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Access Problems Persist Despite Health Insurance: Lessons from Massachusetts
February 29, 2012
A surprising lesson from Massachusetts is that expanding health insurance coverage does not automatically improve access to healthcare services. Here's proof.
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In the Literature: Physician Reviews of HM-Related Research
January 27, 2012
Hospitalist views on readmission prevention;2 Characteristics of hospital ICU readmission; Effect of clopidogrel on bleeding outcomes in vascular surgery; Time- versus tissue-based diagnosis of TIA; ETT versus ETT with imaging for the diagnosis of CAD in women; Effect of high urine output with adequate hydration on contrast-induced nephropathy; Stroke rate in CABG patients with severe carotid artery stenosis; Effect of cardiac arrest on long-term cognition
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Wachter, Washington Insiders Ready for HM12 Keynote Addresses
January 27, 2012
This year’s presenters at SHM's annual meeting will frame the conversations that hospitalists will have at HM13
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Participate in the 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Questionnaire
January 27, 2012
The report provides thousands of data points that enable hospitalists to compare their own group’s productivity and compensation against national and regional averages
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Continued Pressure, Collaboration, Member Action Key to Ending SGR
January 27, 2012
Congress was going to finally put an end to the Sustainable Growth Rate formula in 2011. What happened?
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Hospitalists on the Move
January 27, 2012
March S. Demyun, MD; J.P. Valin, MD; Sarah Swift, MD; David Levy, MD; Jaime Gray, MD; Vineet Arora, MD, MPP, FACP, FHM
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CODE-H: Bringing Better Coding to Hospitalists
January 27, 2012
CODE-H (Coding Optimally by Documenting Effectively for Hospitalists), is a series of Web-based education sessions that will help hospitalists optimize their revenue streams through better coding.
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Survey Insights: NPs and PAs in Hospital Medicine
January 27, 2012
In 2011, nearly half of respondents to the SHM-MGMA nonacademic survey have NPs/PAs in their practices; academic hospital medicine practices were only slightly lower.
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Pediatric HM Literature: Serious Bacterial Infection Rates Very Low in Bronchiolitis
January 27, 2012
This study provides useful information to guide clinical decision-making in the setting of a young, febrile infant presenting with bronchiolitis.
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What Is the Appropriate Use of Antibiotics In Acute Exacerbations of COPD?
January 27, 2012
Antibiotics are not recommended as empiric therapy for all patients with AECOPD
