News
TeamSTEPPS Initiative Teaches Teamwork to Healthcare Providers
December 26, 2012
Hospitalists have an important role in improving team function
News
Why Hospitalists Should Pay Special Attention to Kidney Disease
December 13, 2012
Kidney disease the top diagnosis linked to readmission and death, study finds
News
Performance Disconnect: Measures Don’t Improve Hospitals’ Readmissions Experience
December 13, 2012
Two new studies find little improvement between quality measures, 30-day readmissions
News
Hospitalist Approach Good Model for Managing Patients
December 6, 2012
Coordinating services between hospital subspecialists could improve patient care
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News
Report Outlines Ways Hospital Medicine Can Redefine Healthcare Delivery
December 2, 2012
Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine include reforming payment, adopting digital infrastructure, and improving continuity of care
News
Hospitalists Take Greater Role in Assessing and Treating Pain
December 2, 2012
A multidisciplinary pain-management research group at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City pilots a program encouraging hospitalists to partner with nurses to focus on patient pain assessment and treatment
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Introducing Neuroquality and Neurosafety
December 2, 2012
How recent breakthroughs in brain science and related fields will impact quality improvement (QI) and patient safety in hospitals
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News
The Hospital Home Team: Physicians Increase Focus on Inpatient Care
December 2, 2012
Adminstrators look to hospitalists to solve workload, staffing and scope-of-practice issues
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News
The Numerators: Treating Noncompliant, Medically Complicated Hospital Patients
December 2, 2012
Why hospitalists need to focus on their patients more
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News
Consider Patient Safety, Outcomes Risk before Prescribing Off-Label Drugs
December 2, 2012
Once a drug has been approved for use, if, in your clinical judgment there are other indications for which it could be beneficial, then you are well within your rights to prescribe it
