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Fix for Sustainable Growth Rate Formula a Top Priority
June 1, 2013
A Congressional bill to replace SGR physician payment system may come this year, say insiders
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Hospitalists Urge Congress to Reconsider Medicare’s “Observation Status” Rules
June 1, 2013
Policy complicates managing patients’ transitions to skilled nursing facility, say physicians
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Hospital Medicine Leaders Flock to HM13 for Answers, Encouragement
June 1, 2013
Successful practice management is a concern for many hospitalists
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Pediatric Hospitalist Charts Decade-Long Journey in Health Care
June 1, 2013
From would-be vagabond to visionary, Mark Shen, MD, challenges peers to define value in hospital medicine
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A Future in Hospital Medicine Comes into Focus
June 1, 2013
Opportunity for direct patient care just one benefit of following hospitalist track
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Speakers at HM13 Stress Overarching Reform, Day-to-Day Implementation
June 1, 2013
Hospitalists advised to put patients first, and embrace teamwork, quality initiatives
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SHM Challenges Hospitalists to Recruit Medical Students, House Staff
June 1, 2013
Society of Hospital Medicine president Eric Howell, MD, wants to double number of group's fledgling hospitalists by HM14
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Most Health-Care Professionals Use Personal Smartphones for Work
June 1, 2013
Nearly 90% of workers have used their own phones to conduct business, despite security risks
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Hospitalization Rates Higher Among Abused Elderly
June 1, 2013
Battered seniors three times more likely to be hospitalized than their non-abused peers
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Digital Schedule Boards Improve Outcomes at South Carolina Hospitals
June 1, 2013
Tracking system for patients, surgery schedules, replaces dry-erase boards