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Survey Insights: The Scoop on Pediatric Hospital Medicine
February 29, 2012
The SHM/MGMA 2011 State of Hospital Medicine report offers some intriguing glimpses into the world of pediatric hospital medicine. Last year, we received responses from 31 pediatric HM groups, more than half of which were academic (an additional 29 groups reported caring for both adults and children).
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Pediatric Hospitalists Share Lessons Learned on the Path to Executive Leadership
February 29, 2012
A handful of pediatric hospitalists have assumed major administrative responsibilities in their hospitals. Most say their HM experience was crucial to the journey.
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Survey: Steady Increase in Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) Offerings in U.S. Hospitals
February 10, 2012
Study author says hospitals are responding to patients who want "the best that both conventional and alternative medicine can offer.”
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Physician Involvement in Hospital Quality and Safety Programs
January 27, 2012
Do we encourage all doctors to participate, or do we require all doctors to participate?
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Participate in the 2012 State of Hospital Medicine Questionnaire
January 27, 2012
The report provides thousands of data points that enable hospitalists to compare their own group’s productivity and compensation against national and regional averages
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Survey Insights: NPs and PAs in Hospital Medicine
January 27, 2012
In 2011, nearly half of respondents to the SHM-MGMA nonacademic survey have NPs/PAs in their practices; academic hospital medicine practices were only slightly lower.
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Pioneer Participants Work to Define Hospitalist Role in ACOs
- Joseph Ming-Wah Li, MD, MPH, SFHM
January 27, 2012
ACOs aim for quality care and cost savings; hospital medicine will be key player.
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Is a Post-Discharge Clinic in Your Hospital’s Future?
December 1, 2011
A practice-changing perspective on hospitalized patients.
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Dr. Hospitalist: Multiple Variables Factor into HM Compensation
November 30, 2011
How should compensation be determined for the physicians to staff hospitals?
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Does Hospital Medicine Reinforce the Pillars of Career Satisfaction?
November 2, 2011
Flexible schedules, job security, andwork-life balance offset most concerns with stress, autonomy, and recognition.