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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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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
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TeamSTEPPS Initiative Teaches Teamwork to Healthcare Providers
December 26, 2012
Hospitalists have an important role in improving team function
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Why Hospitalists Should Pay Special Attention to Kidney Disease
December 13, 2012
Kidney disease the top diagnosis linked to readmission and death, study finds
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Performance Disconnect: Measures Don’t Improve Hospitals’ Readmissions Experience
December 13, 2012
Two new studies find little improvement between quality measures, 30-day readmissions
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Hospitalist Approach Good Model for Managing Patients
December 6, 2012
Coordinating services between hospital subspecialists could improve patient care
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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
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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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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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The Numerators: Treating Noncompliant, Medically Complicated Hospital Patients
December 2, 2012
Why hospitalists need to focus on their patients more
