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End-of-Life Discussions Don’t Decrease Rate of Survival
May 25, 2012
Advance-care-planning discussions and advance directives resulted in no significant difference in survival time for patients.
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Lessons from Japan: Sacrifice Is Key to Personalized Patient Care
May 25, 2012
The way the Japanese people responded to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami illustrates how healthcare workers without existing patient relationships can still care deeply for patients and earn their trust.
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Hospitalists Can Help Alleviate Intensivist Shortage
May 23, 2012
SHM and Society of Critical Care Medicine propose critical-care accreditation pathway for HM physicians
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ITL: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research
May 23, 2012
Hospitalists in general are happy, but many report risk of burnout
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SHM Leaders Discuss Growth of Specialty Hospitalist Medicine
May 15, 2012
JAMA editorial analyzes potential for improvements in care, calls for more data on key outcomes
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Society of Hospital Medicine Joins Campaign against Unnecessary Medical Treatments
May 15, 2012
ABIM's Choosing Wisely aims to improve quality, costs of care
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Social Media Poses Potential Patient Privacy Violations for Physicians
May 8, 2012
Webinar to assist healthcare workers with nuances of protecting patient information while maintaining an online presence
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Hospitalists Can Bring Attention to Overuse of Medical Services
May 8, 2012
Researcher finds limited data on the topic, recommends more attention, investment to help improve hospital quality initiatives
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New SHM Board Member Brian Harte Brings Experience, Broad Range of Perspectives
May 2, 2012
Credits hospitalist pioneers with helping foster his passion for leadership
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SHM Calls for CMS to Shorten Time Frame for Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments
May 1, 2012
Proposed extended audit time problematic, unreasonable for hospitalists, SHM says