News
Smartphones Distract Hospital Staff on Rounds
January 2, 2013
Although the most common smartphone uses were for patient care, doctors also use them to read and reply to personal texts and emails, says a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine
News
Adherence to CHF Measures Doesn’t Improve Hospital Readmission Rates
January 2, 2013
Little association found between hospital adherence to congestive heart failure (CHF) quality performance measures and 30-day readmission rates, says study
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospitalists Central to Helping Hospitals Meet Performance Goals, Avoid Financial Penalities
January 2, 2013
Payments at risk with value-based purchasing, readmission penalities, and hospital-acquired conditions force hospitalists to focus
News
2013: The Year of Quality Improvement
January 2, 2013
The Society of Hospital Medicine offers options to help hospitals make 2013 a landmark year for quality improvement (QI) on its website at www.hospitalmedicine.org/qi
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Society for Hospital Medicine Compiles List of Don’ts for Hospitalists
January 2, 2013
Compiled for the American Board of Internal Medicine's Choosing Wisely campaign, SHM listed 10 procedures that adult and pediatric hospitalists should think twice about before conducting
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News
Shaun Frost: Call for Transparency in Healthcare Performance Results to Impact Hospitalists
January 1, 2013
The federal Institute of Medicine (IOM), entrepreneurs, and consumer groups ramp up the power of public reporting
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News
Danielle Scheurer, MD: Hospital Providers Put Premium on Keeping Themselves, Hospital Patients Safe
January 1, 2013
Role of hospitalists should be to help create and maintain safe and effective work conditions for themselves, patients, and providers
News
Host of Factors Play Into Hospitalist Billing for Patient Transfers
January 1, 2013
Know your role in patient tranfers and avoid common billing mistakes
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News
Position Paper on Critical-Care Debate Did Not Address Family Practice Physicians in ICU
January 1, 2013
The main thrust of the paper, "The Critical-Care Debate" article in The Hospitalist, October, 2012 issue, focuses specifically on physicians trained in internal medicine
News
Tailored Health IT Improves VTE Rates
December 26, 2012
Study shows value of electronic decision support tools, could spark physician buy-in
