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Nine Things Chronic-Pain Specialists Think Hospitalists Need To Know
- Elizabeth A. Schultz, MD;
- Kamal S. Ajam, MD
October 1, 2013
From opioids and methadone to anesthetics and mental health assessments, hospitalists can play key role in chronic-pain management
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Hospitalist Groups Extract New Solutions Via Data Mining
October 1, 2013
Technology can assist with clinical decision-making, predict health insurance fraud, identify at-risk patients
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Inside Hospitalists’ Evolving Scope of Practice
- William A. Landis, MD, FHM
September 1, 2013
Medical subspecialty comanagement, primary clinical care for rapid-response teams, and nighttime patient coverage on expanded list of hospitalist services
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Project BOOST Study Documents Modest Impact on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions
September 1, 2013
Experts suggest rehospitalizations may not be best quality metric for care transitions
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Hospitalists’ Capitol Hill Advocacy Effort Produces Results
September 1, 2013
SHM’s “Hospitalists on the Hill 2013” meeting with congressional legislators helps win more support for observation-status bill
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How Copper Could Solve Problem of Hospital-Acquired Infections
September 1, 2013
Antimicrobial effect of copper-alloy surfaces kills 99.9% of bacteria, can supplement efforts to decrease HAIs
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Nonphysician Practice Administrators More Common as Hospital Medicine Groups Expand
August 2, 2013
SHM’s 2012 State of Hospital Medicine survey shows 75% of HM groups rely on dedicated, non-physician managers
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Hospitalist Advocate Finds Niche in Hospital Medicine
August 2, 2013
Veteran administrator, medical business consultant Bryan Weiss, MBA, joins editorial advisory group
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Hospitalists Hold Key to Admissions Door for ED Patients
August 2, 2013
Partnering with ED physicians helps hospitalists tackle problem of emergency department boarding for admitted patients
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Pediatric Hospital Medicine Aims to Define Itself
August 2, 2013
Future of pediatric hospitalists may involve more options than two-year fellowship leading to certification