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Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2014: Co-Management in Pediatric Hospital Medicine
July 31, 2014
Hospitalists beware patient “dumping,” care fragmentation, and practicing beyond your scope of practice
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SHM Fellow in Hospital Medicine Spotlight: Rachel George MD, MBA, SFHM
July 1, 2014
Dr. George, who started her MBA program when 34 weeks pregnant, is president of the central business unit at Cogent Healthcare
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Hospitals Lose $45.9 Billion in Uncompensated Care in 2012
July 1, 2014
American Hospital Association survey ties revenue loss to bad debt, charity care provided to patients who can't pay
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Health Information Technology Could Improve Hospital Discharge Planning
July 1, 2014
Electronic discharge summary template populates core components, incorporates text entries
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Movers and Shakers in Hospital Medicine
July 1, 2014
Latest hospitalists to receive awards, earn promotions, or assume new leadership roles. Plus, HM group contracts, mergers, and acquisitions
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Pre-Order Your State of Hospital Medicine Report Now
July 1, 2014
Society of Hospital Medicine's next bi-annual report available September 2014
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Telemedicine on Capitol Hill
June 4, 2014
Hospitalist Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, addresses a Congressional subcommittee on potential of e-health technology
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Why Hospitalists Should Heed Choosing Wisely Recommendations
June 1, 2014
Cost-effectiveness campaign should compel physicians to be good stewards of finite healthcare resources
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10 Choosing Wisely Recommendations by Specialists for Hospitalists
June 1, 2014
Medical societies list safe, cost-effective tests physicians should perform—and ones to avoid—when diagnosing patients
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Bill to Clarify Three-Midnight Rule for Medicare Patients Gains Support from Congress, Hospitalists
- U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)
May 1, 2014
H.R. 1179 would eliminate confusion around hospital admission requirements to cover skilled nursing care; relieve financial burden for Medicare patients, families