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A Trace of Improvement
March 2, 2006
What hospitalists need to know about JCAHO’s tracer methodology and periodic performance review
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A Midwest Partnership
March 2, 2006
HealthPartners in Minnesota helps shape hospital medicine—politely
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Information Overload
March 2, 2006
The ways in which we receive and process data confound; an overview of the issues surrounding the display and management of medical data
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Partners in Performance & Quality Care
March 1, 2006
Whatever the name—guidelines, order sets, pathways, protocols—these tools fit hospitalists like a glove
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Like Mortar and Pestle
March 1, 2006
A valuable collaboration: hospitalists as seen through the pharmacist’s lens
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11 Steps to a Successful Transition
March 1, 2006
A65-lb., 25-year-old, male cerebral palsy (CP) patient with pneumonia arrives at your Children’s Hospital via ambulance.
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Hospitalist Burnout
March 1, 2006
Recognize it in yourself and others, and avoid or eliminate it
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Survey Responses Exceed Goal
March 1, 2006
Data gathering complete for the 2005-2006 Productivity and Compensation Survey
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Medicare Pays for Performance
March 1, 2006
CMS pays top-performing hospitals in three-year demo project
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An Historic Puzzler
March 1, 2006
This month in “Flashback:” a medical mystery and competition. This following is an actual case described by Theodore Tronchin. Dr. Tronchin routinely made diagnoses without seeing patients and based on descriptions of signs and symptoms included in patients’ letters.
