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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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Hospitalists Support Medicare’s Plan to Reimburse Advance Care Planning
October 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignright" width="295"] SHM has joined 65 medical specialty and professional societies in signing a letter to HHS asking for end-of-life care codes to be formalized in CY 2016.Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] On July 8, following on the heels of the
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30-Day Readmission May Be Due to Income or Education
October 6, 2015
When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels than the quality of care they received, a U.S.
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Letter to the Editor: Locum Tenens Helps Avoid Burnout in Hospital Medicine
October 6, 2015
At the end of residency, like many of us, I was offered an impressive number of jobs as both a hospitalist and an outpatient internist.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Website Boasts Resources, Guides
October 6, 2015
SHM’s website offers a wealth of downloadable guides and toolkits, authored by the national experts on topics like: End-of-life care; Opioid monitoring; Antibiotic resistance; Post-acute care; VTE; Pain management; and Coronary heart disease (CHD).
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How Quality Improvement Programs Improve Hospitals, Communities
October 6, 2015
Starting QI programs in your hospital doesn’t just make the hospital better; it strengthens the health of your communities and advances the professional development of all of the hospitalists around you. And it’s now easier than ever to get started, right from your computer. Online Webinars Coa
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Start Planning Now for Hospital Medicine 2016
October 6, 2015
Plan your schedule today to attend HM16 in San Diego, March 6-9, 2016. Hospital Medicine 2016 has been updated to meet the educational needs of hospitalists of all stripes, with new sessions and pre-courses, as well as entirely new tracks on the most cutting-edge topics in the movement. New tr
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Society of Hospital Medicine Membership Ambassador Program Ends December 2015
October 6, 2015
You are one of the best representatives of the hospital medicine movement.
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Society of Hospital Medicine Awards, Committee, Board Nominations Due October 16
October 6, 2015
Are you ready to shape the future of the hospital medicine movement? Now is the time to step up by nominating yourself or someone else for SHM’s many leadership and recognition opportunities. But act quickly. The deadline for many of them is October 16.
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Hospitalist Maintenance of Certification Exam Prep Tool Available Online
October 6, 2015
Studying for the Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine Maintenance of Certification Exam?
