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HM17’s ‘must-see sessions’
March 31, 2017
11 editorial board recommendations for precourses, breakout sessions, and workshops
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Fellows and Awards of Excellence
March 31, 2017
SHM will honor new Masters, Senior Fellows, and Fellows of Hospital Medicine at HM17, as well as bestow its annual Awards of Excellence.
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Adapting to change: Dr. Robert Wachter
March 31, 2017
Robert Wachter, MD, MHM, has given the final plenary address at every SHM annual meeting since 2007. His talks are peppered with his one-of-a-kind take on the confluence of medicine, politics, and policy – and at least once he broke into an Elton John parody. Where does that point of view ...
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Networking: A skill worth learning
March 31, 2017
According to networking expert Ivan Misner, the best way to become an effective networker is to go to events with the idea of being willing to help people.
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QI enthusiast turns QI leader
March 31, 2017
Quality improvement success starts with curiosity, builds with connection.
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Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation symbolizes physician commitment to hospital medicine
March 31, 2017
The Hospitalist spotlights Umesh Sharma, MD, MBA, FHM, chair of the division of community hospital medicine at Mayo Clinic.
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Tips for significant others
March 31, 2017
While thousands of hospitalists and other HM17 attendees swarm the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for a four-day crash course on all things hospital medicine, thousands more family members tag along.
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Principles learned from a successful improvement program can increase compliance and reduce hospital acquired VTEs (HA-VTEs) across multiple institutions
March 30, 2017
Clinical question: Can a single institution's VTE prophylaxis program be scaled to increase prophylaxis and reduce HA-VTEs across multiple institutions?
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When one patient decompensates, others on the ward may follow
March 30, 2017
Clinical question: How does the clinical decompensation of a ward patient affect the likelihood of another patient’s decompensation?
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Quick Byte: ACA jump-starts 61,000 demo projects
March 28, 2017
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation lauded as proving ground for health care experimentation.
