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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Hospitalists discuss the time-honored tradition of hospital payments to HM groups
July 1, 2011
Troy Ahlstrom, MD, SFHM, CFO of Hospitalists of Northern Michigan, a hospitalist-owned and -managed group based in Traverse City, and John Laverty, DHA, vice president of hospital-based physicians at HCA Physician Services in Nashville, Tenn., discuss hospital payments to HM programs
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Into the Night
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Academic Institutions
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A recent “Current Concepts” article in the New England Journal of Medicine (2011;364:749) by a pair of Yale University physicians asserts that the day is close at hand when ultrasound interpretations by clinicians at the patient’s bedside will become as routine in hospital care as the trusty stethoscope.
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Virtual Mentorship
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Med Students’ Simple Idea Has Serious Potential
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Hospitalized patients should have the same systematic prodding as physicians
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The Future of Better Patient Care
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“Portable Ultrasound” pre-course unveils almost-limitless possibilities, hospitalist says