Listen to Stephen Jencks, MD, MPH, discuss why the issue of hospital readmissions has caught the attention of doctors and professional societies.
Listen to veteran hospitalist Bradley Sherman, MD, FHM, chairman of the Department of Medicine at Glen Cove Hospital, part of the North Shore/LIJ Health System in New York, talk about what you can do both now and over the next year to help your institutions decrease readmission rates.
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...
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,...
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...
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...