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Dr. Peter Pronovost to Speak to Hospitalists About Healthcare Quality at HM15
February 2, 2015
Type the name Peter Pronovost into Google and try to make it past the “n” before the word “checklist” pops up.
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine, January 2015
January 7, 2015
This month, The Hospitalist features new appointments, promotions, awards, and achievements of hospital medicine physicians and healthcare industry professionals.
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Academic Hospitalist Groups Use Observation Status More Frequently
- G. Randy Smith Jr., MD, SFHM
January 7, 2015
Insurers’ use of certain criteria to separate hospital stays into inpatient or observation status remains widespread. Observation status ensures provider reimbursement for hospitalizations deemed necessary by clinical judgment but not qualifying as inpatient care.
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Opinion
How to Use Hospitalist Productivity, Compensation Survey Data
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
January 7, 2015
The 2014 State of Hospital Medicine report (SOHM), published by SHM in the fall of even years, is unquestionably the most robust and informative data available to understand the hospitalist workforce marketplace.
News
Oncology, Surgical Hospitalists Most Common as Subspecialties Gain Followers
December 16, 2014
The recent rise of specialty hospitalists, particularly in the surgery and oncology fields, has benefitted hospitals and patients alike.
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Hospitalist Vivek Murthy, 37, Confirmed as U.S. Surgeon General
December 16, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7434" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr. Vivek Murthy, hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was confirmed Monday as the youngest U.S. Surgeon General ever.
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LISTEN NOW: Highlights of the December 2014 issue of The Hospitalist newsmagazine
December 2, 2014
This month in our issue, our first cover story features "10 Things Oncologists Want Hospitalists to Know." Dr.
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Ebola Outbreak Reminds Hospitalists How To Prepare for Infectious Disease
December 2, 2014
When the outbreak first started, and in the months that followed, Ebola virus dominated American headlines.
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Should Patients with an Unprovoked VTE Be Screened for Malignancy or a Hypercoagulable State?
December 2, 2014
[caption id="attachment_7184" align="alignright" width="280"] Thrombosed blood vessel.
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Society of Hospital Medicine’s Advocacy Efforts, Then and Now
December 2, 2014
Another year older, another year wiser. SHM’s advocacy efforts have grown immensely in the last year thanks to proactive members who understand the importance of being involved and taking action.