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Hospitalist-Led, Post-Discharge Clinic Improves Care Transitions
November 1, 2013
Discharged patients were seen earlier at Denver VA Medical Center clinic than at urgent care facilities, primary-care physician offices
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Safety WalkRounds at Children’s Hospital Improve Teamwork
November 1, 2013
Engaging staff in team effort improved nurse–physician relationships, workflow, medical safety
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San Francisco Medical Center Adapts Choosing Wisely List for Waste Reduction Campaign
November 1, 2013
UCSF to focus on healthcare treatments identified by SHM for ABIM Foundation’s cost-cutting initiative
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Hospitalists’ Role in PQRS, Pay for Performance Gets Boost
November 1, 2013
SHM effort supports adding inpatient codes to Physician Quality Reporting System to help hospitalists participate in Value-Based Payment Modifier program
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Two Hospitalist Groups Join SHM’s Hospital Medicine Exchange
November 1, 2013
Family medicine and post-acute hospitalists have signed on to participate in the online community
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Submit Your HM14 Scientific Abstracts Soon
November 1, 2013
Deadline for submissions to SHM's Research, Innovations, and Clinical Vignettes poster and oral competition is December 1
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Concern about Copper’s Effectiveness in Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infections
November 1, 2013
Despite its antimicrobial properties, copper plating should be done with foresight, caution
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Four Recommendations to Help Hospitalists Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
November 1, 2013
How to prevent infections, track their causes, and identify risk factors
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Hospitalists Poised to Prevent, Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Pathogens
November 1, 2013
CDC report is call to action against dangerous bugs, including Clostridium difficile, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
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Culture Shift Required to Defeat Defensive Medicine
November 1, 2013
Hospitalists should stop ordering tests that lead to unnecessary hospital costs, threaten patient safety for the sake of medical liability
