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UpToDate Adds Palliative Care
December 3, 2014
UpToDate, a leading clinical decision support resource for physicians, in July added palliative care as the newest of its 22 medical specialties.
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Wired and Wireless Hospitals Step to the Fore
December 3, 2014
Hospitals and Health Networks in July presented its 16th annual list of Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems. Rigorous criteria were used to identify 375 hospitals that use technology to link up disparate care providers and patients.
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LISTEN NOW: Steve Pantilat, MD, SFHM, explains hospitalists’ role in palliative care
December 3, 2014
Steven Z.
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LISTEN NOW: M.D. Anderson hospitalists discuss caring for cancer patients
December 3, 2014
Josiah Halm, MD, and Sahitya Gadiraju, DO, assistant professors of general internal medicine at M.D.
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COPD Readmission Penalties Hurt Hospitals Serving Low-Income Patients
December 3, 2014
Government penalties meant to reduce COPD readmissions will unfairly impact hospitals that care for vulnerable patients, according to a report from the University of Michigan. Beginning in January 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will add COPD to its list of medical conditio
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Hospitalists Unionize to Avoid Outsourced Management Model
December 3, 2014
A group of hospitalists in Oregon have formed what is believed to be the first hospitalist union in the country—but it may not be the last. Hospitalists at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center locations in Springfield and Eugene, Ore., voted to form the union, dubbed Pacific Northwest Hospital
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LISTEN NOW: Highlights of the December 2014 issue of The Hospitalist newsmagazine
December 2, 2014
This month in our issue, our first cover story features "10 Things Oncologists Want Hospitalists to Know." Dr.
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Hospital Medicine Exchange Online Conversation Starter for Hospitalists
December 2, 2014
From finding the best scheduling software to glycemic control performance measures to staffing to workloads, Hospital Medicine Exchange has become hospitalists’ first stop for questions and answers from other hospitalists on a wide range of topics. In September, hospitalists posted nearly 250 dis
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Society of Hospital Medicine Learning Portal Adds Information on Anticoagulants, Pediatrics
December 2, 2014
The SHM Learning Portal, the best destination for hospitalist CME, now offers new materials on two important topics: anticoagulants and pediatrics. In addition to offering free on-demand information that many hospitalists can use on a daily basis, the anticoagulant series will be presented in a n
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Physicians-in-Training Committee Chair Outlines SHM’s Young Hospitalist Track at HM15
December 2, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7182" align="alignleft" width="75"] Dr. Tad-y[/caption] For the first time, SHM’s annual meeting will feature a daylong track specifically designed for young hospitalists: medical students, residents, and hospitalists just starting their career.
