change mindsets and start conversations about proper antibiotic usage. The SpeakUp: Antibiotics campaign is a package of free materials, including an infographic illustrating which illnesses may require
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Medicare Tests New Quality Measure: Readmission Rates for Heart Failure
October 6, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has wrapped up a test run of a new measure for readmission of heart failure patients as the federal agency tries to educate hospitals and hospitalists before formally including it as a quality metric in fiscal year 2018. The trial concludes O
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Billing, Coding Documentation to Support Services, Minimize Risks
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11470" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] The electronic health record (EHR) has many benefits: Improved patient care; Improved care coordination; Improved diagnostics and patient outcomes;
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Urinalysis Is Reliable Infection Predictor in Infants
October 6, 2015
Clinical question: In infants younger than three months of age with bacteremic urinary tract infection (UTI), how sensitive and specific are urinalysis (UA) findings? Background: Infants are commonly hospitalized with UTIs. The gold standard for diagnosis is considered to be urine culture.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Opens Enrollment for Practice Administrators’ Mentor Program
October 6, 2015
SHM’s Practice Administrators Committee piloted a mentor/mentee program in January 2014 as a way to assist those who were new to practice administration and/or to hospital medicine.
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Listen Now: Highlights of the October 2015 Issue of The Hospitalist
October 6, 2015
This month's issue features Dr. Michael Murphy of ScribeAmerica on the value of scribes in hospital medicine, and Dr. Greg Maynard on Choosing Wisely and hospitalists. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2015-October-Hospitalist-Highlights.mp3"][/audio]
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Use of Medical Scribes Spurs Debate About Costs, Difficulties of Electronic Health Records
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11554" align="alignright" width="295"] Image Credit: ILLUSTRATION/PAUL JUESTRICH; PHOTOs shutterstock.com[/caption] The hospitalists at six Illinois hospitals, physicians who are provided by Best Practices Inpatient Care, were grappling with some issues that might sound fa
