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Medicare Initiatives Improve Hospital Care, Patient Safety
July 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10401" align="alignright" width="291"] Image Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM[/caption] As a hospitalist myself, I have seen firsthand the need for a healthcare system that provides better care, spends dollars more wisely, and keeps people healthier.
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LISTEN NOW: UCSF’s Christopher Moriates, MD, discusses waste-reduction efforts in hospitals
June 9, 2015
CHRISTOPHER MORIATES, MD, assistant clinical professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, talks about the change in focus and priorities needed for medicine to make progress in waste-reduction efforts. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp
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From a Near-Catastrophe, I-CARE
June 9, 2015
For Robert Fogerty, MD, MPH, it’s more than just a story. It’s a nightmare that he only narrowly avoided. Now a hospitalist at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., Dr.
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s RIV Poster Contest Draws Best, Brightest
May 4, 2015
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Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice: HM15 Session Analysis
April 9, 2015
HM15 Session: Putting Your Nickel Down: The What, Why, and How of Implementing Physician Value-Based Purchasing in Your Practice Presenters: Stephen Besch, Simone Karp RPh, Patrick Torcson MD MMM SFHM, Gregory Seymann MD SFHM Summation: HHS has set a goal of tying increasing percentages of Med
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Choosing Wisely in Hospital Medicine: Accomplishments and What the Future Holds
April 1, 2015
John Bulger, DO, MBA reviewed the components of the Choosing Wisely campaign and SHM’s recommendations in an era where providing high value cost-conscious care is key to optimizing the health of our patients.
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Educational Opportunities for Hospitalists Beyond HM15
March 3, 2015
Whether you’re packing your bags for HM15 or following from afar, there are plenty of other opportunities to get the most up to date clinical, management, and quality improvement information in the specialty: Leadership Academy 2015 October 19-22 Austin, Texas Get the managerial confidence
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Quality Improvement Module Approved for ABIM Maintenance of Certification
March 3, 2015
If you’re among the many physicians enrolled in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program, you have to earn a combined 100 points in medical knowledge and practice improvement throughout your 10-year certificate period.
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How to Initiate a VTE Quality Improvement Project
March 3, 2015
While VTE sometimes occurs in spite of the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities to optimize prevention and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital.
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LISTEN NOW: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, Explains Hospitalists’ Role in Improving the U.S. Healthcare System
February 4, 2015
Patient-safety guru Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, senior vice president for patient safety and quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, talks about hospitalists’ role in improving the American healthcare system. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PeterPronovo
