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News
Hospitalists Should Lead Training, Preparedness for Hospital Violence Prevention
March 3, 2015
On Jan. 20, a 44-year old surgeon was shot and killed in the middle of the day at one of the country’s top hospitals.
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Opinion
Geographic Rounding of Hospital Nurses Challenges Unit-Based Theory
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
March 3, 2015
Nurses, of course, have always been assigned by unit—that is, geographically. So it should come as no surprise that searching “unit-based” at the-hospitalist.org returns many articles about assigning hospitalists geographically, but not nurses, partly because few would consider it a new idea.
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Hospitalists Try To Reclaim Lead Role in Bedside Procedures
March 3, 2015
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News
Infectious Diseases Society of America 2014 Practice Guidelines To Diagnose, Manage Skin, Soft Tissue Infections
- Carla C. Saveli, MD;
- Norihiro Yogo, MD;
- University Of Colorado School Of Medicine
March 3, 2015
Background
Surveillance studies in the U.S.
News
Vivek Murthy, Hospitalist and America’s Top Doctor
March 3, 2015
On Dec. 15, 2014, 37-year-old hospitalist and internist Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, was sworn in as the 19th surgeon general of the United States. He is the youngest person to hold the post and the first of Indian-American descent.
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News
How Hospitalist Groups Make Time for Leadership
February 2, 2015
Negotiating salaries. Improving patient flow. Increasing patient satisfaction. Reducing readmissions. Championing quality improvement efforts. Planning strategically. Handling schedule issues. Dealing with coverage issues. Working on Ebola preparation.
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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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News
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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News
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.