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News
Physicians Exercise Their Entrepreneurial Skills, Creativity to Pursue Passions Beyond Clinical Medicine
March 2, 2013
Career shifts can help hospitalists broaden horizons, strike better work-life balance
News
Hospitalists on the Move
March 1, 2013
Movers and shakers in hospital medicine; new business moves
News
Southern Hospital Medicine Conference Drives Home the Value of Hospitalists
- Alan Wang, MD, SFHM, FACP;
- Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP;
- David Lee, MD, MBA, SFHM, FACP;
- Dustin T. Smith, MD;
- Steven Deitelzweig, MD, MMM, SFHM, FACP
February 2, 2013
Hospital medicine leaders discuss the need to develop standardized processes among clinicians to reduce errors, lower costs of hospitalized patient care
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News
Hospital Medicine Experts Outline Criteria To Consider Before Growing Your Group
February 2, 2013
Quantifying hospital data, examining physician and administrative buy-in, and conducting market analysis are critical to making difficult expansion decisions
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Serious Complications from Opioid Overuse in Hospitalized Patients Prompts Nationwide Alert
February 2, 2013
A Joint Commission alert urges hospitalists to adopt measures to avoid dosing errors and improve the care of patients on opioid analgesics in acute-care settings
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Opinion
Win Whitcomb: Mortality Rates Become a Measuring Stick for Hospital Performance
- Winthrop Whitcomb, MD, MHM
February 2, 2013
Hospitalists can be crucial players in reducing hospitals' 30-day mortality rates and avoiding potential cuts to Medicare reimbursement
News
New Oral Anticoagulants Advance Treatment Options, Create Complications for Hospitalists
February 1, 2013
While oral anticoagulants are expected to help streamline hospitalized patients' care and discharge, questions remain about their effect on admissions and length of stay
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News
12 Things Hospitalists Need to Know About Billing and Coding
January 2, 2013
Proper documentation supports the services you are billing, maximizes your reimbursement
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News
Accountability Hits Home for Hospitalists
January 2, 2013
While some hospitalists see the value-based payment modifier (VBPM) program as a penalty, others see an opportunity
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News
Shaun Frost: Call for Transparency in Healthcare Performance Results to Impact Hospitalists
January 1, 2013
The federal Institute of Medicine (IOM), entrepreneurs, and consumer groups ramp up the power of public reporting