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Palliative Care and Last-Minute Heroics
April 9, 2015
4/8/15 Session: Last-Minute Heroics and Palliative Care – Do They Meet in the Middle? HM15 Presenter: Tammie Quest, MD Summation: Heroics- a set of medical actions that attempt to prolong life with a low likelihood of success. Palliative care- an approach of care provided to patients and
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Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice: HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session: Putting Your Nickel Down: The What, Why, and How of Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice Presenters: Stephen Besch, Simone Karp RPh, Patrick Torcson MD MMM SFHM, Gregory Seymann MD SFHM Summation: HHS has set a goal of tying increasing percentages of Med
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Hot Topics in Practice Management; HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session RAPID FIRE PANEL: Hot Topics in Practice Management Updates on Key Issues, Including the Key Characteristics of an Effective HMG HM15 Presenters: Roy Sittig MD SFHM, Jeffrey Frank MD MBA, Jodi Braun Summation: Speakers covered timely topics regarding the Accountable Care Act, nam
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LISTEN NOW: Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP provides tips on improving care transitions
April 4, 2015
Amy Boutwell, MD, MPP, a hospitalist and founder of Collaborative Healthcare Strategies, talks about what clinicians can do to help improve care transitions based on her experience directing IHI’s STAAR Initiative (State-Action on Avoidable Re-hospitalizations). [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospita
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The Biggest Thing in Hospital Medicine Since Patient Safety?
April 4, 2015
Editor’s note: First of a two-part series examining bundled payments and hospital medicine. Additionally, Dr.
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LISTEN NOW: Eric Howell, MD, SFHM discusses care transitions and readmissions
April 4, 2015
Johns Hopkins hospitalist Eric Howell, MD, SFHM, discusses connections between SHM, hospitalist practices, handoffs, and successful care transitions. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/HOWELLclip_Readmissions_FINAL_021814.mp3"][/audio]
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Continuity Visits by Primary Care Physicians Could Benefit Inpatients
April 3, 2015
[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignright" width="295"] Internist Gila Kriegel, MD, says most PCPs “likeseeing their patients through the course ofthe illness.”[/caption] Hospital medicine leaders have long acknowledged the disconnects in medical care that occur at discharge.
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HM15 Session Analysis: End-of-Life Discussions
April 3, 2015
HM15 Session: Facilitating End-of-Life Discussions: Prognosis in Advanced Illness Presenter: Julia Ragland, MD, FHM Summation: Discussion of Prognosis in Advance Illness is a key component of informed decision-making and should be undertaken during a “Sentinel Hospitalization” and at times of
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Lean Six Sigma Improves Pediatric Discharge Times
April 3, 2015
Journal of Hospital Medicine study finds restructuring daily rounds improved throughput
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Good Hospital Discharge Summaries Identified
April 3, 2015
Study outlines those elements of discharge summaries most helpful to physicians, patients
