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Find these reports by Hospitalist contributor Jane Jerrard about key sessions from “Hospital Medicine 2007” at www.the-hospitalist.org:

“Update in Perioperative Medicine” by Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, FACP, and Amir K. Jaffer, MD, a medical director at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
“Turning Quality Improvement into Academic Success” by Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD, Anjala Tess, MD, and Chad Whelan, MD.

Update in Hospital Medicine
August 1, 2007
Dr. Zahir Kanjee (left) and Dr. Suchita Shah Sata educated—and entertained!—with their updates in hospital medicine. This year’s annual Update in Hospital Medicine transported learners to...
The Art and Science of Hospitalist Workloads: Designing and Implementing Evidence-Informed Strategies for Optimal Patient, Workforce, and Organizational Outcomes
August 1, 2007
This engaging strategy session was led by two passionate speakers committed to optimizing hospital operations while prioritizing the well-being of hospitalists. They delved into various challenges,...

SIG Spotlight: Patient Experience
August 1, 2007
Length of stay, work-relative value units, hospital-acquired infections. There is no shortage of metrics—and their accompanying acronyms—that silo, summarize, and study whether hospitalists are...
How Do You Ethically Integrate a GIP Hospice Service into the Hospital?
August 1, 2007
Case An 86-year-old female with a history of metastatic pancreatic cancer and diabetes was admitted for chest pain and dyspnea and found to have an acute pulmonary embolism. The hospital...