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Effects of Low-Literacy Asthma Action Plans on Provider Counseling
February 22, 2016
Clinical question: Can physician counseling for asthma care be improved by using low-literacy asthma action plans? Background: Although asthma action plans are recommended for all children with asthma and have been associated with improved medication adherence, written asthma action plans are giv
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Does Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Apply to Hospital Medicine?
February 19, 2016
Every American knows this well-known phrase from the Declaration of Independence, which describes the three “unalienable rights” ordained on humans by their Creator and which governments are bound to dutifully protect.
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Dr. Hospitalist: Routine Provider Evaluations Are a Necessary, Valuable Tool
February 17, 2016
Dear Dr. Hospitalist: We have several physicians in our large academic group whom I hate to follow when picking up teams. There have only been a few situations when I thought there was a clear knowledge deficit, but the most irritating problem is that they don’t discharge patients.
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Stent-retriever Therapy Improves the Rate of Functional Independence for Acute Ischemic Patients
February 9, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stent-retriever therapy for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke improves the rate of functional independence at 90 days, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis. Stent retrievers are deployed in an occluded vessel, temporarily expanded into the body of a
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LISTEN NOW: Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, Discusses Hm16’s New Health IT Track
February 8, 2016
Kendall Rogers, MD, SFHM, chair of SHM’s Health IT Committee, discusses HM16 having a separate track for health IT, to whom the track is geared, and translating tech-savviness into actually being effective in helping to develop practical health IT. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-co
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LISTEN NOW: Course Director Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM, Chats HM16
February 8, 2016
Course Director Melissa Mattison, MD, SFHM, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, talks about the SHM annual meeting's new emphasis on work-life balance and on how her past experience at the annual meeting influenced how she helped shape this year's meeting. [audio mp3="http:
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Six Strategies to Help Hospitalists Improve Communication
February 8, 2016
As Karen Smith, MD, SFHM, chief of hospital medicine at Children’s National Health System in Washington, D.C., sees it, communication problems often arise at the first possible opportunity, when she’s trying to find out whom to call when she needs to inform a primary care physician or specialist abo
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Practice Expanding: The Rising Trend in Hospitalist Co-Management
February 4, 2016
As the practice of medicine continues to transition to performance-based payment systems, the number of mergers of hospitalists and specialists has surged.
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Adoption of Choosing Wisely Recommendations Slow to Catch On
February 1, 2016
Clinical question: Have the Choosing Wisely campaign recommendations led to changes in practice? Background: The Choosing Wisely campaign aims to reduce the incidence of low-value care by providing evidence-based recommendations for common clinical situations.
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Defining Patient Experience: ‘Everything We Say and Do’
January 26, 2016
Editor’s note: “Everything We Say and Do” is an informational series developed by SHM’s Patient Experience Committee to provide readers with thoughtful and actionable communication tactics that have great potential to positively impact patients’ experience of care.
