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High-Tech Connections Give Hospitalists Broad Access to Medical Records
September 27, 2012
Going paperless lets hospitalists manage electronic medical records from almost anywhere
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Report: Hospitalists Can Trim Wasteful Healthcare Spending
September 20, 2012
Hospitalists at “nexus” of needed systemwide improvements, author says
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
September 20, 2012
Shorter course of ciprofloxacin as good as longer one in women with acute pyelonephritis
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Lehigh Valley Health Network Team Members Discuss Teach-Back
September 13, 2012
Insight on the Teach-Back communication technique from the Lehigh Valley Health Network team that presented at HM12
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CMS Rule on Use of Electronic Health Records Gets Mixed Reviews
September 13, 2012
Providers and trade groups concerned that proposed deadlines, patient thresholds will be difficult to meet
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Call Center Highlights IPC’s Care-Transitions Strategy
September 13, 2012
Post-discharge patient contact saves thousands of unnecessary readmissions
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Expert Discusses How to Have Conversations with Dissatisfied Hospitalists
September 12, 2012
Len Scarpinato, chief medical officer of clinical development with Cogent-HMG, discusses the rise in physicians choosing HM as a career and how to have conversations with dissatisfied hospitalists
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Team Hospitalist Veteran Says Compensation Will Continue Growth Pattern
September 12, 2012
Ken Simone explains why hospitalist compensation will continue to rise and RVUs are an imprecise measure of HM productivity
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Speak Up: Getting Hospitalists to Voice Dissatisfaction Isn’t Easy
September 10, 2012
HM group directors need to be "in tune" with colleagues' job satisfaction, outside interests
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
September 8, 2012
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) does not decrease mortality in patients with septic shock