News
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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News
New Thinking, Higher Expectations Needed to Solve Hospital Readmission Problem
September 1, 2013
Hospitalists should engage outside health-care providers to help safely transition discharged patients
News
Project BOOST Study Documents Modest Impact on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions
September 1, 2013
Experts suggest rehospitalizations may not be best quality metric for care transitions
Audio
Listen to Project BOOST lead analyst Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, discuss the outcomes study published in JHM
August 2, 2013
Luke Hansen, MD, MPH, Project Boost lead analyst and lead author of the research paper published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, talks about the research, its context, the challenges it faced and the results achieved despite the difficulties
News
Three Easy Ways to Get Ahead in Hospital Medicine
August 2, 2013
SHM’s Awards of Excellence program, Project BOOST initiative, Choosing Wisely campaign can advance your career, hospital
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Opinion
Bundled-Payment Program Basics
August 2, 2013
Hospitalists’ roles and financial stake in health-care reimbursement model of accountable care organizations
News
As Medicare Auditors Seek to Rein in Costs, Hospital Admission Decisions Are Under Microscope
August 2, 2013
Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) out to identify improper payments made on claims for Medicare beneficiaries
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News
Hospitalists Hold Key to Admissions Door for ED Patients
August 2, 2013
Partnering with ED physicians helps hospitalists tackle problem of emergency department boarding for admitted patients
Opinion
Why Hospitalists Should Provide Patients with Discharge Summaries
August 2, 2013
Simple act could help reduce health-care expenditures, readmissions
News
Prediction Model Identifies Potentially Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions
July 2, 2013
Can a prediction model based on administrative and clinical data identify potentially avoidable 30-day readmissions in medical patients prior to discharge?
