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Hospitals Lose $45.9 Billion in Uncompensated Care in 2012
July 1, 2014
American Hospital Association survey ties revenue loss to bad debt, charity care provided to patients who can't pay
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Yogurt May Reduce Clostridium Difficile Infection Rate
July 1, 2014
Incidence of C.diff cut by two-thirds among inpatients on antibiotics who ate yogurt at Pennsylvania-based hospital
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Three Ways to Improve Quality of Patient Care in Your Hospital
July 1, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine's glycemic control mentored implementation program, Project BOOST, Choosing Wisely competition can help
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Pre-Order Your State of Hospital Medicine Report Now
July 1, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine's next bi-annual report available September 2014
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Code-H Interactive Tool Helps Hospital Medicine Groups with Coding
July 1, 2014
Interactive program enables physicians to connect dots between clinical documentation, applicable medical CPT codes
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Medicare Rule Change Raises Stakes for Hospital Discharge Planning
July 1, 2014
Regulation stresses screening patients for risk of adverse post-discharge outcomes; need for written discharge policies, procedures
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SGR Reform, ICD-10 Implementation Delays Frustrate Hospitalists, Physicians
July 1, 2014
Recent stalls to fix physician reimbursement program, implement overhauled medical coding system considered costly to healthcare industry
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Why Hospitalists Should Heed Choosing Wisely Recommendations
June 1, 2014
Cost-effectiveness campaign should compel physicians to be good stewards of finite healthcare resources
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American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation’s Choosing Wisely Campaign Promotes Evidence-Based Patient Care
June 1, 2014
Specialty societies, consumer groups have identified more than 300 potentially harmful tests, procedures physicians should discuss with patients; more to come throughout 2014
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Society of Hospital Medicine Sponsors Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation Program
June 1, 2014
Program supports development, implementation of hospitals' glycemic control measures; quality care of inpatients with hyperglycemia, diabetes
