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Thrill-Seeking Hospitalist Alleviates Stress Through Scuba Diving
May 1, 2016
Not much intimidates Jasen Gundersen, MD, president of the acute care services division at TeamHealth, an outsourcer of hospital-based clinical and specialty services based in Knoxville, Tenn. Besides traveling 150,000 miles a year overseeing 2,500 hospitalists at 285 facilities, Dr.
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Annual Meeting Highlights Latest Research, Project Completion
April 11, 2016
One of the things that Jennifer Feighner, MD, cheerfully came away with at HM16 was how to better complete a task that is distinctly uncheerful but also important to any high-performing hospital: how to collect the data of the dead.
The quality improvement session “Reducing Inpatient Mortality: A
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HM16 Speakers Focus on Public Health, Leadership, Future of Hospital Medicine
April 2, 2016
SAN DIEGO — Hospital medicine’s annual extravaganza nestled into the southwestern corner of the country in March, with a record 4,000 hospitalists and others expanding their knowledge of clinical care, management, leadership, technology, and quality improvement.
They listened, they laughed, they
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Jerome C. Siy, MD, SFHM Explores Hospital Medicine’s Global Reach
March 29, 2016
Editor’s note: As SHM celebrates the “Year of the Hospitalist,” we’re putting the spotlight on some of our most active members who are making substantial contributions to hospital medicine. You can get involved, too!
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HM16 Speakers, Attendees Focus on Training, Advancement, Work-Life Balance
March 26, 2016
SAN DIEGO — If you arrived late, or even right on time, to the session on becoming a better attending, you’d better have been ready to find a clear spot on the floor or have had the energy to stand for an hour.
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But the dynamic talk, you could even say perf
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Hospitalist Engagement Benchmarking Service Returns for 2016
March 22, 2016
Engaged hospitalists drive quality care, and SHM has the tools to help you assess the level of engagement of hospitalists in your hospital medicine group. SHM offered a Hospitalist Engagement Benchmarking Service in 2015 and analyzed engagement of approximately 1,500 hospitalists.
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Experts Suggest Ways to Deal with Challenges Surrounding Care of Psychiatric Patients
March 16, 2016
In 1955, there was one psychiatric bed for every 300 Americans.
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HM16 Session Analysis: Physician Engagement in Quality Improvement
March 8, 2016
Presenter: Jordan Messler, MD, SHFM
Summary: The main objective of this lecture was to understand the culture that often limits physician engagement.
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NPs, PAs Vital to Hospital Medicine
- Tracy Cardin, ACNP-BC, SFHM
March 7, 2016
Yes, it’s time for another “year ahead” type column where the writer attempts to provide clarity on future events. What does “Hospital Medicine 2016” hold for us?
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New Study Shows PCMH Resulted in Positive Changes
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- Anne Harding
February 23, 2016
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implementation of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) resulted in small changes in utilization patterns and modest quality improvements over a three-year period, according to a new report.
Dr. Lisa M.