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Art Helps Hospitalized Patients Manage Pain, Anxiety
April 3, 2015
Studies suggest art therapy can reduce stress, boost care satisfaction for hospitalized patients with cancer, other diseases
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Technology May Offer Solutions to Hospitalists’ Readmissions Exposure
April 3, 2015
Almost weekly, a white paper, report, journal article, or press release touts a new program, software, or technology system offering to help hospitals improve their readmissions avoidance processes and penalty exposure.
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Nine Things Hospitalists Need to Know about Treating Patients with Endocrine Disorders
April 3, 2015
Diabetes is as prevalent in hospitals today as lab coats and heart monitors. More than 8% of the population—almost 26 million people—and nearly 27% (11 million) of Americans 65 or older have diabetes, according to American Diabetes Association (ADA) statistics.
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Mobile Apps to Improve Quality, Value at Point-of-Care for Inpatients
April 3, 2015
HM15 Presenters: Roger Yu, MD, Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, Anuj Dalal, MD, and Amit Pahwa, MD Summary: The panel of high-tech doctors helped a standing-room-only crowd navigate numerous apps to be used at point-of-care [PDF, 458 kb]. Groups worked through case studies utilizing applicable mobile apps.
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WATCH: Hospital Medicine 2015 Day Four Highlights
April 2, 2015
Day Four highlights from HM15, the Society of Hospital Medicine’s (SHM) annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
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Choosing Wisely in Hospital Medicine: Accomplishments and What the Future Holds
April 1, 2015
John Bulger, DO, MBA reviewed the components of the Choosing Wisely campaign and SHM’s recommendations in an era where providing high value cost-conscious care is key to optimizing the health of our patients.
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Striving For Optimal Care: Updates in Quality, Value, and Patient Satisfaction
March 31, 2015
In this session, Drs. Michelle Mourad and Christopher Moriates took a systematic approach to answer quality questions that we commonly encounter in our hospitalist practice.
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LISTEN NOW: David Lichtman, PA, explains factors to determine when hospitalists perform procedures
March 6, 2015
DAVID LICHTMAN, PA, a hospitalist and director of the Johns Hopkins Central Procedure Service, explains the complicated set of factors used by individual hospitals to determine which procedures fall under the scope of their HM practitioners. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/up
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LISTEN NOW: Monal Shah, MD, discusses exceptions for VTE admissions
March 6, 2015
Although patients with blood clots are oftentimes not admitted to the hospital, there are some exceptions.
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Educational Opportunities for Hospitalists Beyond HM15
March 3, 2015
Whether you’re packing your bags for HM15 or following from afar, there are plenty of other opportunities to get the most up to date clinical, management, and quality improvement information in the specialty: Leadership Academy 2015 October 19-22 Austin, Texas Get the managerial confidence
