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Pediatric Hospitalist Michael Beck, MD, FAAP, Measures Success By Others’ Success
August 5, 2016
Young boys sometimes see a firefighter or a police officer in the line of duty and decide that’s what they want to be when they get older.
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PHM16: Pediatric Hospital Medicine Leaders Kick Off 2016 Conference
August 4, 2016
Speaker: Lisa Zaoutis, MD, Pediatric Residency Program Director at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Amid the skyscrapers of the Windy City, Pediatric Hospital Medicine (PHM) 2016 swept into town, bringing with it the denizens of pediatric hospitalist programs across the country.
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Find SHM’s eLearning Initiatives in One Convenient Location
August 4, 2016
Access educational content to improve your practice and earn CME today at www.shmlearningportal.org.
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AAP Proposes Update to Evaluating, Managing Febrile Infants Guideline
August 3, 2016
The proposed update from AAP stresses the need to separate individual components of serious bacterial infections as the incidence and clinical course can vary
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Understanding, Counsel Can Help to Navigate Payor Audits
August 3, 2016
Receiving notice from a payor that you are being audited can be alarming. Questions will inevitably run through your mind, such as, Why? How? How much will this cost? [caption id="attachment_11441" align="alignright" width="150"] Dr.
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PHM16: Tips on Meeting Needs of Children with a Medical Complexity
August 2, 2016
Presenters: Mary L Ehlenbach, MD, FAAP; Megan Z Cardoso, MD, FAAP; and Christina Kleier, ARNP, PNP This session at PHM16 was focused on logistical tips on how to build a pediatric complex care program. Presenters opened with a discussion of how to define children with medical complexity going th
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Preorder 2016 State of Hospital Medicine Report
August 2, 2016
The State of Hospital Medicine (SoHM) report is the most comprehensive survey of hospital medicine in the country and provides current data on hospitalist compensation and productivity, plus covers practice demographics, staffing levels, staff growth, and compensation models. Order now and be not
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PAs, NPs: Register for 2016 Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp
August 2, 2016
Presented by SHM and the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the 2016 Adult Hospital Medicine Boot Camp will be Sept. 28–Oct. 2 at the JW Marriott Indianapolis.
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PHM16: Visual Clues Can Help Establish a Diagnosis
August 1, 2016
PHM16’s Visual Diagnosis: Signs and Why They Matter session led by Dr. Kenneth Roberts and guest presenters was a review of case presentations in which visual clues were vital to establishing a diagnosis.
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PHM16: The New AAP Clinical Practice Guideline on Evaluating, Managing Febrile Infants
August 1, 2016
One of PHM16’s most highly-attended sessions was an update on the anticipated AAP guidelines for febrile infants between ages 7-90 days given by Dr. Kenneth Roberts. The goal is to give evidence-based guidelines, not rules, from the most recent literature available.
