News
Learn How Best To Avoid Some of Data Mining’s Potential Pitfalls
October 1, 2013
Secure information collection, easy-to-understand analysis, and long-term commitment are a good start
Audio
The Why and How Data Mining Is Applicable to Hospital Medicine
October 1, 2013
Steven Deitelzweig, MD, SFHM, system chairman for hospital medicine and medical director of regional business development at Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, discusses how data mining is applicable to hospitalist practice.
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Opinion
MGMA Surveys Make Hospitalists’ Productivity Hard to Assess
October 1, 2013
Methodology used to assign doctors' full-time work and extra shifts can be misleading
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Opinion
New Rules for Value-Based Purchasing, Readmission Penalties, Admissions
October 1, 2013
What hospitalists should know about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ revised guidelines for hospital performance measures
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News
Feds Extend HIPAA Obligations, Violation Penalties
October 1, 2013
Final rule expands breach notification, punishment for business associates who break confidentiality laws
News
Reviews of Reseach on Perioperative Morbidity, Capnography with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the ED, Mortality Rate for Elective Surgeries
October 1, 2013
Also reviewed this month: publicly reported mortality rates vs. hospitals' overall mortality, cost-saving visits for Medicare patients, video-based workshops for academic hospitalists
News
Hospitalist Compensation Models Evolve Toward Production, Performance-Based Variables
October 1, 2013
Proportion of hospitalists' compensation paid as base salary, performance incentive on the rise, SHM study reports
News
Bleeding Risks, Anticoagulants, Hospital-Acquired Infections Among Can’t Miss Topics at HM14
October 1, 2013
Breakout sessions, pre-courses at SHM's 2014 annual meeting to showcase key issues, specialty areas
News
Make Plans Now for HM14
October 1, 2013
Registration, scheduling requests, and room reservations can be made for SHM's 2014 annual meeting in Las Vegas March 24-27
News
Nine Things Chronic-Pain Specialists Think Hospitalists Need To Know
October 1, 2013
From opioids and methadone to anesthetics and mental health assessments, hospitalists can play key role in chronic-pain management
