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DRG Downgrades: The Clash of Medical Standards and Insurance Guidelines
- Lea Chamoun;
- Thejaswi K. Poonacha, MD
September 3, 2024
Clinical coding is a meticulous task that translates patient notes into specific International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes, crucial for billing and insurance claims....
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Put Me in, Coach! The Essentials of Physician Coaching in Healthcare
- Elizabeth Herrle, MD, FACP, FHM
July 1, 2024
“We’re not going to bore you!” Dr. Stephany, director of physician-provider organization support, clinical academic departments, and the leadership center for physicians at Children’s Mercy...
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Demystifying Performance Measures for Hospitalists: HCAHPS
- Anunta Virapongse, MD, MPH;
- Kevin Smith, MD;
- Patricia Dharapak, MD;
- Thomas Miller, MD, FHM
May 1, 2024
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey was first implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to assess and compare performance on...
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Important Lessons from Hospitalists Who Love Their Jobs
May 1, 2023
Job stress, moral injury, burnout, and the great resignation—these are very real concerns for the field of hospital medicine, exacerbated by but not limited to the unprecedented challenges of the...
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Vaught Verdict Shines Spotlight on the Need to Report Errors Without Fear
October 3, 2022
The outcome of the RaDonda Vaught case could have a chilling effect on the reporting of medical errors by hospitalists and other front-line caregivers. Earlier this year, RaDonda Vaught, a...
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Hospitalists Talk about Rebuilding Trust in Health Care
- Ankit Mehta MD FACP SFHM;
- Benji K. Mathews, MD, FACP, SFHM
May 2, 2022
Dr. Mehta Trust is fundamental to the practice of medicine. As the foundation of a therapeutic relationship, it’s essential for effective care delivery. Trust is a fragile bond, an agreement...
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Racial bias in pulse oximetry results confirmed
November 4, 2021
Black patients with respiratory failure had a statistically significantly higher risk of occult hypoxemia, compared with White patients.
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Roots of physician burnout: It’s the work load
February 19, 2021
Cutting-edge research utilizes cognitive theory and work load analysis to get at the roots of the crisis among practitioners.
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Predicting patient risk of medication-related harm
November 18, 2020
Clinicians can calculate the risk of a patient suffering medication-related harm post-discharge.
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Serum cortisol testing for suspected adrenal insufficiency
- Elizabeth L. Herrle, MD;
- Lesley B. Gordon, MD, MS
August 24, 2020
An isolated serum cortisol is often insufficient to exclude adrenal insufficiency.