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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Front-Line Hospitalists Fight Against Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs)
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
April 2, 2013
Reducing in-patient rates of C. diff, MRSA, and other hospital-acquired infections essential to prevent providers from losing millions in Medicare payments
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Opinion
John Nelson: Excessive Workload a Concern for Many Hospitalists
- John Nelson, MD, MHM;
- MHM
April 2, 2013
Multiple factors contribute to workload concerns expressed by hospitalists
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News
Hospitalists Gear Up to Lobby Congress on Health Care Policy
April 1, 2013
SHM's annual trek to meet with Capitol Hill legislators on May 16 is expected to draw hundreds of hospitalists
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News
Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses for Hospitalists Thrive Online
April 1, 2013
Smaller physician budgets and waning pharmaceutical industry support for in-person events drive demand for virtual CME offerings
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News
Danielle Scheurer: Thousands of Hospitalists Set Their Sights on HM13
April 1, 2013
Since its initial meeting of 100 hospitalists in 1998, the growing popularity of SHM’s annual meeting is testimony to the strength of the profession and the society’s leadership
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News
20 Things Psychiatrists Think Hospitalists Need to Know
April 1, 2013
Psychiatrists offer tips about when, and how, hospitalists should seek mental health care for their patients
News
Hospitalists Encouraged to Embrace Medicare’s VBPM Program Now
April 1, 2013
Adopting value-based payment modifier plan will help hospital medicine practices avoid penalties ahead of 2017 deadline
News
The Process of Selling a Hospitalist Group from Start to Finish
April 1, 2013
Guidelines for mergers and acquisitions for hospital medicine practices of any size
News
Survey Shows Five-Year Decrease in Employee Benefits, Paid Time Off for Hospitalists
March 2, 2013
Findings reported in SHM's 2012 State of Hospital Medicine survey
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program Adds Measure in Efficiency Domain
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
March 2, 2013
Medicare spending per beneficiary (MSPB), not healthcare cost or length of stay, will be the first measure used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to measure hospital efficiency