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News
Hospitalist-Focused Strategies to Address Medicare’s Expanded Quality, Efficiency Measures
July 1, 2013
Amount of time, money, resources needed to implement initiatives could put hospitals under duress
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News
Hospitalist-Specific Data Shows Rise in Use of Some CPT Codes
- Tierza Stephan, MD, FACP, SFHM
July 1, 2013
State of Hospital Medicine surveys show higher-level inpatient (IP) discharge code and highest-level IP subsequent code used more by hospital medicine groups in 2012 than previous year
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Opinion
Commemorating Round-the-Clock Hospital Medicine Programs
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
July 1, 2013
An interview with John Holbrook, founder of the nation’s first hospital-sponsored, 24/7 HM program
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News
Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Play Key Roles in Hospitalist Practice
July 1, 2013
Aging U.S. population, growing physician shortage will make NPs, PAs more prevalent in hospital medicine
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Opinion
Steps Hospitalists Should Take to Reduce Turnaround Time of Death Certificates
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
July 1, 2013
Timely completion can avoid holdups of burials, cremations, delays of life-insurance payouts and estate settlements
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News
Advanced-Practice Providers Have More to Offer Hospital Medicine Groups
June 1, 2013
Advanced tasks, billable services should be assigned to APPs
News
‘Hill Trip’ Connects Legislators to Hospitalists, Health Care Issues
June 1, 2013
Record number of SHM leaders, members participate in “Hospitalists on the Hill 2013” annual advocacy day
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News
Hospitalists Can Address Causes of Skyrocketing Health Care Costs
June 1, 2013
Participating in quality improvement initiatives and shared decision making with patients and families can help
News
Physician Reviews of Hospital Medicine-Related Research
- Albert Einstein College Of Medicine;
- Andrea Porrovecchio, MD;
- Bronx;
- Jeffrey Ceresnak, MD;
- Martina Stehlikova, MD;
- Montefiore Medical Center;
- Paul Martin, MD, MPH;
- Sanjay Galhotra, MD;
- Valentina Goloborodko, MD, MPH;
- Will Southern, MD, MS, SFHM
June 1, 2013
Reviews include dabigatran vs. warfarin for extended VTE treatment, rivaroxaban for thromboprophylaxis, hypothermia protocol and cardiac arrest, and many more
News
Hospital-to-Home Patient Care Gets a BOOST
May 18, 2013
Benefits of SHM’s Project BOOST transition care initiative cited by hospitalists