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Well-Designed IT Systems Essential to Healthcare Integration
February 2, 2013
Solid technology critical to accurate information transfer during transitions of care for hospitalized patients
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Pharmacist-Hospitalist Collaboration Can Improve Care, Save Money
February 1, 2013
Avoiding adverse drug events and unnecessary hospital readmissions among the benefits of promoting collaborative approach to patient care
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New Codes Bridge Hospitals’ Post-Discharge Billing Gap
February 1, 2013
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) transitional-care management codes may boost post-discharge clinics, clarify hospitalists’ discharge planning
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Quality Improvement Project Helps Hospital Patients Get Needed Prescriptions
January 2, 2013
Hospitalists participating in a multidisciplinary "brown bag medications" program were trained to recognize patients at high-risk for not filling prescriptions, and help them get their medications at discharge
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Bipartisan Proposal to Repeal SGR Plan Likely to be Reintroduced
January 1, 2013
The Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012 would replace the sustainable growth rate formula with a cost-effective model designed to promote quality and value through coordinated patient care
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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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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
