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Hospital Strategies for Decreasing Readmissions for Heart Failure Patients
November 1, 2013
What steps can hospitals take to reduce readmission rates in patients with heart failure?
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Superficial and Deep/Organ-Space Surgical Site Infections Should Not Be Combined for Quality Measurement
November 1, 2013
What patient-risk factors predict superficial and deep/organ-space surgical site infections (SSIs) following colectomy procedures?
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Report on England’s Health System Mirrors Need for Improvement in U.S.
November 1, 2013
Recommended solutions to procedural, systemic problems offer a new way of thinking, acting, living to improve our healthcare industry
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Hospitalists Have Opportunity to Transform Healthcare
November 1, 2013
Despite system-wide challenges, hospitalists should strive to redefine the practice of medicine
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How to Handle Medicare Documentation Audits
November 1, 2013
Providing comprehensive, timely responses is crucial to preventing claims denial
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SHM Report Provides New Insights About Physician Practice Leaders
November 1, 2013
Leadership roles expand to help hospitals meet performance improvement goals
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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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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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Why Hospitalists Should Focus on Patient-Care Basics
October 1, 2013
Patient satisfaction surveys are likely to be coupled with hospital reimbursement for the foreseeable future
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Hospitalists as Industrial Engineers
October 1, 2013
Where to acquire tools, skills you need to succeed in multi-faceted role